1. The hermit listened to the Tsar but answered nothing. (Turn
into complex sentence)
✓ ☞︎︎︎Though the hermit listened to the Tsar, he answered
nothing.
2. This is the best time. (Change into positive degree)
✓☞︎︎︎No other time is as good as this.
3. The bleeding bark will heal. (Turn into interrogative)
✓Will not the bleeding bark heal?
4. He had an ideal helpmate in my mother, Ashiamma.(Split)
✓☞︎︎︎He had an ideal helpmate. She was my mother Ashiamma.
5. Squeezer is better than Guess (Turn into positive degree)
✓☞︎︎︎Guess is not as good as Squeezer.
6. Few girls can resist flattery. (Use noun form)
✓☞︎︎︎Few girls can show resistance to flattery.
7. She said, “You are a very gallant young man. (Narration)
✓☞︎︎︎She said that he (the narrator) was a very gallant young
man.
8. Pick up my pocketbook. (Voice change)
✓☞︎︎︎Let my pocketbook be picked up.
9. The Tsar said, “How can I learn to do the right thing at the
right time?” (Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎The Tsar asked how he could learn to do the right thing at
the right time.
10. A girl got in. (Turn into negative)
✓☞︎︎︎A girl did not remain outside.
11. What a misfortune I've had! (Turn into assertive)
✓☞︎︎︎I have had a great misfortune.
12. The man who had entered the compartment, broke into
my reverie. (Split into two simple sentences)
✓☞︎︎︎The man had entered the compartment. He broke into my reverie.
13. Many of them offered bowls of water to my father.
(Voice change)
✓☞︎︎︎Bowls of water were offered to my father by many of them.
14. The woman said, “Why did you want to do it for?”
(Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎The woman asked why he (Roger) had wanted to do that for.
15. I also remember people visiting our home to offer thanks after being cured. (Turn into negative)
✓☞︎︎︎I also do not forget people visiting our home to offer thanks after being cured.
16. He received none but the common folk. (Turn into affirmative)
✓☞︎︎︎He received only the common folk.
17. She was silent. (Use noun form)
✓ ☞︎︎︎She kept silence.
18. It grows slowly. (Use noun form)
✓☞︎︎︎Its growth is slow.
19. It grows slowly. (Use adjective form)
✓☞︎︎︎Its growth is slow.
20. Thou are more lovely than summer. (Turn into positive
degree)
✓☞︎︎︎Summer is not as lovely as thou (you).
21. Few girls can resist flattery. (Turn into negative)
✓☞︎︎︎Most of the girls cannot resist flattery.
22. “Forgive me”, said the bearded man. (Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎The bearded man requested to forgive him.
23. I think it was very cheap. (Turn into simple sentence)
✓☞︎︎︎I think it to be very cheap.
24. The root must be pulled out. (Use infinitive)
✓ ☞︎︎︎The root is to be pulled out.
25. I can make you a present of them. ( Use as verb)
✓☞︎︎︎I can present them to you.
26. I turned from the window and faced the girl. (Use
Participle)
✓☞︎︎︎Turning from the window I faced the girl.
27. The poetry of earth is never dead.(Tur into affirmative)
✓☞︎︎︎The poetry of earth is everlasting/immortal.
28. Thou art more lovely than summer. (Turn into negative)
✓☞︎︎︎Summer is not as lovely as thou (you).
29. It has grown slowly consuming the earth. (Split)
✓☞︎︎︎1)It has consumed the earth.
☞︎︎︎2)It has grown slowly.
30. “Do you need somebody to go to the store?”asked the boy. (Narration)
✓☞︎︎︎The boy asked if she ( Mrs. Bates) needed somebody to go the store.
31. Didn’t you notice her hair? (Voice)
✓☞︎︎︎Wasn’t her hair noticed by you?
32. My father told me, “Adversity always presents
opportunities for introspection.” (Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎My father told me that adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
33. She did not leave the door shut. (Turn into affirmative)
✓☞︎︎︎She left the door open.
34. All the answers being different, the Tsar agreed with none of them. (Complex)
✓☞︎︎︎As all the answers were different, the Tsar agreed with none of them.
35. He sleeps in sunlight at peace. (Use Adveb)
✓☞︎︎︎He sleeps in sunlight peacefully.
36. It takes much time to kill a tree. (Turn into negative)
✓It does not take short time to kill a tree.
37. How lucky you are! (Make it assertive)
✓☞︎︎︎You are very lucky.
38. I didn’t know anyone else was here. (Turn into
affirmative)
✓☞︎︎︎I hardly knew anyone else was here.
39. There was nothing mysterious about prayer. (Use noun form)
✓☞︎︎︎There was no mystery in prayer.
40. She said, “Good night! Behave yourself, boy.” (Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎She bade the boy good night and advised to behave himself.
41. It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of knife will do it. (Make it complex)
✓☞︎︎︎It takes much time to kill a tree because a simple jab of knife will not do it.
42. I told the girl, “Are you going all the way to Dehra?” (Narration change)
✓☞︎︎︎I asked the girl if she was going all the way to Dehra.
43. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor much wealth. (split)
✓☞︎︎︎ My father was Jainulabdeen. He did not have much formal education. He did not have much wealth
44. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed everyday. (Make it affirmative)
✓I forget the exact number of people she fed everyday.
45. A soldier, very young, lies open-mouthed. (Make it complex)
✓ A soldier who is very young lies open-mouthed.
46. The woman did not ask the boy anything. (Voice change)
✓The boy was not asked anything by the woman.
47. His lower jaw is shorter than the upper.
✓His upper jaw is not as short as his lower jaw.
48. I can hardly believe my own ears. (Make it negative)
✓I can not believe my own ears.
49. My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. (Voice)
✓People widely regarded my parents as an ideal couple.
50. Only the scent of perfume still lingered where he had stood. (Make it negative)
✓Nothing but the scent of perfume still lingered where he had stood.
51. She said, “Eat some more, son.” (Narration)
✓Addressing the boy as son, she asked him to eat some more.
52. I said to my father, “Why don't you say this to people who come to you for help and advice?” (Narration)
✓I asked my father why he didn’t say that to people who came to him for help and advice.
53. The humming insects don’t disturb his rest. (Voice)
✓His rest is not disturbed by the humming insects.
54. He is the best dog in the district. (Change into
comparative degree)
✓He is better than any other dog in the district.
55. The blood would not stop flowing.(Make it affirmative)
✓The blood continued flowing.
56. The Tsar saw a bearded man come running out of the wood. (Voice)
✓A bearded man was seen come running out of the wood by the Tsar.
57. The Shiva temple, which made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten-minute walk from our house. (Split)
✓
The Shiva temple, made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims.
It was about a ten-minute walk from our house.
58. I answered confidently. (Use noun form)
✓I answered with confidence.
59. The Tsar decided to consult the hermit. (Voice)
✓The hermit was decided to be consulted by the Tsar.
60. It was a safe remark. (Turn into negative)
✓It lost not an unsafe remark.
61. He is tired out with fun. He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.(Join into simple sentence)
✓Being tired out with fun, he rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
62. Her next question removed my doubts. (Voice)
✓My doubts were removed by her next question.
63. The Tsar brought fresh water and gave it to him. (Turn into simple sentence)
✓Bringing fresh water, the Tsar gave it to him.
64. He did not answer in a loud voice. ( Turn into
affirmative)
✓He answered in a low voice.
65. “I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes”, said the boy. (Narration)
✓The boy said that he had wanted a pair of blue Suede shoes.
66. The man had entered the compartment. He broke into my reverie. (Make complex)
✓The man who had entered the compartment, broke into my reverie.
67. I'm getting off at Saharanpur. My aunt is meeting me there. (Make it complex)
✓ I'm getting off at Saharanpur where my aunt is meeting me.
68. As soon as she left the train, she would forget our brief encounter. (Make it negative)
✓No sooner had he left the train than she would forget our brief encounter.
69. The day passed. You did not return. (Make it compound)
✓ The day passed but you did not return.
70. People who cannot see have to take in only the
essentials. (Make it a simple sentence)
✓Blind people have to take in only the essentials
Do as directed:
Question: Who doesn’t know Ramlal ? (Rewrite as an Assertive Sentence)
Ans: Everybody knows Ramlal.
Question: My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple down-to-earth Tamil. (Change the voice)
Ans: Complex spiritual concepts could be conveyed by my father in very simple down-to-earth Tamil.
Question: I am the most unhappy of men. (Turn into positive degree)
Ans: No other man is so unhappy as I.
Question: As soon as she left the train, she would forget our brief encounter. (Turn into a negative sentence)
Ans: No sooner had she left the train than she would forget our brief encounter.
Question: But thy eternal summer shall not fade. (Turn into an affirmative sentence)
Ans: But thy eternal summer shall continue forever.
Question: I wished to kill you. (Use the noun form of the underlined word)
Ans: I had a wish to kill you.
Question: “You have already been answered”, said the hermit to the Tsar. (Turn into Indirect speech)
Ans: The hermit told the Tsar that he had already been answered.
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