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Textual Grammar from Jimmy Valentine, Voice & Narration Changes

All important Textual Grammar | Voice Changes | Narration Changes | Jimmy Valentine | Class - XI

➣➣Voice Changes:

1. Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers. [Change the Voice]

Ans: Uppers were being assiduously stitched by Jimmy Valentine.

2. Unlock him at seven in the morning. [Change the Voice]

Ans: Let him be unlocked at seven in the morning.

3. Stop cracking safes and live straight. [Change the Voice]

Ans: Let cracking safes be stopped and live straight.

4. The clerk handed him a railroad ticket and the five-dollar bill. [Change the Voice]

Ans: He was handed a railroad ticket and the five-dollar bill by the clerk.

5. Take him back, Cronin.[Change the Voice]

Ans: Let him be taken back, Cronin.

6. He never touched “hard” drinks. [Change the Voice]

Ans: “Hard” drinks were never touched by him.

7. Ben Price knew Jimmy’s habits. [Change the Voice]

Ans:  Jimmy’s habits were known to Ben Price.

8. Jimmy collared a boy loafing on the steps of the bank. [Change the Voice]

Ans: A boy that was loafing on the steps of the bank was collared by Jimmy.

9. The clerk was impressed by the clothes and manner of Jimmy. [Change the Voice]

Ans:  The clothes and manner of Jimmy impressed the clerk.

10. I’m making an honest living. [Change the Voice]

Ans:  An honest living is being made by me.

11. Give me that rose you are wearing. [Change the Voice]

Ans: You are requested to give me that rose you are wearing.

12. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. [Change the Voice]

Ans: It was taken in a tired kind of way by Jimmy.

13. He tossed a quarter into the hat of a blind man. [Change the Voice]

Ans: A quarter was tossed into the hat of a blind man by him.

14. He's resumed his business. [Change the Voice]

Ans:  Business has been resumed by him.

15. He would find it a pleasant town to live in. [Change the Voice]

Ans: It would be found to be a pleasant town to live in by him.

16. Can’t you do something ? [Change the Voice]

Ans: Can’t something be done by you ?

17. The door can’t be opened. [Change the Voice]

Ans: One can’t open the door.

18. Break it open. [Change the Voice]

Ans: Let it be broken open.

➣➣Narration Changes:

1. “Now, Valentine,” said the warden, “You’ll go out in the morning.” [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: The warden told Valentine that he (valentine) would go out in the morning.

2. “I never cracked a safe in my life.” Said Jimmy.[Change the mode of Narration]

Ans:  Jimmy said that he had never cracked a safe in his life.

3. “Isn’t that young lady Polly Simpson ?” asked Jimmy. [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Jimmy asked whether that young lady was Polly Simpson or not.

4. “Sorry we couldn’t make it sooner, Jimmy, my boy,” said Mike. [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Mike apologized to Jimmy as they couldn’t make it sooner.

5. “Why’d you come to Elmore for ?” said the boy to Jimmy. [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: The boy asked Jimmy why he had come to Elmore.

6. “Brace up, and make a man of yourself” said the warden.[Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: The warden advised him to brace up and to make a man of himself.

7. “The door can’t be opened”, he groaned.[Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: He groaned that the door could not be opened.

8. Jimmy said, “I never was in Springfield in my life.” [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Jimmy said that he had never cracked a safe in his life.

9. Mr. Adam said, “She’ll go into convulsions from fright.” [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Mr. Adam said that she would go into convulsions from fright.

10. “Get away from the doctor, all of you,” he commanded. [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: He ordered all of them to get away from the doctor.

11. “Take him back, Cronin!” said the warden, “and fix him up with outgoing clothes.” [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: The warden ordered Cronin to take him back an to fix him up with outgoing clothes.

12. “Wouldn’t I make a nice drummer ?” said Annabel. [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Annabel asked if she would not make a nice drummer.

13. Jimmy said, “I’m getting awfully economical.” [Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: Jimmy said that he was getting awfully economical.

14. “Can’t you do something, Ralph ?” she said.[Change the mode of Narration]

Ans: She asked Ralph if he could not do something.

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