Textual Grammar Samistar 3

1. The hermit lived in a wood. He never quitted it. (Join into a Simple Sentence)

1. The hermit lived in a wood and never quitted it.
2. The hermit who lived in a wood never quitted it.
3. The hermit lived in a wood, never quitting it.
4. The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted.

2. I was a short boy. I was born to tall and handsome parents. (Join into a Complex Sentence)

1. I was a short boy but I was born to tall and handsome parents.
2. Although I was born to tall and handsome parents, I was a short boy.
3. I was a short boy, born to tall and handsome parents.
4. Being a short boy, I was born to tall and handsome parents.

3. The door was open. The boy could run. (Join into a Simple Sentence)

1. The door was open and the boy could run.
2. As the door was open, the boy could run.
3. The boy could run through the open door.
4. The door being open, the boy could run.

4. The sun begins to decline. It leaves the frost to work. (Join into a Compound Sentence)

1. When the sun begins to decline, it leaves the frost to work.
2. The sun begins to decline, so it leaves the frost to work.
3. The sun begins to decline, leaving the frost to work.
4. The declining sun leaves the frost to work.

5. He takes the lead in summer luxury. He has never done with his delights. (Join into a Complex Sentence)

1. He takes the lead in summer luxury and has never done with his delights.
2. He who takes the lead in summer luxury has never done with his delights.
3. Taking the lead in summer luxury, he has never done with his delights.
4. He is a leader in summer luxury and is never done with his delights.

6. The man was wounded. The Tsar washed his wound. (Join into a Simple Sentence)

1. The Tsar washed the wound of the wounded man.
2. The man was wounded and the Tsar washed his wound.
3. The Tsar washed the wound of the man who was wounded.
4. Finding the man wounded, the Tsar washed his wound.

7. The tree has grown slowly. It has consumed the earth. (Join into a Complex Sentence)

1. The tree has grown slowly, consuming the earth.
2. The tree which has consumed the earth has grown slowly.
3. The tree has grown slowly and consumed the earth.
4. The slowly growing tree has consumed the earth.

8. A soldier is very young. He lies open-mouthed. (Join into a Simple Sentence)

1. A soldier, who is very young, lies open-mouthed.
2. A very young soldier lies open-mouthed.
3. A soldier is very young and he lies open-mouthed.
4. The soldier lies open-mouthed because he is very young.

9. I have a face. It is an interesting face. (Join into a Compound Sentence)

1. I have an interesting face.
2. I have a face which is interesting.
3. My face is interesting.
4. I have a face and it is an interesting one.

10. The water was dripping from his face. The boy looked at him. (Join into a Simple Sentence using Participle)

1. The boy looked at him while water was dripping from his face.
2. The boy looked at him, with water dripping from his face.
3. The boy looked at him and water was dripping from his face.
4. The boy looked at him whose face had dripping water.

11. A man, getting into the compartment, stammered an apology. (Split into two Simple Sentences)

1. A man got into the compartment. He then stammered an apology.
2. A man was getting into the compartment and he stammered an apology.
3. A man got into the compartment. He stammered an apology.
4. A man stammered an apology. He was getting into the compartment.

12. The hermit, who was frail and weak, went on digging. (Split into two Simple Sentences)

1. The hermit was frail and weak. He went on digging.
2. The hermit was frail. He was weak and went on digging.
3. The hermit went on digging. He was a frail and weak man.
4. The hermit was frail and weak but he went on digging.

13. When I was a boy, my father had a coconut grove. (Split into two Simple Sentences)

1. I was a boy then. My father had a coconut grove.
2. My father had a coconut grove. It was when I was a boy.
3. I was a boy. My father had a coconut grove then.
4. My father’s coconut grove was there in my boyhood.

14. The poetry of earth is never dead. (Split into two Simple Sentences, maintaining the meaning)

1. There is poetry of earth. It is never dead.
2. The earth has poetry. It is immortal.
3. The earth’s poetry is living. It is not dead.
4. The poetry exists. The earth has it.

15. My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. (Split into two Simple Sentences)

1. My parents were a couple. They were regarded as ideal.
2. My parents were an ideal couple. They were widely regarded so.
3. People regarded my parents as an ideal couple. This was a wide belief.
4. My parents were regarded as an ideal couple. This was a wide regard.

16. Then I made a mistake. (Split into two sentences)

1. I made something. It was a mistake.
2. I made a mistake. It was then.
3. I did something. It was a mistake.
4. Then was the time. I made a mistake.

17. One must consult wizards, who know things beforehand. (Split into two sentences)

1. One must consult wizards. They know things beforehand.
2. Wizards know things beforehand. One must consult them.
3. One must consult wizards. Wizards know things beforehand.
4. All of the above are correct.

18. I turned from the window and faced the girl. (Split into two sentences)

1. I turned from the window. Then I faced the girl.
2. I faced the girl. I had turned from the window.
3. I turned from the window to face the girl.
4. Turning from the window, I faced the girl.

19. The boy wanted to say something else, but he couldn’t. (Split into two sentences)

1. The boy wanted to say something else. He could not say it.
2. The boy wanted to say something else. However, he couldn’t.
3. The boy wanted to say something else but failed.
4. Both a and b are correct.

20. The tree which is strong wears the creeper as a scarf. (Split into two sentences)

1. The tree is strong. It wears the creeper as a scarf.
2. The tree wears a scarf. It is a creeper and the tree is strong.
3. The strong tree wears a creeper. It is like a scarf.
4. The creeper is a scarf. The strong tree wears it.

21. The Tsar said, “How can I learn to do the right thing at the right time?” (Change to indirect speech)

1. The Tsar asked how he could learn to do the right thing at the right time.
2. The Tsar asked how could he learn to do the right thing at the right time.
3. The Tsar said that how he could learn to do the right thing.
4. The Tsar wanted to know about doing the right thing.

22. “You have already been answered,” said the hermit to the Tsar. (Change to indirect speech)

1. The hermit told the Tsar that you have already been answered.
2. The hermit told the Tsar that he had already been answered.
3. The hermit said to the Tsar that he has already been answered.
4. The hermit informed the Tsar about his answer.

23. She said, “I wish I were going to Mussoorie.” (Change to indirect speech)

1. She said that she wished she was going to Mussoorie.
2. She wished that she were going to Mussoorie.
3. She wished that she had been going to Mussoorie.
4. She said that she wished she were going to Mussoorie.

24. The narrator said, “Are you going all the way to Dehra?” (Change to indirect speech)

1. The narrator asked if she was going all the way to Dehra.
2. The narrator asked that was she going all the way to Dehra.
3. The narrator said if she was going all the way to Dehra.
4. The narrator asked her about going to Dehra.

25. My father said to me, “Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.” (Change to indirect speech)

1. My father told me that adversity always presented opportunities for introspection.
2. My father told me that adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
3. My father said to me that adversity presents opportunities.
4. My father advised me that adversity is an opportunity.

26. The woman said, “Eat some more, son.” (Change to indirect speech)

1. The woman said to the son to eat some more.
2. The woman affectionately told the boy to eat some more.
3. The woman advised the son that he should eat some more.
4. The woman told her son that he must eat some more.

27. “Let us go to that learned man,” said the minister. (Change to indirect speech)

1. The minister suggested that they should go to that learned man.
2. The minister proposed going to that learned man.
3. The minister said that they must go to that learned man.
4. Both a and b are correct.

28. He said, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Change to indirect speech)

1. He said that he should compare her to a summer’s day.
2. He asked if he should compare her to a summer’s day.
3. He wondered if he could compare her to a summer’s day.
4. He proposed to compare her to a summer’s day.

29. The Tsar said, “Here comes someone running.” (Change to indirect speech)

1. The Tsar said that there came someone running.
2. The Tsar said that someone was coming running there.
3. The Tsar exclaimed that someone was coming running there.
4. The Tsar said that there someone was coming running.

30. “What is it?” asked the Tsar. (Change to indirect speech)

1. The Tsar asked what it was.
2. The Tsar asked what was it.
3. The Tsar asked that what it was.
4. The Tsar wanted to know what it was.

31. My father was averse of all inessential comforts.

1. from
2. to
3. with
4. at

32. He is senior than me.

1. from
2. of
3. to
4. by

33. The quality of the apples are not good.

1. is
2. were
3. have
4. has

34. One of my friends have gone to Delhi.

1. is
2. are
3. has
4. have been

35. He is good in English.

1. of
2. with
3. on
4. at

36. The train is running in time.

1. at
2. on
3. with
4. by

37. He has come yesterday.

1. today
2. just now
3. (remove ‘has’)
4. tomorrow

38. I prefer tea than coffee.

1. over
2. from
3. to
4. for

39. He gave me an one rupee note.

1. the one
2. a one
3. one
4. any one

40. The sceneries of Kashmir are charming.

1. scenery…is
2. sceneries…is
3. scenery…are
4. scenery…were

41. (Synthesis) The sun rose. The fog dispersed. (Join into a Simple Sentence using Nominative Absolute)

1. When the sun rose, the fog dispersed.
2. The sun rose and the fog dispersed.
3. The sun having risen, the fog dispersed.
4. The sun rose to disperse the fog.

42. (Splitting) I was tired of people telling me I had a pretty face.

1. I had a pretty face. People told me that. I was tired of it.
2. People told me I had a pretty face. I was tired of this.
3. I was tired. People told me I had a pretty face.
4. People told me about my pretty face. This made me tired.

43. (Narration) “Then I won’t turn you loose,” said the woman to the boy.

1. The woman told the boy that she would not turn him loose then.
2. The woman said to the boy then that she will not turn him loose.
3. The woman told the boy then she would not turn him loose.
4. The woman told the boy that then she would not turn him loose.

44. (Error Correction) Let us discuss about the matter.

1. on
2. over
3. (remove ‘about’)
4. in

45. (Synthesis) He is very poor. He cannot buy a book. (Join using ‘too…to’)

1. He is so poor that he cannot buy a book.
2. He is too poor to buy a book.
3. Being very poor, he cannot buy a book.
4. He is very poor and cannot buy a book.

46. (Splitting) He has a mind of his own, which he will make gentle.

1. He has a mind of his own. He will make it gentle.
2. His mind is his own. It will be gentle.
3. He has a mind. It is his own and will be gentle.
4. He has his own mind. He wants to make it gentle.

47. (Narration) The girl said, “Oh, how lucky you are.”

1. The girl said that he was very lucky.
2. The girl exclaimed that he was very lucky.
3. The girl exclaimed how lucky he was.
4. The girl told him that he was very lucky.

48. (Error Correction) The ship with its crew were lost.

1. is
2. are
3. was
4. have

49. (Synthesis) I do not know his name. I do not know his address. (Join into a single sentence)

1. I do not know his name and his address.
2. I know neither his name nor his address.
3. I do not know his name or his address.
4. All of the above are correct.

50. (Splitting) This is not a correct approach, which you should know.

1. This is not a correct approach. You should know it.
2. This approach is incorrect. You should know this.
3. This is not a correct approach. You should know about it.
4. Both a and b are correct.

51. (Narration) The boy said, “I am very hungry.”

1. The boy said that he was very hungry.
2. The boy said that I am very hungry.
3. The boy said that he is very hungry.
4. The boy told that he was very hungry.

52. (Error Correction) Neither he nor his brother are to blame.

1. is
2. were
3. have
4. am

53. (Synthesis) The root is to be pulled out. It is to be pulled out of the anchoring earth. (Join using infinitive)

1. The root is to be pulled out of the anchoring earth.
2. The root, which is in the anchoring earth, is to be pulled out.
3. The root is to be pulled out from the earth that anchors it.
4. To pull out the root, one must pull it from the earth.

54. (Splitting) It takes much time to kill a tree.

1. It takes much time. One wants to kill a tree.
2. To kill a tree is not easy. It takes much time.
3. One can kill a tree. It takes much time.
4. It is a tree. It takes much time to kill it.

55. (Narration) “Sit down,” said the woman.

1. The woman said to sit down.
2. The woman ordered him to sit down.
3. The woman told that he should sit down.
4. The woman said that sit down.

56. (Error Correction) The committee have issued its report.

1. are
2. has
3. is
4. were

57. (Synthesis) The soldier smiles. It is like an infant’s smile. (Join into a simple sentence)

1. The soldier smiles which is like an infant’s smile.
2. The soldier smiles like an infant.
3. The soldier’s smile is like an infant’s.
4. The soldier smiles and it is like an infant’s smile.

58. (Splitting) I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time, just to listen to her talking.

1. I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time. I wanted to listen to her talking.
2. I sat there for a long time. I listened to her talking.
3. I prepared to sit. I wanted to listen.
4. I would listen to her talking. I was prepared to sit there for that.

59. (Narration) “Where did you get it from?” asked the poet.

1. The poet asked where he had got it from.
2. The poet asked where did he get it from.
3. The poet asked from where he got it.
4. The poet enquired about the source.

60. (Error Correction) He is suffering from fever for two days.

1. with
2. in
3. (replace ‘is’ with ‘has been’)
4. by