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Unit 2: Functional English Grammar : Transformation and Synthesis of Sentences

Superlative : Rajesh is not the most intelligent of all the students in the class. Notes
3. Superlative : The Himalayas are the highest mountains in the world.
Comparative : The Himalayas are higher than any other mountain in the world.
Positive : No other mountain in the world is so high as the Himalayas.
4. Superlative : Kolkata is one of the largest sea-ports in India.
Comparative : Kolkata is larger than many other sea-ports in India.
Positive : Very few sea-ports in India are as large as Kolkata.
Self-Assessment
2. Change the Degree of Comparison in the following sentences:
(A)
(i) He is as cunning as a fox.
(ii) Sonepat is not so cold as Shimla.
(iii) Prevention is better than cure.
(iv) You are as bright as she.
(v) The pen is mightier than the sword.
(vi) It is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven.
(B)
(i) No other fruit is so nourishing as the mango.
(ii) Jacobabad is not the hottest of all places.
(iii) Lead is heavier than any other metal.
(iv) Lata sings the sweetest of all.
(v) Some grains are at least as nutritious as wheat.
2.1.3 Interchange of Active and Passive Voice
Voice is that branch of grammar which studies the form that the verb takes in a sentence to determine
the status of the subject and the object.
Voice can be studied under the following headings:
1. Active Voice: A verb is said to be in the Active Voice when its subject acts or when the emphasis
is no the doer or the subject. The active voice is so called because the person or thing denoted
by the subject acts.
Example:
Mohan sang a song.
Here, the subject Mohan is acting.
2. Passive Voice: A verb is in the Passive Voice when the subject is being acted upon or when
the emphasis is on the object or the work done. The passive voice is so called because the
person or thing denoted by the subject is not active but passive, that is suffers or receives
some action.
Example:
A song was sung by Mohan.
Here, the subject (Mohan) is being acted upon.
Note:
1. Voice changes occur only in transitive verbs.
2. The perfect continuous form of all the three tenses and future continuous cannot be changed
into passive voice.

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