Exercise-2
Direction: Change the sentences as directed.
- They are counting the votes. (Change the voice)
- I will not help you in future. (Use ‘going to construction’)
- Yes, the news are true. (Correct it)
- You always travel by bus. (Make a ‘Wh’ question)
- Go to the barber and get …………… (Complete the sentence)
- I must remember take my science book tomorrow. (Correct it)
- The mother asked the daughter to tidy her room and she tidied her room. (Rewrite the sentence avoiding the repetition of the underlined clause)
- Trees were planted along roadsides. This made the surroundings look greener. (Combine the sentences by nominal sing the first verb)
- …………… is prohibited. (Complete the sentence using ‘gerund’ as the subject)
- The Principal is not in her office. Surely she……………… home. (Complete using the right modal)
- Economics is really a very tough subject. (Correct it)
- He said, “Welcome to our college”. (Change the narration)
- I generally don’t like ice cream, but………….. (Complete using ‘would like’ construction)
- He said, “Will you help me?” and I said, “yes”. (Change the narration)
- A mystery is something that…………… (Complete using the passive form of ‘can not explain’)
Answers:-
- The votes are being counted.
- I am not going to help you in future.
- Yes, the news is true.
- Why do you always travel by bus?
- Go to the barber and get your hair cut.
- I must remember to take my science book tomorrow.
- The mother asked the daughter to tidy her room and she did so.
- Planting the trees along the roadsides made the surroundings look greener.
- Smoking is prohibited.
- The Principal is not in her office. Surely she must have gone home.
- Economics is really a very tough subject.
- He welcomed us to their college.
- I generally don’t like ice cream, but would you like to have some?
- He asked me if I would help him and I said that I would.
- A mystery is something that cannot be explained.
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