Relative Clause
1. They
serve god. They serve men. (Join the sentences using relative clause)
2. I saw
my sister plucking flowers in the garden. (Use relative clause)
3. A
rolling stone gathers no moss. (Use relative clause)
4.
The boy has won the prize. The boy lives next door. (Join the sentences using
relative clause)
5s.
I found a very old book. Its pages had turned yellow. (Join the sentences using
relative clause)
6.
He gave me a pen. It was green in colour. . (Use relative pronoun)
v Noun
Clause
1.
Sachin is the best batsman. Every Indian believes this. (Join the sentences
using noun clause)
2.
It will rain. I hope that. (Join the sentences using noun clause)
v Adverbial
Clause
1.
I saw him after years. I could not recognize him at first. (Join the sentences
using adverbial clause)
2.
He talks much. He talks nonsense. (Join the sentences using adverbial clause)
3.
Read attentively. Otherwise you will fail. (Join the sentences using ‘If’
clause)
4.
Give me blood. I will give you freedom. (Join the sentences using ‘If’ clause)
5.
He was scared. He ran for cover. (Begin using: As__)
v Interrogative
Assertive
1.
Why should I go there alone? (Change into a ‘statement’)
2.
It is your duty to help the poor. (Change into a ‘Question’)
v Conjunctional
Phrase
1.
As soon as he saw the police, he ran away. (Use ‘No sooner....than’)
2.
As soon as the rogue saw the police, he ran away. (Use ‘No sooner....than’)
3s.
My mother is not in the kitchen. She is not in the drawing room. (Rewrite using
‘neither...nor’)
4.
Dr. B C Roy was a famous physician. He was also a famous politician. (Rewrite
using ‘Besides’)
5.
In spite of my warning he ignored me. (Begin: Though............)
6.
No sooner had he narrated the story than he was stopped. (Use ‘As soon as’)
7. It failed because every one broke one’s
promise. (Begin ‘Since..........’)
v Simple→ Complex
1.
I saw the boys playing in the field.
2.
The Giant found the children playing in the garden.
3.
Subal is a meritorious student.
4.
We are sure of her success in the examination.
5.
He had a little cottage outside the town.
6s.
Act on our advice.
7.
In the event of his failure, he should try another chance.
8.
I know his name.
9.
The giant was very kind to all the children, yet he longed for his first little
friend.
10.
The school was closed on account of a local festival.
11.
(Drop this piece of chalk. It will break.)
12.
Nowadays, laptops are too expensive to buy.
13.
She thanked me for bringing her son home.
14.
I don’t know her.
15*.She
offered me tea but I asked for a glass of water.
v Complex
Simple
1.
The boy saw that a horse was galloping down the hill.
2.
The place where I was born has been washed away by the Padma.
3.
Though he is poor he is honest.
4.s.The
noise increased as the day advanced.
5.
As I was ill, I could not go to school.
6.
As soon as he finished his homework, he helper his father in his work.
7.
Though he worked hard, he could not get good marks.
8.
As the war ended, rebuilding started.
9.
They were afraid and so they could not speak.
v Joining
1.
He neglected his studies. He failed in the examination.
2.
Samir is my dearest friend. You know him.
3.
It was afternoon. He left for home.
4.
The people were going to market at twelve o’clock. They found the giant. He was
playing with the children in the most beautiful garden.
5.
I saw a dog. It was barking.
6. The jar is broken. It can not be repaired. (Join
using Participle)
7s.
It is simple. Every child can do it. (Simple Sentence)
8.
You will be going to market. You may meet him.
9.
I heard a cry. It was coming from the adjacent home.
10.
You helped me. Otherwise I would have been ruined.
11.
He rushed to the bus stop. He did not want to get late. (Join using ‘lest’)
12.
It is a complex sentence. It is difficult to transform it into a simple one. (Simple)
v Exclamatory
↔ Assertive
1.
How wonderful the dance of a peacock is! (Make it Assertive)
2.
What a wonderful sight! (Make it Assertive)
v Interchange
of parts of Speech
1*.Wordsworth
was a close observer of nature. (Rewrite using verb form of the
underlined word)
2.
His statement was true. (Use verb form)
3.
He did not work very carefully. (Use noun form)
4.
It was not my intention to hurt you. (Use verb form)
5.
Teachers like___________ (enthusiasm) students.
6.
Stop_______ (write) and hand over the answer script.
7s.
He appears to be honest. (Use Adj. form)
8.
She takes pride in her skill. (Use verb form)
9.
The officer gave me all powers to deal with customers. (Use verb form)
10.
The tortoise was ambitious. (Use noun form)
11.
He still behaves like a child. (Use Adj. form)
12.
He was proud of his new apartment. (Verb form)
13.
Salim Ali was a close observer of birds. (Verb form)
v Suffix/prefix
1.
Add suffix or prefix or both:
a)
The leader should not ________his followers.
b)
We were ______ of the fact.
c)
I can not fully remember my______ days.
d)
Every citizen should know _______politics.
[Child,
faith, guide, aware, nation]
2.
Life is a_____ (mix) of joy and sorrow. Some people may enjoy a happy and______
(comfort) life for sometime. None will have to________ (experience) agony
________________________ (permanent).
v Collective
noun
1s.To
reaches his flat we have to climb a ____of steps.
v Nominal
compound
1.
His father died of an attack of heart. (Shorten)
2s.He
took his breakfast. (Expand)
3.
I spend my vacation in a house situated in a garden. (Shorten)
v Error
correction
1.
I prefer to recite than to sing.
2s.I
saw a dead cow walking in the field.
3.
The elephant, unlike lions and tigers do not eat flesh.
v Use
Proper form of Verb
1.
If he_______ (help) me, I_______ (not fail).
2.
A poor young artist _______________ (ask) to paint the portrait of a lady and
he__________ (do) his best to_______ (make) a good likeness. When the portrait_______
(finish), it______ (exhibit) to the lady’s friends. All the friends______ (be)
glad to_________ (see) it.
3s.One
and a half lemons______ (was/were) enough.
v Miscellaneous
1s.His
appetite increased more in the proportion to the amount he got. (Use ‘the....the’)
2.
A person leaving his native country to settle in another is an___________
(emigrant/immigrant)
3.
Iqbal and Rahim, being Muslims, are______ (use plural form of ‘brother’) of the
same community.
4.
All the girls began to laugh. (Underline the predeterminer)
5.
Could you let me use your camera for a day? (Decline politely providing a
reason as well)
6.
The mariners struggled to keep afloat to the best of their ability.
(Replace with a clause)
7.
He is as beautiful as a weather cock. (Identify the function of the sentence)
8.
She paid a heavy price for her recklessness. (Begin: It___)
v Use
of Adverb TOO
1.
They were so fat that they could not run well. (Use ‘too’)
2.
Anima is too weak to walk. (Omit ‘too’)
3.
The boy is too tiny to climb up the tree. (Use ‘so...that’)
4.
The load was heavy. The old man could not lift it. (Join using ‘so...that’)
5s.I
was so terrified that I could not move. (Use ‘too...to’)
6.
He is very tired. He can not walk anymore. (Join using ‘too’)
7.
The sum is too difficult for me. (Omit ‘too’)
v Degree
of Comparison
1.
He saw the most wonderful sight. (Comparative Degree)
2.
Md. Habib was one of the richest men in Rangoon. (Positive degree)
3.
The Ganga is the longest river in India (positive degree).
4.
Very few poets are as great as Rabindranath. (Superlative)
5.
Kolkata is one of the biggest cities of India. (Positive)
6.
I have never seen so beautiful a pearl as this. (Positive)
7.
The girl is as intelligent as her sister. (Comparative)
8.
The Thames is the most important river of England. (Positive degree)
9s.Very
few metals are as costly as gold. . (Superlative)
10.
Some girls are at least as intelligent as Reba. (Change to Comparative Degree)
11.
This is the most difficult problem. (Positive degree)
12.
This is one of the easiest subjects. (Positive degree)
13.
Sourav is a better batsman than his brother Snehasis. (Positive degree)
v Affirmative
↔ Negative
1.
As soon as I entered the house, someone knocker at the door. (Make it Negative)
2.
Nobody will deny that. (Make it Affirmative—Begin with ‘Everybody’)
3.
Only a rogue can act thus. (Use ‘none but’)
4.
They all started late. (Make it negative)
5.
Only children can view the magic show. (Use ‘none but’)
6.
Ramesh is loved by all. (Make it negative)
7.
As soon as we reached the station, the train left. (Neg)
8.
He was a sincere boy. (Make it negative)
9.
As soon as he heard the news, he fainted. (Negative)
10s.It
never rains but it pours. (Affirmative)
11.
As soon as she heard the news, she began to weep. (Make it negative)
12.
As soon as the alarm rings, Mala gets up. (Negative)
13.
I know that their support was conditional even though they seemed
friendly. (Use ‘unconditional’)
14.
A senseless man repeats his mistake. (Use ‘sensible’)
15.
There are few men who would not do this. (Affirmative)
16. Not much was known about weaver
birds then. (Affirmative)
