Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
Change in Sentences – 71
( a) Health is the greatest of all possessions. (Comparative)
(b) A sick man cannot enjoy life. (Passive)
(c) We have to follow some rules for good health. (Negative)
(d) For good health, we can not but eat a balanced diet (Affirmative)
(e) Shouldn’t we be conscious of health? (Assertive)
Answer: (a) Health is greater than all other possessions. (b) Life cannot be enjoyed by a sick man. (c) We cannot but follow some rules for good health. (d) For.good health, we inust eat a·balanced diet. ( e) We hould be conscious of health.
Change in Sentences – 72
(a) A train journey is very enjoyable. (Exclamatory)
(b) It is cheap. (Negative)
( c) It removes monotony. (Passive)
(d) No other journey is as pleasant as the train journey. (Comparative)
(e) A train runs faster than a bus. (Interrogative)
Answer: (a) How enjoyable a tram Journey is. (b) It is not costly. ( c) Monotony is removed by it. (d) The train journey is more pleasant than any other Journey. (e) Doesn’t a train run faster than a bus?
Change in Sentences – 73
(a) Anger is nothing but a vice (interrogative).
(b) It begets only the worst (Negative).
(c) It must be controlled anyhow (Active).
( d) Very few voices are as dangerous as it. (Superlative )
(e) An angry man is worse than an animal. (Positive)
Answer: (a) Is anger anything but a vice?. or, What is anger but a vice?. (b) It begets nothing but the worst. (c) People/We must control it (anger) anyhow. (d) It is on of the most dangerous vices. ( e) An animaf is not so bad as an angry man.
Change in Sentences – 74
(a) Adonais is one of the best poems of P.B. Shelly. (Positive)
(b) Besides this, I have read many other poems about him. (Interrogative)
( c) I like it because it describes the feelings of love for dead persons. (Negative)
( d) I can never forget it. (Passive)
(e) If I knew about this poem before! (Assertive)
Answer: (a) Very few poems of P.B. Shelly are as good as Adonais. (b) Haven’t I read many·other poems of him besides this? (c) I don’t dislike it be cause it describes the feelings of love for dead persons. ( d) It can never be forgotten by me. (e) I wish I knew about this poem before.
Change in Sentences – 75
(a) Honesty is a great virtue. (Interrogative)
(b) Everybody likes an honest boy. (Negative)
(c) No other virtue is as great as honesty. (Comparative)
(d) Honesty is never unrewarded. (Affirmative)
( e) It is greater than any other thing. (Positive)
Answer: (a) Isn’t honesty a great virtue?. (b) Themes nobody but likes an honest boy. Or, There is nobody who does not like an honest boy. ( c) Honesty ts greater than any other virtue. ( d) Honesty is alwa’ys rewarded. (e) No other thing is as great as it.
Change in Sentences – 76
(a) We are proud of our freedom fighters. (interrogative)
(b) Their contribution will never be forgotten. (Affirmative)
(c) Their sacrifice is greater than any other thing. (Positive)
(d) But today many of them lead a very miserable life (Negative)
( e) Proper initiatives may improve their condition (Passive)
Answer: (a) Aren’t we proud of our freedom fighters?. (b) Their contribution will always be remembered. (c) No other thing is as great as their sacrifice. (d) But today many of them do not lead a happy life at all. ( e) Their condition may be improved by proper initiatives.
Change in Sentences – 77
(a) The computer was not invented overnight. (active)
(b) I could not but go to my office in time (affirmative)
(c) She was a regular student in her student life. (negative)
(d) A plane flies-faster than a bird. (positive)
(e) He is going to sell the house. (passive)
Answer: (a) The scientists did not invent computer overnight. (b) I had to go to my office in time. (c) She was not an irregular student in her student life. Or, Wasn’t she a regular student in her student life?. (d) A bird does not fly so fast as plane. ( e) The house is going to be sold by him.
Change in Sentences – 78
(a) The greatest wealth of each person is his honour. (Comparative)
(b) Money itself carries no value. (Interrogative)
(c) But nowadays, honour is compared with money. (Active)
( d) Our outlook must be changed about honour. (Negative)
(e) We should save our honour like our greatest wealth. (Passive)
Answer: (a) Honour is greater than any wealth to each person. (b) Does money itself carry any value? (c) But nowadays, we compare honour with money. (d) Our outlook cannot but be changed about honour. (e) Our honour should be saved by us like our greatest wealth.
Change in Sentences – 79
(a) Day-to-day life in Dhaka is expensive (Negative)
(b) People living below the poverty line lead a miserable life (Interrogative).
(c) The price hike is one of the biggest problems for them (Positive)
( d) The government has taken necessary measures to keep the price hike under control (Passive)
( e) Only greedy people are responsible for the price spiral. (Negative)
Answer: (a) Day-to-day life in Dhaka is not cheap. (b) Don’t people living below the poverty line lead a miserable life?. (c) Very few problems for them are as big as a price hike. (d) Necessary measures have been taken by the government to keep the price hike under control. ( e) None but the greedy people are responsible for price spiral.
Change in Sentences – 80
(a) Independence Day is the most important day of our life. (Positive)
(b) The valiant fighters fought bravely. (Interrogative)
( c) Our freedom fighters are braver than most other persons. (Superlative)
(d) As soon as they saw the enemies they started attacking. (Negative)
(e) They will not be forgotten. (Active)
Answer: (a) No other day in our life is so /as important as our Independence Day. (b) Didn’t the valiant fighters fight bravely?. (c) Our freedom fighters are some of the bravest persons. (d) No sooner had they seen the enemies than they started attacking. (e) People with not forget them.
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