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H.S GRAMMAR CAPSULE.
1. Who does not know Ramlal? ( Assertive)
Everyone knows Ramlal
2. “You have already been answered” said the hermit to the Tsar
(indirect)
The Tsar told the Tsar that he had already been answered.
3. I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes. (complex)
I wanted a pair of shoes which was blue suede.
4. The hermit was digging the ground. (voice)
The ground was being dug by the hermit.
5. The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie. (
split)
(i)
The man had entered the compartment
(ii)
He broke into my reverie
6. This is the best time (Positive)
No other time is as good as this
7. It could be a fascinated game. ( Error correction)
Fascinating
8. One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood is of the two
men . (positive degree)
Very few memory of my early childhood is as vivid as of the two men.
9. Do you need somebody to go the store? (Voice)
Is somebody is needed to go to the store to you?
10. Most of the tourists have gone, and the roads are quite almost
deserted .
i)
Most of the tourists have gone.
ii)
The roads are quite almost deserted
11. Shall I compare thee to a summer`s day? ( assertive)
I shall not compare thee to a summer`s day.
12. My father told me “Adversity always presents opportunities for
introspection”
My father told me that adversity always presents opportunities for
introspection.
13. The perfume of her hair was tantalised ( Error correction)
Tantalising
14. “Eat some more son” She said
Addressing him as son she requested/ordered him to eat some more
15. Nature keep him Warm. ( Voice)
He is kept warm by Nature
16. The water drpping from his face, the boy looked at her ( split)
i)
The water was dripping from the face of the boy .
ii)
He looked at her
17. Guess is worse than squeezer (positive)
Squeezer is not so good as Guess
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18. An interesting face can also be preety ( complex)
A face which is interesting can also be preety.
19. Thou art more lovely and more temperate than summer (positive)
Summer is not so lovely and temperate as thou
20. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts. (voice)
Complex spiritual concepts could be conveyed by my father.
21. He put his hands on my shoulders. He looked straight into my eyes. (join)
He put hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes.
22. The woman said to the boy “ what did you want to do it for?”
The woman asked the boy what he had wanted to do it for.
23. I do not recall the exact no of people she had everyday. (simple)
24. All the answes being different, The Tsar agreed with none. ( Complex)
The Tsar agreed with none of them because the answers were different.
25. Had she noticed already that I could not see? (Split)
I)
I could not see.
II)
Had she noticeed already it?
26. The boy never saw her again. ( voce)
She was never seen again by the boy
27. “Are you going all the way to Dehra?” She asked
She asked if he was going all the way to Dehra.
28. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection (voice)
Oppportunities for introspection is always presented by adversity.
29. When she got to her door, she dragged the boy inside (simple sentence)
Getting to her door, she dragged the boy insside .
30. When atlast the blood ceased flowing , the man revived (Split)
i)Atlast the blood ceased flowing.
ii) The man revived
31. He sleeps (negetive)
He does not awake.
32. He fell fainted on the ground (error correction)
Faint
33. You alone can help me , though I don’t deserve it ( compound sentence)
You alone can help me but I don’t deserve it.
34. Seeing the Tsar, he greeted him and went on digging. (Split)
I ) He saw the Tsar
ii)He greeted him
iii)He went on digging
35. The poetry of Earth is never dead (affirmative)
The poetry of earth is always alive
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36. Thou art more lovely and more temperate than summer.(use positive degree)
Summer is not so lovely and temperate as thou.
37. I wondered if she wore hair in bun,or if it was plaited.(split into three simple sentence)
She might wore her in bun
Her hair might be plaited’
I wondered it.
38. The hermit said ,”let us see who it is.”(narration change)
The hermit suggested that they should see who it was
39. I don’t intend to give up what I have .(rewrite using the noun form ‘intend’.)
My intention is not to give up what I have.
40. Error correction- He is on the road along freedom. (for/with/to)
to
41. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?(turn to assertive)
I shall not compare thee to a summer`s day.
42. Pakshi Laksmana Sastry was the high priest of rameswaram temple .he was a close friend of
my father’s .(join into simple sentence)
Pakshi Laksmana Sastry, the high priest of Rameswaram,was a close friend of my father.
43. A soldier ,very young,lies open mouthed. (turn into a complex sentence)
A soldier who is very young, lies open mouthed.
44. ’Eat some more , son’ she said .(turn to indirect)
Addressing him as son, she requested to eat some more.
45. Have you measured it?( V.C)
Has it been measured by you?
46. One of the vivid memories of my early childhood is of the two men .(change to positive)
Very few memories of my early childhood is as vivid as of the two men.
47. Error correction- She was standing very close to me ,so close that the perfume from her hair
was tantalished .
(tantalise/tantalishing/tantalisable.)
Tantalising
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