Language Study

1. The compound was luxurious.
(Frame 'wh-question' to get the underlined part as an answer.)
Ans : How was the compound?
2. My parents and my younger sister lay down for an afternoon nap. (Use ‘not only - but also)
Ans: Not only my parents but also my younger sister lay down for an afternoon nap.
3. The silence was occasionally broken by the sound of my family snoring. (Begin the sentence with ‘The sound of my family snoring’)
Ans: The sound of my family snoring occasionally broke the silence.
4. I started throwing more stones. (Use infinitive form of the underlined word.)
Ans : I started to throw more stones.
5. I recalled the terrible custom. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘The terrible custom….’)
Ans : The terrible custom was recalled by me.
6. I took the baby langur to our backyard. (Transform the sentence into Simple Present Tense.)
Ans : I take the baby langur to our backyard.
7. I offered him a peeled banana. (Begin the sentence with ‘A peeled banana…’)
Ans : A peeled banana was offered to him by me.
8. She simply sat there quietly. (Rewrite the sentence into Past Continuous Tense.)
Ans : She was simply sitting there quietly.

9. She could keep the baby safe from further assault. (Remove ‘Could’ and use ‘able to’. )
Ans :She was able to keep the baby safe from further.
10. I can not forget that look in her eyes. (Use ‘able to’.)
Ans : I am not able to forget that look in her eyes.
11. She surveyed the area. (Begin the sentence with ‘The area…..)
Ans : The area was surveyed by her.
12. As soon as I get money, I'm off. (Use ‘No sooner - than’.)
Ans : No sooner do I get money than I'll be off.
13. ‘Don't raise such dust !’ he called out to Nathu. (Choose the correct indirect speech of the given sentence.)
I) He said to Nathu that don't raise such dust.
II) He asked Nathu not to raise such dust.
III) He called out to Nathu not to raise such dust.
Ans : II) He asked Nathu not to raise such dust.
14. He began enjoying life the most
(Identify the tense.)
Ans : Simple Past Tense
15. The disease came as a bolt from the blue. (Make Past Perfect Tense.)

Ans: The disease had come as a bolt from the blue.
16. ‘Did you give any gurudakshina to your guru ? ‘ I asked. (Rewrite as indirect speech. )

Ans : I asked if she had given any gurudakshina to her guru.

17. That scene forced me to look at my own life. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘I……)

Ans : I was forced to look at my own life due to that scene.

18. I bow to my late parents. (Name the tense and transform it into Simple Past Tense.)

Ans : The given sentence is in Simple Present Tense.
Simple Past Tense : I bowed to my late parents.

19. The youngest of them was Bholi. (Choose the correct alternative of its comparative form.)
I) Bholi was younger than any other of them.
II) Bholi was the younger than any other of them.
III) Bholi was younger than most other of them.

IV) Bholi was younger of them.

Ans :IV) Bholi was younger of them.

20. She talked very little. ( Choose the Exclamatory form of it.)
I) What a little she talked!
II) How little she talked!
III) How a little she talked!
IV) She talked how little!

Ans : II) How little she talked!