A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Remember this sentence? If you want to increase your speed in typing practice this line over and over. Please don't sit on the broken chair. Will you be kind enough to prepare a cup of tea for me? You have already prepared it? Oh, thank you, thank you. Please pour some tea into my cup. Now let us begin.
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Q. I was an uneasy observer of the scene. (use the verb form of 'observer' )
A. I observed the scene uneasily.( Observe is the verb form. When we change the form of the part speech, we have to make some other changes. Here we have to change the adjective'uneasy' into the adverbial form ' uneasily'. )
Q. He could not suppress the desire of his heart. ( Make it affirmative )
A. He expressed the desire of his heart.
Q.She must weep. ( Make it negative )
A. She has no alternative but to weep. ( There may be another formation= She can not but weep. I dont prefer it because it does not give us the sense of the word'must' )
Q. I would buy seed with it. ( Turn into passive)
A. Seed would be bought with it by me.
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Q. Everybody loves him. ( Make it negative )
A. Who does not love him ?( Some people prefer the double negative form= There is no one who does not love him. )
Q. Moti does not like the club. ( Change into passive voice )
A. The club is not liked by Moti.
Q. Mother said,'' Don't run in the sun." ( Turn into indirect speech )
A. Mother advised me/us not to run in the sun. ( Mothers are like that, aren't they? )
Q. You must avoid smoking to live longer. ( Re-write the sentence beginning with 'if'' )
A. Avoid smoking if you want to live longer. / If you want to live longer avoid smoking.
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Q. Who wrote this letter ? ( Change the voice )
A. By whom was this letter written?
Q. My father said to me,''Do not run in the sun.'' ( Change into indirect speech )
A. My father advised me not to run in the sun. ( Some prefer the verb " order" to 'advise'. I don't.)
Q. Amit is a good boy. Everybody knows it. ( Join into a single sentence)
A. Everybody knows that Amit is a good boy./ It is known to everybody that Amit is a good boy./ That Amit is a good boy is known to everybody. ( Make your choice )
Q. Kolkata is one of the oldesst cities in India. ( Use positive degree )
A. Very few cities in India are as old as kolkata.
A. Kolkata is older than most other cities in India. ( Comparative degree )
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Q.His life inspired us. ( Change into passive voice )
A. We were inspired by his life.
Q. You have no land. You cannot understand the importance of sowing seeds. ( Join with an adverbial clause )
A. As you have no land you cannot understand the importance of sowing seeds.
Q.Everest is the higher peak in the would. ( Use 'higher' )
A. Everest is higher than all other peaks in the world.( Comparative )
A. No other peak in the world is as high as the Everest. ( Positive degree )
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Q. I saw the old man walking unsteadily. (Make it a complex sentence )
A. I saw that the old man was walking unsteadily. ( dont do it with an adjective clause )
Q. I wan my mother. I want my father. ( Join with ''both'' )
A. I want both my father and mother.
Q. We elected the man the president of our club. ( Change the voice )
A. The man was elected the president of our club.( by us ).
Q. This mountain peak is too difficult to climb. ( Make it negative )
A. This mountain peak is so difficult that nobody cane climb it.
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Q. Hope said,'' Look at what I found today, a seed!'' ( Change into indirect speech )
A. Hope exclaimed in joy and drew our attention to the seed she had found that day. / Hope exclaimed in joy and asked us to look at the seed she had found that day. ( The second one is more conventional)
Q. Why did you beat the boy ? ( Change the voice )
A. Why was the boy beaten by you ?
Q.Anand is one of the best chess players in the world. ( Use it in positive degree )
A. Very few chase players in the world are as good as Anand.
Q.He is very old. He cannot walk fast. (Join using ''too'' and ''to'' )
A. He is too old to walk fast.
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Page-538
Q. I was an uneasy observer of the scene. (use the verb form of 'observer' )
A. I observed the scene uneasily.( Observe is the verb form. When we change the form of the part speech, we have to make some other changes. Here we have to change the adjective'uneasy' into the adverbial form ' uneasily'. )
Q. He could not suppress the desire of his heart. ( Make it affirmative )
A. He expressed the desire of his heart.
Q.She must weep. ( Make it negative )
A. She has no alternative but to weep. ( There may be another formation= She can not but weep. I dont prefer it because it does not give us the sense of the word'must' )
Q. I would buy seed with it. ( Turn into passive)
A. Seed would be bought with it by me.
Page-568
Q. Everybody loves him. ( Make it negative )
A. Who does not love him ?( Some people prefer the double negative form= There is no one who does not love him. )
Q. Moti does not like the club. ( Change into passive voice )
A. The club is not liked by Moti.
Q. Mother said,'' Don't run in the sun." ( Turn into indirect speech )
A. Mother advised me/us not to run in the sun. ( Mothers are like that, aren't they? )
Q. You must avoid smoking to live longer. ( Re-write the sentence beginning with 'if'' )
A. Avoid smoking if you want to live longer. / If you want to live longer avoid smoking.
Page-583
Q. Who wrote this letter ? ( Change the voice )
A. By whom was this letter written?
Q. My father said to me,''Do not run in the sun.'' ( Change into indirect speech )
A. My father advised me not to run in the sun. ( Some prefer the verb " order" to 'advise'. I don't.)
Q. Amit is a good boy. Everybody knows it. ( Join into a single sentence)
A. Everybody knows that Amit is a good boy./ It is known to everybody that Amit is a good boy./ That Amit is a good boy is known to everybody. ( Make your choice )
Q. Kolkata is one of the oldesst cities in India. ( Use positive degree )
A. Very few cities in India are as old as kolkata.
A. Kolkata is older than most other cities in India. ( Comparative degree )
Page-598
Q.His life inspired us. ( Change into passive voice )
A. We were inspired by his life.
Q. You have no land. You cannot understand the importance of sowing seeds. ( Join with an adverbial clause )
A. As you have no land you cannot understand the importance of sowing seeds.
Q.Everest is the higher peak in the would. ( Use 'higher' )
A. Everest is higher than all other peaks in the world.( Comparative )
A. No other peak in the world is as high as the Everest. ( Positive degree )
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Q. I saw the old man walking unsteadily. (Make it a complex sentence )
A. I saw that the old man was walking unsteadily. ( dont do it with an adjective clause )
Q. I wan my mother. I want my father. ( Join with ''both'' )
A. I want both my father and mother.
Q. We elected the man the president of our club. ( Change the voice )
A. The man was elected the president of our club.( by us ).
Q. This mountain peak is too difficult to climb. ( Make it negative )
A. This mountain peak is so difficult that nobody cane climb it.
Page-628
Q. Hope said,'' Look at what I found today, a seed!'' ( Change into indirect speech )
A. Hope exclaimed in joy and drew our attention to the seed she had found that day. / Hope exclaimed in joy and asked us to look at the seed she had found that day. ( The second one is more conventional)
Q. Why did you beat the boy ? ( Change the voice )
A. Why was the boy beaten by you ?
Q.Anand is one of the best chess players in the world. ( Use it in positive degree )
A. Very few chase players in the world are as good as Anand.
Q.He is very old. He cannot walk fast. (Join using ''too'' and ''to'' )
A. He is too old to walk fast.
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