PAGE #23
a) Do as directed: 6×1=6
i) My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil. (Change the Voice)
Ans. Complex spiritual concepts could be conveyed in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil by my father.
ii) The Tsar agreed with none of them. (Turn into Affirmative Sentence)
Ans. The Tsar disagreed with all of them.
iii) I am not nearly as attractive a travelling companion as the one who just left. (Change the degree of comparison)
Ans. As a travelling companion, the one who just left is more attractive than I.
iv) The humming insects don’t disturb his rest. (Turn into a Complex Sentence)
Ans. The insects which are humming don’t disturb his rest.
v) “Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?” I asked my
father. (Change the mode of narration)
Ans. I asked my father why he didn’t say that to the people who came to him for help and advice.
vi) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Rewrite using the noun form of ‘compare’)
Ans. Shall I make a comparison between thou and a summer’s day?
b) Article and Preposition: 3
Having taken leave of the wounded man, the Tsar went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit. Before going away he wished once more to beg an answer to the questions he had put.
c) Error
correction: 1
My parents were widely regard as an ideal couple. (Options: regards /regarded/ regarding)
PAGE #47
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) “Why don’t you say this to the people
who come to you for help and advice?” I asked my father. (Change the mode of
narration) Repetition
after Page #23
Ans. I asked my father why he didn’t say that to the people
who came to him for help and advice.
ii) She would place a banana leaf before
me. (Change the Voice)
Ans. A banana leaf would be placed before me by her.
iii) All the answers being different,
the Tsar agreed with none of them. (Use the underlined word as a verb and
rewrite the sentence)
Ans. As all the answers differed from one another, the Tsar
agreed with none of them.
iv) She had beautiful eyes. They were of no
use to her. (Join into a Complex Sentence)
Ans. Though she had beautiful eyes, they were of no use to
her.
v) My mother’s lineage was more
distinguished than my father’s. (Change into Negative)
Ans. My father’s lineage was not as much distinguished as my
mother’s.
vi) Seeing the Tsar, he greeted him.
(Change into Complex Sentence)
Ans. When he saw the Tsar, he greeted him.
b)
Article / Preposition: 3
Whenever human beings find themselves
alone, as a
natural reaction, they start looking for company. Whenever they are in trouble, they look
for someone to help them. Whenever they reach an impasse, they look to someone to show
them the way
out.
c) Error
correction: 1
When he reached the Tsar, he fell fainting
on the ground moan feebly. (Options: moaned/ moans/ moaning)
PAGE #67
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) Adversity always presents opportunities
for introspection. (Change the Voice)
Ans. Opportunities for introspection are always presented by
adversities.
ii) “Forgive me !” said the bearded man in
a weak voice. (Change into Indirect Speech)
Ans. The bearded man begged (or pleaded / requested) in a weak
voice to forgive him.
iii) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s
day? (Use the noun form of ‘compare’) [Repetition after Page #23]
Ans. Shall I make a comparison between thou and a summer’s
day?
iv) He’s as ugly as a worn-out cab-horse.
(Change into Comparative Degree)
Ans. A worn-out cab-horse is not uglier than he.
v) I found the window and sat in front of
it, staring into the daylight that was darkness for me. (Split into Simple
Sentences)
Ans. I found the window. I sat in front of it. I stared into
the daylight. It was darkness for me.
vi) The poetry of earth is never dead.
(Make it Complex)
Ans. The poetry that is related to earth (or that belongs to earth) is never dead.
b)
Article / Preposition: 3
Ours
! You can go on
proving it for
two days on
end, you can go and put on
fifteen dress jackets, but I tell you they’re ours, ours, ours ! I don’t want
anything of
yours and I don’t want to give up anything of mine.
c) Error
correction: 1
I
was totally convince that they reached God. (Options: convincing / convinced / was
convinced)
PAGE #82
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) My parents were widely regarded as an
ideal couple. (Change the Voice)
Ans. People widely regarded my parents as an ideal couple.
ii) They all answered his questions differently.
(Use the underlined word as a noun and rewrite the sentence)
Ans. A) They all gave answers differently to his questions.
B) There were differences among their answers
to his questions.
iii) But thy eternal summer shall not fade.
(Change into an Affirmative Sentence)
Ans. But thy eternal summer shall remain the same.
iv) “Thanks!” said the hermit and gave the
spade to the Tsar. (Turn into Indirect Speech)
Ans. The hermit thanked the Tsar and gave him the spade.
v) Many of them offered bowls of water to
my father who would dip his fingertips in them and say a prayer. (Split into
simple sentences)
Ans. Many of them offered bowls of water to my father. He
would dip his fingertips in them. Then he would say a prayer.
vi) I assure you that his lower jaw is
shorter than the upper. (Change to Positive Degree)
Ans. I assure you that his upper jaw is not as short as the
lower jaw.
b)
Article / Preposition:
3
Yet
I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time, just to listen to her talking. Her
voice had the sparkle of
a mountain stream. As soon as she left the train, she would forget our brief
encounter, but it would stay with me for the rest of the journey.
c) Error
correction: 1
We lived in our ancestor’s house. (Options : ancient / ancestral / ancestors’
PAGE #93
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) 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.
ii) My parents were widely regarded as an
ideal couple. (Change the Voice)
Ans. People widely regarded my parents as an ideal couple.
iii) I answered quite confidently. (Use
‘confidently’ as a Noun)
Ans. I answered with quite confidence.
iv) “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.
v) The most important time was when you
were digging the beds. (Change into Positive Degree)
Ans. No other time was as important as the time when you were
digging the beds.
vi) Last year we lent you our threshing
machine. (Make it a Complex Sentence)
Ans. Last year we lent you our machine which was used for
threshing.
b)
Article / Preposition:
3
I
no sooner get into
bed and begin to
go off when
suddenly something in
my left side gives a
pull and I can feel it in
my shoulder and head.
c) Error
correction: 1
The
most necessity man is he with whom you are. (Options : necessiate / necessaries
/ necessary)
PAGE #106
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) Many of them offered bowls of water to
my father. (Change the Voice)
Ans. Bowls of water were offered to my father by them.
ii) “Why don’t you say this to the people
who come to you for help and advice?” I asked my father. (Change into Indirect
Speech)
Ans. I asked my father
why he didn’t say that to the people who came to him for help and advice.
iii) He decided to consult a hermit,
widely renowned for his wisdom. (Use the underlined word as a noun and rewrite
the sentence)
Ans. He made a decision to consult a hermit, widely renowned
for his wisdom.
iv) The Tsar agreed with none of them. (Turn
into an Affirmative Sentence)
Ans. The Tsar disagreed with all of them.
v) The Shiva Temple, which made Rameswaram
so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten-minute walk from our house. (Split into
simple sentences)
Ans. The Shiva Temple made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims.
It was about a ten-minute walk from our house.
vi) Thou art more lovely and more
temperate. (Change into Positive Degree)
Ans. None is as lovely and temperate as thou.
b)
Article / Preposition: 6×
=3
All
the answers being different,
the Tsar agreed with none of them and gave the reward to none. But still
wishing to find the right answers to his questions, he decided to consult a hermit, widely
renowned for
his wisdom.
c) Error
correction:
1
Aunts
are usually formidably creatures. (Options : formative / formidable / formidability)
PAGE #119
a) Do as
directed: 6×1=6
i) Rough winds shake the darling buds of
May. (Change the Voice)
Ans. The darling buds of May are shaken by rough winds.
ii) Natalya Stepanovna : Are you going to
start shooting soon? (Change into Indirect Speech)
Ans. Natalya Stepanovna asked him if he was going to start
shooting soon.
iii) As soon as I begin to get off to sleep
there’s another pull. (Split into simple sentences)
Ans. I begin to get off to sleep. Soon after there’s another
pull.
iv) It should not be too difficult. (Make
it Affirmative)
Ans. It should be easy enough.
v) Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? (Rewrite
using the noun form of ‘compare’)
Ans. Shall I make a comparison between thou and a summer’s day?
vi) The humming insects don’t disturb his
rest. (Turn into a Complex Sentence)
Ans. The insects that hum don’t
disturb his rest.
b)
Article / Preposition: 6×=3
So
the Tsar put
on simple
clothes, and before reaching the hermit’s cell dismounted from his horse, and, leaving his
body-guard behind,
went on
alone.
c) Error
correction: 1
Sometimes
too hot the eye of heaven shine. (Options : shone / shines / shining)
