GRAMMAR FOR PERFECT PRACTICE

 

a) Rewrite the following sentences as directed without changing the meaning : 

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

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

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

(iv) Sohan doesn't smoke and he doesn't drink. (Use “neither ... nor")

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

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

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

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

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

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

(b) Use the following words to make sentences that bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words. (No marks will be given for vague and ambiguous sentences.):

(i) Altruist

(ii) Senility

(iii) Glib

(iv) Ostensible

(v) Tortuous

(c) Choose the appropriate word(s) to fill in the blanks : 

(i) There are millions of stars in____________ . (space/the space)

(ii) Keats' poetry is full of ________imagery. (sensual/sensuous)

(iii) Leave aside the interest, she won't pay even the___________ amount. (principle/principal)

(iv) Research demands an___________ study of the subject. (intense/intensive)

(v) This is not an_____________ list at all but shows the kind of range that is available. (exhaustive/exhausting)

(d) Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not change the form of the words: 

(i) Cold comfort

(ii) End in smoke

(iii) Feather one's nest

(iv) Incumbent upon

(v) Laugh in one's sleeve 
 

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