Do as directed

1. Rewrite the following scentences using the verbs given in their correct tense forms:

1)This road_from Puri to Sambalpur.(run)
2)When we arrived they_lunch.(has)
3)We_each other for the past ten years.(know)
4)I_letters since ten '0' clock this morning.(write)
5)I cannot play the match as i_ my foot.(injure)
Answer
1) This road runs from Puri to Sambalpur. (simple present tense - true forever)
2) When we arrived they were having lunch.(past continuous - action was going on at particular time in past.)
3) We have known each other for the past ten years. (present perfect tense - action occurred in the past and effect continued to present. )
4) I have been writing letters since ten '0' clock this morning.(present perfect continuous tense - action going on at present for a long time. )
5) I cannot play the match as I have injured my foot.(present perfect - recently occurred action)


2.Do as directed:

1)People almost everywhere study English.(change into passive)
Ans: English is studied almost everywhere.
2)You (needn't/mustn't/won't)light a match,the room is full of gas.(choose  
the correct alternative)
Ans: You mustn't light a match,the room is full of gas.
3)He had hardly finished eating when somebody knocked on the door.(begin  
the scentence with 'Hardly')
Ans: Hardly had he finished eating when somebody knocked on the door.
4)The work should be complete _ next month.(supply the missing preposition)

Ans : The work should be complete by next month.

3. Rewrite the following scentences correctly:

1)He has been working on this project since two days.
2)This is a comfortable house to live.
3)Though he is fat, still he runs fast.
4)He did not know why was he going to that place.
5)If he will arrive early, we will watch the movie together.

Answer

1)He has been working on this project for two days. (for - used to indicate time duration)
2)This is the comfortable house to live.( the - certain house)
3)Though he is fat, he runs fast.( still not used with though)
4)He did not know why he was going to that place. (in Assertive sentence helping verb and verb should be written after subject)
5)If he arrives early, we will watch the movie together. (in conditional clause simple present tense is used with if/unless.)

Rewrite as instructed - Feb. 2019

Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.

i) The paddy is ripe enough to harvest. (Remove ‘enough’ and rewrite the sentence.)
Ans. The paddy is so ripe that it can be harvested.
Or The paddy is so ripe that farmers(one) should (can) harvest it.
(ii) How beautiful the sight was! (Rewrite as an assertive sentence. )
Ans. The sight was very beautiful.

(iii) When earthquake strikes, world trembles.
(Insert appropriate articles wherever necessary and rewrite it.)
Ans: When an earthquake strikes, the world trembles.
(iv) I spent my holiday _______ some friends ________ a wooden house.
(Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.)
Ans: I spent my holiday with some friends in a wooden house.
(v) Radha said to the teacher, “I feel very happy to help my mother at home.”
Ans: Radha told the teacher that she felt very happy to help her mother at home.
(vi) India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest.
(Rewrite it using ‘unless’)
Ans. Unless there is oneness of interest, India and Maharashtra cannot progress.
Or
India and Maharashtra cannot progress, unless there is oneness of interest .

(vii) This state of Maharashtra will work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra. (Rewrite it using modal auxiliary showing ‘obligation’)
Ans. This state of Maharashtra must work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra.
(viii) They have only one pair of wings. (Make it negative without changing the meaning)
Ans. They do not have more than one pair of wings.
(ix) Insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise to escape from the clutches of their predators. (Replace infinitive with gerund and rewrite. )
Ans. Insects have already adopted the tactic of disguise for escaping from the clutches of their predators.
(x) He had won his laurels in athletic events and the silver medal in a running race.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only...but also’.)
Ans. He had won not only his laurels in athletic events but also a silver medal in running race.
(xi) When I saw the prizes, I was stupefied.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘No sooner.... than’.)
Ans. No sooner did I see the prizes than I was stupefied.
(xii) He had learnt enough Greek and Latin to read the classics in the original.
(Rewrite using ‘as well as’.)
Ans. He had learnt enough Greek as well as Latin to read the classics in the original.
(xiii) Doting parents often stunt the natural growth of their children through excessive adulation.
(Rewrite the sentence changing it into passive voice.)
Ans. The natural growth of their children is often stunted through excessive adulation by the doting parents.

(xiv) Seeing the hungry market, Dell placed local advertisement.
(Make it a compound sentence)
Ans. Dell saw the hungry market and placed local advertisement.
(xv) He added features to improve performance.
(Frame ‘Wh’ question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
Ans. Why did he add features?

Do as directed

1. Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy to squeeze the milk from the tender rice.
(Rewrite it into compound).
Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy and squeeze the milk from the tender rice.
2. How beautiful the sight was! (Rewrite as assertive.)
The sight was very beautiful.
3. I rushed to the site and begged the tree cutters to spare trunk. (Rewrite as simple sentence.)
Rushing to the site I begged the tree cutters to spare the trunk.
4. I looked into all the nest and saw smashed eggs in two of them.(Rewrite as complex sentence.)

Complex : When I looked into all the nest, I saw smashed eggs in two of them.
5. When I reached home from school, he would fly down and land on my head. ( Rewrite using 'as soon as'. )
As soon as I reached home from school, he would fly down and land on my head.
6. I would show him my finger. (Rewrite using 'used to'.)
I used to show him my finger.
7. By putting the sharp end of the upper beak stationary in the plate, he would drink the milk by moving his tongue and lower beak. (Rewrite as compound sentence. )
He would put the sharp end of the upper beak stationary in the plate and drink the milk by moving his tongue and lower beak.
8. He put each grain between his upper and lower beaks deftly. ( Identify the tense. )
Simple Past Tense
9. He put each grain between his upper and lower beaks and deftly removed the chaff, pressing the lower palm.(Rewrite as simple sentence.)
Putting each grain between his upper and lower beaks he deftly removed the chaff, pressing the lower palm.
10. After filling his little stomach he would go into his cage. (Rewrite as complex.)
When his little stomach filled, he would go into his cage.
11. I would close the cage and put it near my pillow. (Rewrite as Simple sentence.)
Closing the cage I put it near my pillow.
12. When he became a fully grown up one, he began to go far and wide. (Rewrite as simple sentence.)
After becoming a fully grown up one, he began to go far and wide

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[06/02, 9:56 AM] Kumbhar Madam: O wise one! Could you give me the answer to my three questions? the kind said to hermit .( Rewrite using Indirect Narration)
[06/02, 9:57 AM] Kumbhar Madam: She held it out to him.( Begin with 'It...')
[06/02, 10:00 AM] Kumbhar Madam: The most important time was when you were digging the beds.(Change to positive degree)
[06/02, 10:02 AM] Kumbhar Madam: The state Parties have the responsibility for identifying and nominating new sites .(use noun forms of identifying and nominating)
[06/02, 10:04 AM] Prafulla Mahure: 1.The king addressed hermit as wise one and asked/requested him if he could give him answers to his three questions.
2. It was held out to him for her.
[06/02, 10:06 AM] Prafulla Mahure: The state Parties have the responsibility for *identification* and *nomination* of new sites .(use noun forms of identifying and nominating)
[06/02, 10:09 AM] Kumbhar Madam: Only when the dust is removed, the mirror shines and the reflection becomes clear.( Change the voice beginning with- The mirror....)
[06/02, 10:11 AM] Kumbhar Madam: When the concert came to an end the audience gave the artistes a standing ovation.(Make it compound)
[06/02, 10:24 AM] Prafulla Mahure: The concert came to an end *and* the audience gave the artistes a standing ovation.
[06/02, 11:22 AM] Prafulla Mahure: The mirror shines and the reflection becomes clear only when we remove the dust.
[06/02, 11:25 AM] Prafulla Mahure: No other time was as important as the one when you were digging the beds.