Exercise-3
Direction: Change the sentences as directed.
- She said, “I decided to work hard because hard work is the key to success”. (Change the narration)
- Left me/my parents/with her/they/in the city/when/went to live. (Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence)
- This is among two friends and will be solved on mutual understanding. (Use the correct prepositions)
- Your house may be (big) but mine is, (good) than you. (Use the ‘comparative’ degree’)
- The bomb exploded. This shattered the window panes. The window panes were shattered due to ……………… (Complete the sentence `nominalising’ the verb ‘exploded’)
- If we (play) well, we (win) the match. (Use If + past perfect + would have + past participle construction)
- The well-built boy which I met at the airport is a famous football player. (Correct the sentence using the correct relative pronoun)
- Mohan was irritated by the noise. Mohan left the place. (Combine using the correct past participle form of the verb)
- We all make mistakes. It is human……………… (Combine the pair using ‘gerund’ as the subject.)                             Â
- If I were you … (Complete the sentence)                                                                                           Â
- Meena and Neena went to the garden with (a) ………..aunt and found (b)………… full of mangoes. (Use the correct pronouns in the blanks)
- They have enough money. They ………..from the bank. (Use the correct form of the modal ‘need’)
- You were absent (a) ………… the class ………….Monday. (Use the right prepositions)
- There are clouds in the sky. It……………….. (Complete the sentence using the modal showing ‘possibility’)
- They ……………. not challenge the authority of their boss. (Fill the proper ‘modal’ in the blank)
Answers
- She said that she had decided to work hard because hard work is the key to success.
- My parents left me with her when they went to live in the city.
- This is between two friends and will be solved with mutual understanding.
- Your house may be bigger but mine is better than you.
- The window panes were shattered due to the explosion of the bomb.
- If we had played well, we would have won the match.
- The well-built boy whom I met at the airport is a famous hockey player.
- Irritated by the noise, Mohan left the place.
- Making mistakes is human.
- If I were you, I would go to the police.
- Meena and Neena went to the garden with their aunt and found it full of mangoes.
- They have enough money. They need not borrow it from the bank.
- You were absent from the class on Monday.
- There are clouds in the sky. It may rain today.
- They dare not challenge the authority of their boss.
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