Transformation
Rules
Affirmative
to Negative
Rule:1 Affirmative Sentence এর মূল Word টি, প্রধানত Adjective টির বিপরীত শব্দ
ব্যবহার করে তার পূর্বে Not/No বসাতে হয়। অর্থাৎ গঠন পরিবর্তন হবে কিন্তু অর্থের পরিবর্তন
হবে না।
Exanple:
Affirmative: Man is mortal.
Negative: Man is not immortal.
Affirmative: He is an honest man.
Negative: He is not a dishonest man.
Rule:2 Affirmative Sentence টি Only/alone থাকলে None but/nothing but/not
more than/not less than বসে।
ব্যাক্তিবাচক হলে None but
বস্তুবাচক হলে Nothing but এবং
সংখ্যাবাচক হলে Not more than/Not less than.
Example:
Affirmative: Only Allah can help us.
Negative: None but Allah can help us.
Affirmative: I need a book only.
Negative: I need nothing but a book.
Affirmative: Rasheda was only twenty five.
Negative: Rasheda was not more than twenty five.
Affirmative: I need ten taka only.
Negative: I need not less than ten taka.
Rule:3 Affirmative Sentence এ must অথবা have to থাকে cannot but বা can not
help বসে। cannot help এর পরের verb এর সাথে ing যুক্ত হয়।
Example:
Affirmative: We must die.
Negative: We cannot but die.
Affirmative: We must obey our parents.
Negative: We cannot but obay your parents.
Affirmative: You must speak the truth.
Negative: You cannot help speaking the truth.
Rule:4 Affirmative Sentence এ Every থাকলে, তাহলে Negative করার সময় There is
no, পরবর্তী verb এর পূর্বে বাট বসে।
Example:
Affirmative: Every mother loves her child.
Negative: There is no mother but loves her child.
Affirmative: Everybody hates a liar.
Negative: There is nobody but hates a liar.
Rule: 5 Too – to যুক্ত Affirmative Sentence-কে Negative করতে
‘too’ -এর পরিবর্তে so এবং adjective/ adverb এর পর that বসে, পুনরায় subject বসে
(pronoun form এ), tense অনুযায়ী Sentence pattern: Sub + verb (tense অনুসারে) +
so + adjective/ adverb + that + verb (pronoun form এ) + cannot/ could not +
verb + extension.
Example:
Affirmative: The man is too weak to walk.
Negative: The man is so weak that he cannot walk.
Affirmative: She waz too lazy to get up early.
Negative: She waz so lazy that she could not get
up early.
Rule: 6 Affirmative Sentence-এ many এবং a few থাকলে Negative করার সময় তা পরিবর্তিত
হয় যত্রাক্রমে not a few এবং not may হয়; এবং affirmative-এ a little এবং much থাকলে
তা পরিবর্তিত হয়ে যথাক্রমে not much ও not a little হয়। যেমন-
Example:
Affirmative: I have a few books.
Negative: I have not many books.
Affirmative: I have little milk.
Negative: I do not have much milk.
Affirmative: He drank much wine.
Negative: He did not drink a little wine.
Rule: 7 Affirmative Sentence এ as …….. as থাকলে তা Negative-এ রূপান্তর করার
সময় প্রথম as-এর স্থলে not less বসে এবং শেষে as-এর স্থলে than বসে।
Example:
Affirmative: A tiger is as strong as a lion.
Negative: A tiger is not less strong than a lion.
Rule: 8 Affirmative Sentence-এ always থাকলে তার পরিবর্তে never এবং key word
বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ (antonym) ব্যবহার করে Negative করতে হয়।
Example.
Affirmative: We always remember the martyrs.
Negative: We never forget the martyrs.
Affirmative: Always speak the truth.
Negative: Never tell a lie.
