Dhaka Board-2024
a) How charming a moonlit night is! (Assertive)
= A moonlit night is very charming.
b) It presents a very beautiful sight. (Exclamatory)
= What a beautiful sight it presents!
c) It dazzles our eyes and soothes our heart. (Negative)
= It not only dazzles our eyes but also soothes our hearts.
d) People of all ages enjoy a moonlit night. (Interrogative)
= Don't people of all ages enjoy a moonlit light?
e) Little boys and girls make merriment to enjoy themselves. (Complex)
= Little boys and girls make merriment so that they can enjoy themselves.
f) Everybody likes a moonlit night. (Passive)
= A moonlit night is liked (by everybody).
g) Though the moon gives us light, it does not have the light of its own. (Compound)
= The moon gives us light but it does not have the light of its own.
h) Very few beauties of nature are as charming as a moonlit night. (Comparative)
= A moonlit night is more charming than most other beauties of nature.
i) Unless one enjoys the beauty of a moonlit night, one cannot explain it properly. (Simple)
= Without enjoying the beauty of a moonlit night, one cannot explain it properly.
j) In fact, a moonlit night is very pleasant. (Negative)
= In fact, a moonlit night is not unpleasant at all.
Make Assertive
Who knows it?
= Nobody knows it.
Everybody longs for money.
= Who doesn't long for money?
I doubt there are thousands of him. (Interrogative)
= Are there thousands of him?
I believe everybody. (Negative)
= I do not disbelieve anybody.
They give nothing to the country. (interrogative)
= Do they give anything to the country?
He never fails to stand his classes. (affirmative)
= He always stands his classes.
There is a pity to see his weakness. (Negative)
= There is no pleasure to see his weakness.
1. Who knows it? (Assertive)
= Nobody knows it. (or: No one knows it.)
2. Everybody longs for money. (Interrogative)
= Who doesn't long for money? (or: Does not everybody long for money?)
3. I doubt there are thousands of him. (Interrogative)
= Are there thousands of him?
4. I believe everybody. (Negative)
= I do not disbelieve anybody.
5. They give nothing to the country. (Interrogative)
= Do they give anything to the country?
6. He never fails to stand his classes. (Affirmative)
= He always stands his classes.
7. There is a pity to see his weakness. (Negative)
= There is no pleasure to see his weakness. (or: It is not without pity to see his weakness.)
8. We should work hard. (Imperative)
= Let us work hard.
9. We do not stand idle, wait on time. (Negative)
= We must stand idle, wait on time. (Original sentence is already negative. Assuming the intent is to change it to Affirmative: We stand idle, wait on time.)
10. We have a great honour to it. (Exclamatory)
= What a great honour we have to it!
11. I shall not deny doing it. (Affirmative)
= I shall admit doing it. (or: I must do it.)
12. How enthusiastic the people look on this day! (Assertive)
= The people look very enthusiastic on this day.
13. He loves you. (Negative)
= He does not hate you. (or: He is not without love for you.)
14. It is true, this, if a man lives many years or not. (Interrogative)
= Is it not true, this, if a man lives many years or not?
15. How time does fly! (Assertive)
= Time flies very fast. (or: Time flies indeed.)
16. A book is a mirror of all words. (Negative)
= A book is not without being a mirror of all words.
17. Who does not know that? (Affirmative)
= Everybody knows that. (or: All know that.)
18. Some students are always irregular. (Negative)
= Some students are never regular.
19. Book is the best of all friends. (Negative)
= No other friend is as good as a book.
20. Why waste time? (Assertive)
= It is foolish to waste time. (or: We should not waste time.)
21. Their Glory can never fade. (Interrogative)
= Can their Glory ever fade?
22. What misery is in store for me! (Assertive)
= A lot of misery is in store for me.
23. Fie, he doesn't look after his old father! (Assertive)
=It is a matter of shame that he doesn't look after his old father.
24. A great agony has come to our heart. (Exclamatory)
= What a great agony has come to our heart!
25. Great men are of no one nation, nor of one particular class. (Affirmative)
= Great men belong to all nations and all classes.
26. I can never forget what it was you. (Negative)
= I can always remember what it was you.
27. I rejoice that my friend is coming. (Exclamatory)
= How I rejoice that my friend is coming!
28. You must try to open the window. (Imperative)
= Try to open the window. (or: Please open the window.)
29. He should not play football. (Imperative)
= Let him not play football. (or: Don't let him play football.)
30. I asked him to read it. (Interrogative)
= Didn't I ask him to read it?
31. Haji Muhammad Mohsin didn't marry. (Affirmative)
= Haji Muhammad Mohsin remained unmarried. (or: Haji Muhammad Mohsin was not married.)
32. I asked him to read it. (Interrogative)
= Didn't I ask him to read it?
33. No labour is mean. (Affirmative)
= All labour is respectable.
34. A rose is never nicer than the sun. (Affirmative)
= The sun is nicer than a rose. (or: A rose is not as nice as the sun.)
35. I wish all my sisters were here. (Exclamatory)
= If only all my sisters were here! (or: Oh, that all my sisters were here!)
36. Without labour nothing can be gained. (Interrogative)
= Can anything be gained without labour?
37. Though he be rich, he has no peace of mind. (Compound)
= He is rich, but he has no peace of mind.
38. All men must die. (Negative)
= No man can escape death. (or: No man is immortal.)
39. We should have an unbiased and balanced opinion. (Negative)
= We should not have a biased or unbalanced opinion.
40. We are not free from it. (Interrogative)
= Are we free from it?
Dhaka Board 2024
a) How charming a moonlit night is! (
Assertive)
= A moonlit night is very charming.
b) It presents a very beautiful sight. (Exclamatory)
= What a beautiful sight it presents!
c) It dazzles our eyes and soothes our heart. (Negative)
= It not only dazzles our eyes but also soothes our hearts.
d) People of all ages enjoy a moonlit night. (Interrogative)
= Don't people of all ages enjoy a moonlit night?
e) Little boys and girls make merriment to enjoy themselves. (Complex)
= Little boys and girls make merriment so that they can enjoy themselves.
f) Everybody likes a moonlit night. (Passive)
= A moonlit night is liked (by everybody).
g) Though the moon gives us light, it does not have the light of its own. (Compound)
= The moon gives us light but it does not have the light of its own.
h) Very few beauties of nature are as charming as a moonlit night. (Comparative)
= A moonlit night is more charming than most other beasuties of nature.
i) Unless one enjoys the beauty of a moonlit night, one cannot explain it properly. (Simple)
= Without enjoying the beauty of a moonlit night, one cannot explain it properly.
j) In fact, a moonlit night is very pleasant. (Negative)
= In fact, a moonlit night is not unpleasant at all.
1. Little boys and girls make merriment to enjoy themselves.
= Little boys and girls make merriment so that they can enjoy themselves.
2. We have rain during the monsoon.
= When it is monsoon, we have rain.
3. We drink water to satisfy our thirst.
= We drink water so that we can satisfy our thirst.
4. A student should try to answer all the questions to do good in the exam.
= A student should try to answer all the questions so that he can do good in the exam.
5. It is a speedy transmitting system of information.
= It is a speedy system that transmits information.
6. Many educational institutions are greatly benefited through the use of internet.
= It is the use of internet through which many educational institutions are greatly benefited.