Sentence Change As Per Instruction

Answer : (i) He is a learned man. He cannot make that mistake. (Combine the sentence by using “too” –”to”)

Ans: He is too learned a man to make that mistake.

(ii) Brutus was not without love for Caesar__ ? (Add a question tag)

Ans: Brutis was not without love for Caesar, wasn't he?

(iii) As soon as he went there, the uproar commenced. (Remove as soon as’ and put no sooner than”)

Ans: No sooner than he went there, the uproar commenced.

(iv) Either the father or the son has not taken it. (Use ‘neither – nor”)

Ans: Neither the father nor the son has taken it.

(v) You tell me the truth. I shall not punish you. (Rewrite the sentence beginning ‘unless’.)

Ans: Unless you tell me the truth, I shall punish you.

(vi) The Prince said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening”. (Change into Indirect Speech)

Ans: The Prince said that he was greatly pleased to be there that evening.

(vii) The minister was spoken to by them. (Change into active voice)

Ans: They spoke to the minister.

(viii) Not only Rama but also Gopal did it. (Remove ‘not only – but also” and put ‘as well as’)

Ans: Rama, as well as Gopal, did it.

(ix) The farmer worked so hard, that he might not starve. (Remove ‘so’ and ‘that’ and put ‘lest”)

Ans: Lest the farmer works hard, he might starve.

(x) Hardly had I arrived at the gate, when my servant brought the horse. (Remove ‘hardly and put ‘scarcely’)

Ans: Scarcely had I arrived at the gate, when my servant brought the horse.

Answer : (i) Has anyone ever hypnotized you? (Change into passive voice)

Ans: Have you ever been hypnotised by anyone?

(ii) The judge said to the witness, “Were you present at the scene of crime?” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: The witness was asked by the judge whether he/she was present at the scene of crime.

(iii) He does not love his daughter. He does not love his wife either. (Join the sentences into one by using ‘neither-nor’)

Ans: Neither does he love his daughter nor does he love his wife.

(iv) Much though I wanted, I could not reach her. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘however’)

Ans: Though I wanted to reach her, however, I could not.

(v) As soon as the concert ended, it began to rain. (Replace ‘as soon as’ with ‘hardly’, making other suitable changes)

Ans: Hardly had the concert ended when it began to rain.

(vi) As the bus to the airport was late, we could not catch the plane. (Begin the sentence with – ‘Had the bus ……. not’)

Ans: Had the bus to the airport not been late, we could have caught the plane.

(vii) He was so nervous that he could not perform well in the interview. (Use ‘too-to’ combination)

Ans: He was too nervous to perform well in the interview.

(viii) I have never kept a pet as I don’t enjoy the company. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘since’)

Ans: Since I don't enjoy company, I have never kept a pet.

(ix) They will enjoy the programme, __? (Add a question tag)

Ans: They will enjoy the programme, won't they?

(x) If you are going out take an umbrella as it is cloudy today. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘It being-‘)

Ans: It being cloudy today, you should take an umbrella while going out.

Answer : (i) He said to him, “Is your name not Ahmad?” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: He asked him whether his name was Ahmad.

(ii) Why did your brother write such a letter? (Change into passive voice)

Ans:Why was such a letter written by your brother?

(iii) No sooner did he enter the house than he took off his coat. (Use “as soon as”)

Ans: As soon as he entered the house he took off his coat.

(iv) Sohan doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t drink. (Use “neither ... nor”)

Ans: Neither does Sohan smoke, nor does he drink.

(v) We must eat or we cannot live. (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans: We must eat to live.

(vi) Your sister helped you to do the assignment,_____________? (Add a question tag)

Ans: Your sister helped you to do the assignment, didn’t she?

(vii) The doctor will see you today only if it is an emergency. (Use “unless”)

Ans: The doctor will not see you today, unless it is an emergency.

(viii) You can borrow the book if you return it soon. (Use “provided that”)

Ans: You can borrow the book, provided that you return it soon.

(ix) I can’t explain the situation. It is too complicated. (Use “too ... to”)

Ans: The situation is too complicated to be explained.

(x) He owed his success to his father. (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans: He was successful because of his father.

Answer : (i)The old man said, “I have been visiting this temple for many years.” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: The old man said that he had been visiting that temple since many years.

(ii) Allow the pilgrims to pass. (Change into passive voice)

Ans: The pilgrims should be allowed to pass.

(iii) No sooner has she heard the news than she fainted. (Use ‘As soon as’)

Ans: As soon as she heard the news, she fainted.

(iv) He was not intelligent. He was not industrious. (Rewrite the sentences using
‘neither ...nor’)

Ans: He was neither intelligent nor industrious.

(v) When the dog is sleeping, let it lie peacefully. (Turn into a simple sentence)

Ans: Let the sleeping dog lie peacefully.

(vi) He only laughed. He did not do anything else. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘but’)

Ans: He only laughed, but he did not do anything else.

(vii) The evil practice will continue if the government does not adopt stringent measures. (Use ‘unless’)

Ans: The evil practice will continue, unless the government adopts some stringent measures.

(viii) He was allowed to go so that he might see his ailing mother. (Use ‘in order that’)

Ans: He was allowed to go, in order that he could see his ailing mother.

(ix)The burden was too heavy for the old man to carry. (Remove ‘too’)

Ans: The burden was heavy, so the old man could not carry it.

(x) She was frightened by the man’s glaring eyes. (Turn into a complex sentence)

Ans: The man’s glaring eyes frightened her.

Answer : (i) Rabi said, “I’ll eat rice for lunch today”. (Change into an indirect speech)

Ans: Rabi said that he would eat rice for lunch that day.

(ii) The man was running the shop for long. (Change into passive voice)

Ans: The shop was being run by the man for long.

(iii) He was in Delhi. He did not meet his friend. (Rewrite by using though)

Ans: Though he was in Delhi he did not meet his friend.

(iv) I landed at the airport. It started raining. (Rewrite by using ‘no sooner’)

Ans: No sooner had I landed at the airport, than it started raining.

(v) Though we were under the British rule we had a rich cultural heritage. (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans: We had a rich cultural heritage even under the British rule.

(vi) India can change only when education is reached to all. (Use ‘unless’)

Ans: India cannot change unless education is reached to all.

(vii) People in a developing country are both rich and poor. (Rewrite by using ‘either’ and ‘or’)

Ans: People in a developing country are either rich or poor.

(viii) If you work hard you will achieve success. (Rewrite by using ‘in order to’)

Ans: In order to achieve success you must work hard.

(ix) Most of the corrupt politicians do not find themselves in Jail. (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans: Most of the politicians who are corrupt do not find themselves in jail.

(x) He is old. He cannot climb stairs. (Rewrite by using ‘too’)

Ans: He is too old to climb stairs.

Answer : (i) The truth of the matter is too obvious to require any proof. (Remove ‘too’)

Ans: The truth of the matter is so obvious that it does not require any proof.

(ii) Radhika says, “I have pain in my knee.” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: Radhika said that she had pain in her leg.

(iii) He is not hungry. He is not thirsty. (Combine the sentences using ‘neither... nor’)

Ans: He is neither hungry nor thirsty

(iv) Give him a glass of water. (Change into passive voice)

Ans: He should be given a glass of water.

(v) The prisoner was set free by the court. (Change into active voice)

Ans: The court set the prisoner free.

(vi) He was ill. He came to school. (Rewrite as one sentence beginning with ‘despite’)

Ans: Despite illness he came to school.

(vii) When the sun rises, the birds leave their nests. (Change into a compound sentence)

Ans: As soon as the sun rises the birds leave their nests.

(viii) Those who come late shall be punished. (Change into simple sentence)

Ans: Late comer shall be punished.

(ix) Both his parents died in a train accident,______? (Add a question tag)

Ans: Both his parents died in a train accident, did they?

(x) Gold is the costliest metal. (Use comparative degree)

Ans: No other metal is costlier than the gold.

Answer : (i) I have many debts to repay. (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans: I have many debts that I have to repay.

(ii) He hasn’t been informed (Change into active voice)

Ans: Someone has not informed him.

(iii) He wanted to get a raise. He had to study Accounting. (Use “in order to”)

Ans: He had to study accounting in order to get a raise.

(iv) He didn’t complain at all. He was kind. (Rewrite the sentence staring with ‘It’)

Ans: It was kind of him not making complain.

(v) Arvind said, “I must write it”. (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: Arvind said that he had to write it.

(vi) I didn’t meet the government official from France. I didn’t meet his friend too. (Rewrite using ‘neither....nor’)

Ans: Neither did I meet the government official from France nor his friend too.

(vii) He didn’t describe it well. He was very excited (Use ‘too’)

Ans: He was too excited to describe it well.

(viii) People respect politicians only when they change their ways. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘unless’)

Ans: People don’t respect politicians unless they change.

(ix) We seldom see them nowadays..............? (Supply an appropriate question tag)

Ans: We seldom see them nowadays, do we?

(x) The girl worked hard but she didn’t succeed. (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans: In spite of her hard work, the girl didn’t succeed.

Answer : (i) He is too arrogant to listen to advice (Change into a complex sentence)

Ans: He is so arrogant that he can not listen to the advice.

(ii) He said to me, “What is your name? (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: He told me that what was my name.

(iii) My mother asked me if I had finished my breakfast (Change into direct speech)

Ans: My mother said to me, “Have you finished your breakfast.”

(iv) The people will make him president (Change into passive voice)

Ans: He will be made president.

(v) My pocket has been picked (Change into active voice)

Ans: Someone has picked my pocket.

(vi) He confessed that he was guilty (Change into a simple sentence)

Ans: He accepted his guilt.

(vii) He ran fast to reach the bus stop (Change into an interrogative sentence)

Ans: Did he run fact to reach the bus?

(viii) To the best of my knowledge, he is a vegetarian (Begin the sentence : As far as …)

Ans: As far as my knowledge is concerned, he is a vegetarian.

(ix) A.R. Rehman is a versatile music composer (Supply an appropriate tag question)

Ans: A. R. Rehman is a versatile composer, isn’t he?

(x) It is a pity that a noble person should Suffer (Change into an exclamatory sentence)

Ans: How pity is it to see a noble person suffering.

Answer : (i) He finished his exercise and put away his books. (Change into simple)

Ans: Having finished his exercise he put away his books.

(ii) In the event of his being late, he will be punished. (Change into compound)

Ans: He must not be late or he will be punished.

(iii) He said to me, “I have often told you not to play with fire.” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: He reminded me that he had often told me not to play with fire.

(iv) He said that he had come to see them. (Change into direct speech)

Ans: He said to me, “I have come to see you”.

(v) He drove too fast for the police to catch. (Remove ‘too’)

Ans: He drove so fast that police could not catch him.

(vi) The audience loudly cheered the Mayor’s speech. (Change into passive voice)

Ans: The Mayor’s speech was loudly cheered.

(vii) A reward was given to him by the Governor. (Change into active voice)

Ans: The Governor gave him a reward.

(viii) Sita is not one of the cleverest girls in the class. (Change into comparative degree)

Ans: Sita is not cleverer than some other girls in the class.

(ix) I was doubtful whether it was you. (Change into negative form)

Ans: I was not sure that it was you.

(x) It is sad to think that youth should pass away. (Change into exclamatory sentence)

Ans: Alas! That youth should pass away.

Answer : (i) No one dares to criticize her for what she says. (Rewrite the sentence starting with ‘No matter’)

Ans: No matter what she says, no one dares to criticize her.

(ii) Radha was the eldest. She had to look after her parents. (Combine to form a single sentence)

Ans: Being the eldest Radha had to look after her parents.

(iii) She decorated the room. The purpose was to make it look beautiful. (Combine using ‘so that’)

Ans: She decorated the room so that it look beautiful.

(iv) “What a beautiful day!” said the young tourist. (Change the narration)

Ans: The young tourist exclaimed with joy that the day was beautiful.

(v) The one-man committee determined there was no need to take action. (Rewrite using passive structure)

Ans: It was determined by the one-man committee that there was no need to take
action.

(vi) The proud father remarked, “What a wonderful batsman my son is!” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: The proud father remarked that his son was a wonderful batsman.

(vii) My mother remarked, “Aren’t the children lovely?” (Change into indirect speech)

Ans: My mother remarked that the children were lovely.

(viii) Cricket fans filled the streets during the World Cup. (Rewrite using passive structure)

Ans: The streets were filled with cricket fans during the world cup.

(ix) It would be wonderful if we could go to Shimla. (Change into an exclamatory sentence using ‘how’)

Ans: How wonderful it would be, if we could go to Shimla!

(x) I could have finished the work. But I would have had to go out early.(Combine into one sentence beginning with ‘Had’)

Ans: Had I finished the work, I would have had to go early.

Answer : (i) Impressing Ramesh Mohan would be a piece of cake.

Ans: It would be a piece of cake to impress Ramesh Mohan.

(ii) Visiting old people in hospitals is a very good idea.

Ans: It is a very good idea to visit old people in hospitals.

(iii) To smoke 20 cigarettes a day is bad for your health.

Ans: It is bad for your health to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.

(iv) Chatting with strangers on the computer can be very dangerous.

Ans: It can be very dangerous to chat with strangers on the computer.

(v) My father says, keeping the computer on all day is a waste of electricity.

Ans: It is a wastage of electricity to keep the computer on all day, says my father.

Answer : (i) Finding fault with someone is easy.

Ans: It is easy to find fault with someone.

(ii) For them to close down the family business would be right.

Ans: It would be right for them to close down the family business.

(iii) To clean your car yourself would be a good idea.

Ans: It would be a good idea to clean your car yourself.

(iv) To eat alone was embarrassing for her.

Ans: It was embarrassing for her to eat alone.

(v) Shouting out to someone across the room is rude.

Ans: It is rude to shout out someone across the room.

Answer : (i) To scold the boys would be foolish.

Ans: It would be foolish to scold the boys.

(ii) Smoking is bad for him.

Ans: It is bad for him to smoke.

(iii) To call after ten was unusual for him.

Ans: It was unusual for him to call after ten.

(iv) Keeping the windows open on the roadside does not look decent.

Ans: It does not look decent to keep the windows open on the roadside.

(v) To play games on Sundays is not allowed.

Ans: It is not allowed to play games on Sundays.

Answer : (i) He is too honest to steal.

Ans: He is so honest that he cannot steal.

(ii) He is too weak to run.

Ans: He is so weak that he cannot run.

(iii) She is too shy to sing.

Ans: She is so shy that she cannot sing.

(iv) He was too shocked to speak.

Ans: He was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.

(v) The matter will be too complicated to resolve.

Ans: The matter will be so complicated that it would not be resolved.

Answer : (i) To make mistakes is easy

Ans: It is easy to make mistakes.

(ii) To wait for people who were late made him angry.

Ans: It made him angry to wait for the pople who were late.

(iii) My ambition was to retire at thirty.

Ans: It was my ambition to retire at thirty.

(iv) Your task is to get across the river without being seen

Ans: It is your task to get across the river without being seen.

(v) For you to ask Ramesh would be a big mistake.

Ans: It would be a mistake for you to ask for for Ramesh.

Answer : (i) I wonder who I should invite.

Ans: She is indecisive about inviting the guests.

(ii) Show him what he should do.

Ans: Ask him to do the essential work.

(iii) She couldn’t decide whether she should answer his letter.

Ans: Answering his letter is a puzzle for her.

(iv) He dint know where he should park his car.

Ans: Parking the car at any place was a difficult task for him.

(v) Tell me why I should pay

Ans: Tell me the reason to pay.

Answer : (i) To talk like that is silly.

Ans: It is silly to talk like this.

(ii) To hear your voice was good.

Ans: It was good to hear your voice.

(iii) To tell the truth is essential.

Ans: It is essential to tell the truth.

(iv) To have friends is better than money.

Ans: It is better to have friends than money.

(v) To think for yourself is difficult.

Ans: It is difficult to think for yourself.