We all make mistakes and we learn from our mistakes.......
I had made a monumental mistake in my last post. My young friend Debnath Moitra carries a wise head on his shoulder. He pointed it out to me. So:
1. It is my duty to thank Debnath.
a) Thanks a lot, Debnath.
b) Thank you, Debnath.
c) Thanks , Debnath.
d) I must thank you, Debnath. etc.
We can thank a person in many different ways. In English it is called TRANSFORMATION of sentences. The basic idea is to write or say the same sentences in different ways without changing the meaning of the main sentence. To avoid monotony we should try to write or say something in as many ways as we can. Besides knowing the correct use of the tenses , articles and prepositions , this is the basic function of grammar. We are actually transforming the given sentences in the question papers set by our teachers according to their instruction. Ornamentation and stylizing will come at a much later stage. Let us go back to our task.( ABTA TEST PAPERS-2015)
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Q. Uncle Podger was not a careful man. ( Simple negative sentence)
A. Uncle Podger was a careless man. ( Simple positive sentence )
Q. Mumbai is the largest city in India. ( superlative degree has been used=large-larger-the largest)
A. No other city in India is as large as Mumbai.(is) (It is a negative sentence but we have used the positive degree of the adjective here) We can write it using comparative degree too.
A. Mumbai is larger than any other city in India.( Positive sentence with comparative degree)
Q. He is too weak to lift the load.( Very weak/ It is a simple sentence )
A. He is so weak that he cannot lift the load. ( Complex sentence with a co-relative=so-----that )
Q. "How selfish I have been!'' said the Giant. ( The Giant is genuinely sorry./ It is an exclamatory sentence)
A. The Giant exclaimed in grief that he had been very sorry. or
The Giant exclaimed in grief and said that he had been very sorry.( I would suggest the first one to avoid complication. Young students are very vulnerable. They get confused with the drop of a hat.)
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Q. The door was opened by a young woman. ( Passive voice)
A. A young woman opened the door. ( Active )
Q. I decided to send my wife to her father. ( Use noun form of the verb "decide")
A. I took a decision to send my wife to her father.( Decision is the noun form of 'decide' verb.)he poet
Q. The poet Keats has said,'' Beauty is truth, truth beauty.'' ( Change the narration)
A. The poet Keats has said that Beauty is truth, truth beauty.( What Keats has said here is an eternal truth. So we don't change the tense. One of my favourite poets is John Keats and this one of my most favourite quotes.)
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