Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —
Dowry is a curse for our society. It darkens the lives of many women. (a) Dowry hampers the peace of the society. (Make it passive) (b) The brutal condition of the dark age must be stopped soon. (Make it active) (c) This is one of the major problems of Bangladesh. (Make it positive) (d) The dowry seekers are very greedy and demand money from bride's father. (Make it simple) (e) What an unworthy crime the dowry is! (Make it Assertive)
(a) The peace of the society is hampered by dowry.
(b) The government/We must stop the brutal condition of the dark age soon.
(c) Very few problems of Bangladesh are as major as this.
(d) Being very greedy, the dowry seekers demand money from bride's father.
(e) The dowry is a very unworthy crimE-
- Certainly, I shall stand by you (Complex)
- It burns the prettiest of any wood. (Positive)
- Akhi missed the train (Negative).
- He came home yesterday. Choose the correct interrogative form of the sentence -
- I knew his name (Complex).
- He is the best player. (Negative)
- Jim and Della were as wise as the Magi (Nagative)
- What a nice scenery it is! (Assertive)
- Without working hard, you can not succeed. (Compound)
- He tried all plans. (Negative)
- I must go there. (Negative)
- The man is so weak that he cannot walk. (Simple)
- Only Rina can do this sum. (Negative)
- He is so weak that he cannot walk. (Simple)
- Do or die (Make it Simple)
- Unemployment is a state for a man having no work to earn money. (Complex)
- ‘A child likes sweets only.’ The negative form of the sentence is –
- Priyom is only six. (Negative)
- All love flower. (Interrogative)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Jim and Della sacrificed their dearest possessions in order to buy Christmas presents for each other (Compound). (b) Della had an ardent desire to give her husband a worthy gift (Complex). (c) Jim also thought how he could give his wife a nice gift (Simple). (d) Della saved a scanty amount of money for this (Passive). (e) Jim was one of the sincerest husbands that we have ever known (Positive).
- Simple sentence consists of –
- Although he is poor, he is honest (Simple)
- I know where he lives. The sentence is a –
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —We are very much proud of our freedom fighters. (a) They fought for the country with a patriotic zeal. (make it compound) (b) They are the most courageous sons of our nation. (make it positive) (c) Everybody admires and respects them greatly. (make it passive) (d) Nobody denies their contribution to their motherland. (make it interrogative without changing meaning) (e) They will never be forgotten by their countrymen to the end. (make it affirmative)
- Transform the sentences as directed in brackets Cricket is a very exciting game. (Exclamatory)
