Transform the underlined parts of the following text as per direction: —
(a) "Beautiful! Isn't she ?" Tanvir whispered. (Make it assertive)
(b) Tania nodded in agreement, but she was extremely nervous . (Make it complex)
(c) The tigress was now quite close to them . (Make it interrogative) Tania's heart was pounding, but Tanvir seemed oblivious to any danger.
(d) He got closer to the animal and pressed the shutter button with a boyish grin in the face . (Make it simple)
(e) And it suddenly occurred to Tania that her husband was the strongest man she had ever met . (Use the positive degree of the adjective)
(a) "She is very beautiful."
(b) Though Tania nodded in agreement, she was extremely nervous.
(c) Wasn’t the tigress now quite close to them?
(d) Getting closer to the animal, he pressed the shutter button with a boyish grin in the facE-
(e) No other man she had ever met was as strong as her husband.
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed:-You must have heard the name of Bayazid Bostami. (a) He was one of the greatest saints of Islam . (Positive) One night he was learning his lessons. (b) At that time, his mother asked him for a glass of water . (Passive) (c) There was no drinking water in the house, so he went out to fetch it . (Complex) (d) When he came back, he found his mother sleeping . (Compound) Then he passed the whole night standing with a glass of water beside his mother. (e) He showed a great love and respect to his mother . (Exclamatory)
- Jim and Della were as wise as the Magi (Nagative)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Tell me your agE- (Complex) (b) Some poets are at least as great as Tennyson. (Superlative) (c) What though the field be lost? (Assertive) (d) My watch was lost. (Active) (e) He confessed that he was guilty. (Simple)
- It is health _______ is wealth.
- I wish I had seen you before. (Exclamatory)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: — (a) Very few insects are as busy as a beE- (Comparative) (b) It is known as an industrious creaturE- (Active) (c) It flies from flower to flower and collects honey. (Simple) (d) It stores honey in the hivE- (Passive) (e) In winter, it remains idle but it works hard in spring. (Complex) It leads a disciplined lifE-
- Cricket is a very exciting game. (Make it Exclamatory)
- He is so weak that he cannot walk. (Simple)
- It is health which is _____.
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss" The complex form of the sentence is–
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) An honest man is honoured everywhere by all. (Active) (b) He is not only a teacher but also a singer. (Simple) (c) Though we are improving very fast, we have to work hard for the country. (Compound) (d) Very few cricket teams in the world are as unpredictable as Pakistan. (Superlative) (e) My friend came to me to get help from us. (Complex)
- Move and die. (Simple)
- Suppose, you are Renu/Rana studying at Dhaka Commerce College. Now, write an application to the Principal of your college to improve computer lab facilities in your college
- Everybody accepts this. (Interrogative)
- It is beyond doubt that he is a brave man. (Simple)
- What an excellent idea! (Assertive)
- Water-logging is one of the worst problems in our country. (Positive)
- Although he is poor, he is honest (Simple)
- He is so dishonest that he cannot speak the truth. (simple)
- Nobody wishes to be unhappy. (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).
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Success never comes automatically. (a) We work hard to attain success in our lifE- (Complex) (b) Peace and prosperity is not possible without being industrious. (Affirmative) (c) A man who leads an idle life, brings misery for his lifE- (Simple) (d) He can never help the people of the society. (Passive) Such kind of man is the burden on the society. (e) Everybody abhors him. (Negative)
- The man is so weak that he cannot walk. (Simple)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Frugality is a good habit. (a) A man who is frugal does not like to spend money without reasons (Simple). (b) The target of a frugal man is to save money for future (Make it Complex). (c) Every one should practise frugality to make a well-planned family (Make it Passive). (d) A frugal man lives a solvent life (Make it Negative). (e) A frugal man is happier than a prodigal man (Make it Positive).