Textual Grammar
Voice Changes:
1. But her next question removed my doubts.
Ans: But my doubts were removed by her next question.
2. I found the window.
Ans: The window was found by me.
3. Few girls can resist flattery.
Ans: Flattery can be resisted by few girls.
4. I did not see you.
Ans: You were not seen by me.
5. Do you see any animals ?
Ans: Are any animals seen by you.
6. Then I made a mistake.
Ans: Then a mistake was made by me.
7. My aunt is meeting me there.
Ans: I will be met there by my aunt.
8. She thought me a romantic fool.
Ans: I was thought to be a romantic fool by her.
9. She would forget our brief encounter.
Ans: Our brief encounter would be forgotten by her.
10. The carriage wheels changed their sound and rhythm.
Ans: Their sound and rhythm were changed by the carriage wheels.
11. I asked the girl if she was going all the way to Dehra.
Ans: The girl was asked by me if she was going all the way to Dehra.
12. But I liked the sound of her voice.
Ans: But the sound of her voice was liked by me.
13. A man getting into the compartment, stammered an apology.
Ans: An apology was stammered by a man getting into the compartment.
14. The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie.
Ans: My reverie was broken into by the man who had entered the compartment.
15. It would take me some time to discover something about her looks.
Ans: Some time would be taken by me to discover something about her looks.
Narration Changes:
1. “We’ll soon be at your station”, I said to the girl.
Ans: I told the girl that we would soon be at her station.
2. The girl said, “I wish I were going to Mussoorie”.
Ans: The girl wished she had been going to Mussoorie.
3. The girl said, “Oh! How lucky you are.”
Ans: The girl exclaimed in joy that I was very lucky.
4. She said, “Why are you so serious?”
Ans: She asked why I was so serious.
5. “I didn’t see you either,” I said. “But I heard you come in.”
Ans: I said that I had not seen her either but had heard her come in.
6. I said to the girl, “What is it like outside?”
Ans: I asked the girl what it was like outside.
7. I told the girl, “Are you going all the way to Dehra?”
Ans: I asked the girl if she was going all the way to Dehra.
8. “She was an interesting girl”, I said.
Ans: I said that she had been an interesting girl.
9. She said, “I did not know anyone else was here.”
Ans: She said that she had not know anyone else had been there.
10. I said to the man, “Can you tell me — did she keep her hair long or short?”
Ans: I asked the man if he could tell me whether she kept her hair long or short.
Transformation of Sentences:
1. As soon as she left the train, she would forget our brief encounter.[Turn into a negative sentence]
Ans: No sooner had she left the train, than she would forget our brief encounter.
2. She was silent. [Turn into a negative sentence]
Ans: She did not speak.
3. Only the scent of perfume still lingered. [Turn into a negative sentence]
Ans: Nothing but the scent of perfume still lingered.
4. October is the best time of the year. [Turn into a negative sentence]
Ans: No other time of the year is as good as October.
5. She seemed to find nothing strange in the question. [Turn into an affirmative sentence]
Ans: She seemed to find everything familiar in the question.
6. Few girls can resist flattery. [Turn into an negative sentence]
Ans: Most girls cannot resist flattery.
7. This is the best time. [Rewrite using positive degree]
Ans: There is no other time as good as this.
8. Yes, October is the best time. [Rewrite using positive degree]
Ans: Yes, no other time of the same is as good as October.
9. I’m not nearly as attractive a travelling companion as the one who just left. [Rewrite using comparative degree]
Ans: The one who just left is a far more attractive travelling companion than me.
10. Yes, October is the best time.[Rewrite using comparative degree]
Ans: Yes, October is better than any other time.
11. She would forget our brief encounter. [ Make it complex]
Ans: She would forget our encounter which was brief.
12. She had beautiful eyes but they were of no use to her. [Make it complex]
Ans: Although she had beautiful eyes, they were of no use to her.
13. But her next question removed my doubts. [Turn into a complex sentence]
Ans: But the next question that she asked, removed my doubts.
14. The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie. [Make it Simple]
Ans: Entering the compartment the man broke into my reverie.
15. The couple who saw her off were probably her parents. [Make it Simple]
Ans: The couple seeing her off were probably her parents.
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