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PART-A: GRAMMAR
NARRATION
1. Rewrite the following in the reported speech.
Ôfollwo my example,Õ she said as she shook hands Ôand never eat more than one thing for luncheon.Õ ÔIÕll do better than thatÕ, I retorted. ÔIÕll eat nothing for dinner to nightÕ, ÔHumoristÕ, she cried gaily, jumping, into a cab, Ôyou are quite a humoristÕ.
Answer: She advised me as she shook hands to follwo her example and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that and also added that I would eat nothing for dinner that night. Jumping in to a cab she cried out gaily calling me humorist and also said that I was quite a humorist.
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TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES
2. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed.
a) Once a cook roasted a duck for his master (passive).
b) The roast looked so delicious that the cook could not resist the temptation (simple). He ate up one of the drumsticks.
c) When his master sat down to eat, he quickly noticed the mission leg (compound). He asked what had happened to the other leg.
d) The cook told him that the duck had one leg only (negative). The master was not to be fooled. He said that there was on such thing as a one-lagged duck.
e) The cook insisted that that this duck had only one leg (simple)
Answer:
a) Once a duck was roasted by a cook for his master.
b) The roast looked too delicious for the cook to resist the temptation.
c) His master sat down to eat and at that time he quickly noticed the missing leg.
d) The cook told him that the duck did not have more than one leg.
e) The cook insisted on the ducks having only one leg.
COMPLETING SENTENCES
3. Complete the following sentences.
a) A sultan wanted to find an hones man who.........?
b) So, he invited application and.......................?
c) He asked for the advice of a wise man because..........................?
d) A wise man came and.................................?
e) The sultan asked him how............................?
Answer:
a) A sultan wanted to find an hones man who would collect taxes from the people.
b) So, he invited application and a lot of applicants applied for the job.
c) He asked for the advice of a wise man because he was unable to choose the right person.
d) A wise man came and offered his help.
e) The sultan asked him hwo he would find out an honest man.
