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Class XI Grammar Capsule
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Important Grammar for Class XI
Mother did not answer the question. (Change the voice)
The question was not answered by the mother.
The boy said to Jimmy, “Why did you come to Elmore?”
The boy asked Jimmy why he had come to Elmore
Some People lack the sense of beauty and they litter rubbish in their
houses and courtyards (Simple Sentence)
Lacking the sense of beauty, some people litter rubbish in their houses
and courtyards.
He got his key and went upstairs ( Split into two sentences)
i)
ii)
He got his key
He went upstairs
I took some rice . I went there immediately ( join into Single Sentence)
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Taking some rice, I went upstairs.
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We should get well qualified people to write readable books on art.
(complex sentence)
We should get people who are well qualified to write books on art.
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Language has an important place in education as it is the vehicle for literature, science and philosophy.
(split into two sentences)
i)
ii)
Language has important place in education.
It is the vehicle for literature, science and philosophy.
The mariners were urged to sail on by the wind. ( voice change)
The wind urged to sail on the mariners.
She stood near the rose plant. She pointed towards the moon. ( join with Participle)
Standing near the rose plant, she pointed towards the moon.
“Sir, do you want a servant?” Sidda asked Mr. Sivasanker ( Narration change)
Addressing him Sir, Sidda asked Mr. Sivasanker if he wanted a servant.
He turned away. He strolled down the street. ( Join with participle)
Turning away, he strolled down.
Literature often provides man inner delight. It has a limited expression (Joining)
Literature which has a limited expression , often provides man inner delight.
Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace today (positive degree)
No other destroyer of peace is as great as abortion today.
Literature often provides man inner delight. (Voice change)
Man inner delight is often provided by literature
“Stop cracking safes and live straight” said the warden (Narration change)
The warden advised to stop cracking safes and live straight.
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It hailed the ships and and cried sail on ( Split into two sentences)
i)
ii)
It hailed the ships
It cried sail on.
The invisible worm has found out thy bed of crimson joy. (Turn into complex )
The worm which was invisible, has found out thy bed of crimson joy.
They picked up Sir Mohan`s suitcase and flung it onto the platform (Rewrite using Participle)
Picking up Sir Mohan`s suitcase , they flung it onto the platform.
I never cracked a safe in my life (Change the voice)
A safe was never cracked by me in my life
Jimmy said, “I never was in Springfield in my life” ( Narration)
Jimmy said that he was never in Springfield in his life
The yellow half moon is large and low ( Turn into a complex)
The half moon which is yellow, is large and low
The stars write. I understand this ( Joining)
I understand the writing of the stars.
The day is near ( Turn into negative)
The day is not far.
Tell me a story ( Voice change)
Let a story be told me
The coolie said to Lady lal, “Are you travelling alone, sister?”
Addressing her as sister ,the coolie asked Lady Lal if she was going alone.
The poor people are great people. They can teach us many beautiful things ( Simple)
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The poor great people can teach us many beautiful things.
He set his suitcase on the table and opened it flat. ( Simple)
Setting his suitcase on the table, he opened it.
His dark secret love destroys your life ( Make it interrogative)
Does not his dark secret love destroy your life?
He did not like the poor, illiterate relatives hanging around his bunglow. ( Make it an affirmative)
He disliked the poor, illiterate relatives hanging around his bunglow.
Do you want a servant ? (Voice change)
Is a servant needed to you?
Will art give us a livelihood ? (Negative )
Art will not give us a livelihood.
Lachmi said, “Are the trains very crowded on these lines”
Lachmi asked if the trains were very crowded on those lines.
Pulling out from the wall a folding bed, Jimmy slid back a panel in the wall. (Split)
i)
ii)
Jimmy pulled out from the wall a folding bed.
He slid back a panel in the wall.
Nothing can make them confess (Make it interrogative)
Can anything make them confess?
Leela`s mother threw a glance at him. She asked him about the chain. ( Join into single sentence)
Throwing a glance at him , Leela`s mother asked him about the chain.
Lady Lal opened the brass carrier ( Change the voice)
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The brass carrier was opened by Lady Lal.
“Tell me a story, Mother” Leela said
Leela requested her mother to tell a story
We have been created in his image. We have been created to love and be loved (join into single
sentence)
We have been created in his image to love and be loved.
She was fond of little gossip and had no one to talk to at home (Split into simple sentence)
i)
ii)
She was fond of little gossip.
She had no one to talk to at home.
You are always abusing Sidda ( Change the voice)
Sidda is always being abused by you.
“Is not that young lady Polly Simpson?” asked Jimmy
Jimmy asked if that was not young lady Polly Simpson.
She is Annabel Adams. Her pa owns this bank. ( Complex )
She is Annabel Adams whose pa owns this bank.
We are doing another thing which is very beautiful. (Simple Sentence)
We are doing another beautiful thing.
I have lived like an animal in the street but I am going to die like an angel (Split)
i)
I have lived like an animal in the street.
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ii)
But I am going to die like an angel.
The clerk was impressed by the clothes and manner of Jimmy (Voice)
The clothes and manner of Jimmy impressed the clerk.
“Would not I make a nice drummer?” Said Annabel
Annabel asked if she would not make a nice drummer.
Leela clapped her hands and screamed in wonder. ( Simple sentence)
Clapping her hands, Leela screamed in wonder.
The provision that universities make for it is inadequate (Make it negative sentence)
The provision that universities make for it is not adequate.
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