

This Grade 3 Sentence Transformation worksheet helps students understand the difference between affirmative and negative sentences and how to change one form into the other correctly. Through structured grammar activities such as identifying sentence types, multiple choice questions, sentence rewriting, fill in the blanks, and paragraph writing, learners build confidence in transforming sentences while maintaining correct tense and meaning. Each exercise strengthens clarity in expression and improves sentence accuracy.
Understanding how to switch between affirmative and negative sentences is an essential skill in Grade 3 because:
1. It teaches students how meaning changes with the use of “not.”
2. It reinforces correct use of auxiliary verbs in negatives.
3. It improves sentence construction and grammar accuracy.
4. It builds a strong foundation for advanced sentence transformation skills.
This worksheet includes five structured grammar activities that guide students from recognition to application:
🧠 Exercise 1 – Identify Sentence Type
Students underline affirmative sentences and circle negative ones.
✏️ Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions
Learners choose the correct affirmative or negative sentence as instructed.
📋 Exercise 3 – Sentence Transformation
Students convert affirmative sentences to negative and negative sentences to affirmative.
📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks
Children complete a passage using suitable affirmative and negative words.
📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing
Students write a short paragraph by changing affirmative sentences to negative or vice versa.
Exercise 1 – Identify Sentence Type
Affirmative Sentences:
1. Riya plays cricket after school.
4. The sun rises in the east.
5. Meera reads storybooks daily.
8. We visit Delhi every year.
9. Asha sings in the assembly.
Negative Sentences:
2. The boys do not fight in class.
3. He does not forget his homework.
6. Rahul does not eat junk food.
7. The bus does not arrive late.
10. They do not waste water.
Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. c
10. a
Exercise 3 – Sentence Transformation
1. She likes apples.
2. Rahul does not play football.
3. They are ready.
4. I do not drink milk daily.
5. The dog barks.
6. We do not go to school by bus.
7. Anu is happy.
8. The train does not stop at Pune.
9. He reads stories.
10. The sun does not rise in the west.
Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks
was not
positive
had not
already
was not
no
was not
had not
fully
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing
I love reading books in the evening. It is not too late, so I can still enjoy my favorite stories. I don’t like reading in the morning because I’m too sleepy. Yesterday, I finished a book about animals, but I have not started a new one yet. I will pick a new book tomorrow. My friend does not enjoy reading as much as I do, but she likes listening to stories. I’m excited to share my new book with her!
Answer may vary.
Help your child confidently transform sentences and strengthen grammar accuracy with structured affirmative and negative sentence practice today.
Affirmative sentences state something positively, while negative sentences deny or negate an action using not.
They must add the correct auxiliary verb and not while keeping grammar rules in mind.
It strengthens sentence transformation skills often tested in CBSE English grammar worksheets.