A. Change the Voice
1. Dull would be he of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty.
Ans: He, by whom a sight so touching in its majesty, could be passed by would be dull of soul.
2. Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour, valley, rock or hill.
Ans: Valley, rock or hill were never more beautifully steeped by the sun in his first splendour.
3. This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning.
Ans: The beauty of the morning is worn like a garment by the city now.
B. Change of Narration
1. The poet says, “Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour, valley, rock or hill.”
Ans: The poet says that the sun never did more beautifully steep valley, rock or hill in his first splendour.
2. “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!” says the poet.
Ans: The poet exclaims with wonder that he never saw or felt such a very deep calm.
3. “Dear God! The very houses seem asleep and all that mighty heart is lying still,” says the poet.
Ans: Addressing God, the poet exclaims with surprise that the very houses seem asleep and all that mighty heart is lying still.
C. Transformation of Sentences
1. Earth has not anything to show more fair. [ Use superlative degree]
Ans: It is the fairest thing that Earth has to show.
2. Earth has not anything to show more fair. [ Use positive degree]
Ans: Earth has not anything to show as fair as it.
3. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty. [Change into a negative sentence]
Ans: He who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty would not be of sensitive soul.
4. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty. [ Use the adjective form of ‘majesty’]
Ans: He who could pass by such a touchingly majestic sight would be dull of soul.
5. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty. [ Use the adverb form of touching]
Ans: He who could pass by such a touchingly majestic sight would be dull of soul.
6. This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning. [Use garment as a verb]
Ans: The city is now garmented with the beauty of the morning.
7. This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning. [ Use the adjective form of beauty]
Ans: The beautiful morning is now like a garment of this city.
8. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty. [ Use the noun form of dull]
Ans: He who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty would have dullness in his soul.
9. The city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent, bare. [ Use the noun forms of ‘silent’ and ‘bare’]
Ans: This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning full of silence and bareness.
10. The city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent, bare. [ Change into a complex sentence]
Ans: The city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning which is both silent and bare.
11. Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. [ Change into a complex sentence]
Ans: Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples which lie open unto the fields and to the sky, are all bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
12. Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. [ Use the verb form of ‘glittering’]
Ans: Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples which lie open unto the fields and to the sky, are all bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
13. Never did the sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour, valley, rock or hill. [Change into an affirmative sentence]
Ans: This time the sun steeped valley, rock or hill in his first splendour most beautifully.
14. The very houses seem asleep. [Change into a Negative sentence]
Ans: The very houses do not seem to be awake.
15. And all that mighty heart is lying still. [Change into a complex sentence]
Ans: And all that heart which is mighty is lying still.
16. The river glideth at his own sweet will. [ Change into a complex sentence]
Ans: It is at his own sweet will that the river glideth.
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