Important Grammar for Board Exam 2019.
Important Grammar for Board Exam 2019.
____ rich people should help Poor. [Rewrite it using appropriate articles.]
Ans. The rich people should help the poor.
Please - bottle of water and ice cube. [Rewrite the sentence using
appropriate articles. ]
Ans. Please give me a bottle of water and an ice cube.
Inform people in advance and get your friends together to pick up litter in a public place near
where you live. [Rewrite using ‘as well as']
Ans. Inform people in advance as well as get your friends together to pick up litter in a public place near
where you live.
My class starts 7.30 am the morning.
‘Ans. My class starts at 7.30 am in the morning.“What a strange coincidence!” Dr. Singh said to the chairman, “Can you identify this
spacecraft?” [Change the narration]
Ans. Dr. Singh exclaimed that it was a strange coincidence and he asked the chairman if he could
identify that spacecraft.
We must realize importance of education. [Rewrite as an advice]
Ans. We should realize the importance of education.
They spotted Juicy apples and plump mangoes hanging from trees. [Rewrite using Not only
But also]
Ans. They spotted not only juicy apples but also plump mangoes hanging from trees.
The stream was narrow, but the current was strong. [Rewrite using ‘although’.]
Ans. Although the stream was narrow, the current was strong.
Education also helps in boosting up confidence, at the same time it opens new doors of success.
[Rewrite using ‘as well as']
‘Ans. Education also helps in boosting up confidence as well as at the same time it opens new doors ofHe wrote a couplet. [Rewrite the sentence using the Past Perfect Tense in it.]
‘Ans. He had written a couplet.
They munch their breakfast on the way to work. [Rewrite using ‘Present Progr.
‘Ans. They are munching their breakfast on the way to work
ive Tense’]
Many kids can barely lisp a few words. [Rewrite auxiliary showing certainty}
Ans. Many kids will barely lisp a few words.
If they have no work to do, their poor families will not be able to meet requirements of life.
[Rewrite using ‘unless’]
Ans. Unless they have work to do, their poor families will not be able to meet requirements of life.
The cell phone is not a panacea. [Rewrite as an interrogative sentence]
Ans. Is the cell phones panacea?
Farmers carry cell phones. [Rewrite beginning with - ‘Cell phones
Ans. Cell phones are carried by farmersTo oppose the British rule, people used weapons of boycott and Swadeshi. [Frame a ‘wh’
question to get the underlined part as an answer.]
Ans. What did people use to oppose the British rule?
Students Participation was Significant. [Make it negative and rewrite]
Ans. Students Participation was not insignificant.
She felt terrible about this tendency, but there was nothing, she could do about it. [Rewrite using
‘though’]
Ans. Though she felt terrible about their tendency, there was nothing she could do about it
My father is M.A., he is teacher. [Fill in the blanks with appropriate
anticles.]
Ans. My father is an M.A., he is a teacher,
The helicopter landed on roof of building. [Fill in the blanks with
appropriate articles]
Ans. The helicopter landed on the root of a building,lam heading : the entrance the building. [Fill in the blanks with suitable
prepositions]
Ans. | am heading to the entrance of the building.
Choose the correct alternative which express the past perfect tense form of the given sentence:
In city area many poor live in slum area.
(a) In city area many poor will live in slum area.
(b) In city area many poor lived in slum area.
(c) In city area many poor had lived in slum area.
(d) In city area many poor have lived in slum area.
Ans. In city area many poor had lived in slum area.
She said to me. “Please help me.” [Change the narration]
Ans. She requested me to help her.fe choose villages with a revolutionary spark, [Rewrile the sentence beginning with villages
with ..
Ans. Villages with revolutionary spark were chosen by us.
Investors are attracted to invest in the IT sector. [Rewrite as a Rhetorical Question)
Ans. Aren't investors attracted to invest in the IT sector?
India’s progress in this sector is quick and influential, providing the economy a boost. [Rewrite
using infinitive form of the underlined, verb]
Ans. India’s progress in this sector is quick and influential to provide the economy a boost.
We did a lot of reading and search to decide whether to include it in the Amar Chitra Katha
version. [Rewrite using ‘as well as']
Ans. We did a lot of reading as well as research to decide whether to include it in the Amar Chitra Katha
Version.
The Laxman — Rekha episode is not there in either Valmiki Ramayana or in the Ram — Charit
Manas. [Rewrite using ‘Neither .... Nor’ ]
Ans. The Laxman — Rekha epi:
fa nor in the Ram — Charit Mana:We all should start movement against child labour. [Rewrite the sentence using modal auxiliary
indicating compulsion]
Ans. We all must start movement against child labour.
My mother goes work train. [Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions]
Ans. My mother goes to work by train.
My sister sai
Narration]
"It gives me great pleasure to be in the college for language study.” [Change the
Ans. My sister said that is gave her great pleasure to be in the college for language study.
We can accept our life gracefully, [Rewrite using to be able to]
Ans. We are able to accept our life gracefully.
Was | really full? [Make a statement]
Ans. | was not really full.My brother is weak English but good mathematics. [Rewrite the sentence
using appropriate prepositions]
Ans. My brother is weak in English but good at mathematics.
“Take your pistol, Mr. Pawar. We shall enter your office,” said Mr. Karnik. [Change the Narration]
Ans. Mr. Karthik asked Mr. Pawar to take his pistol and he added that they would enter his office.
The Sahyadri of Maharashtra will use it's black rock structure like a shield to protect the
Himalayas. [Rewrite as a compound sentence]
Ans. The Sahyadri of Maharashtra will use it’s black rock structure like a shield and protect the
Himalaya.
We believe from the beginning that Maharashtra depends on India. [Identify the main clause and
state the kind of subordinate clause.]
Ans. We believe from the beginning - Main clause.
That Maharashtra depends on India - Subordinate Noun Clause.The destruction in the Second World War has affected the human life as well as s
of the world. [Rewrite the sentence using ‘and']
condition
‘Ans. The destruction in the Second World War has affected the human life and social condition of the
world.
There is a cry for peace everywhere. [Rewrite as a rhetorical question]
Isn’t there a cry for peace everywhere?
I would close the cage and put it near my pillow. [Rewrite the sentence using ‘used to’ ]
Ans. | used to close the cage and put it near my pillow.
How beautiful the sight was ! [Rewrite as a statement]
Ans. The sight was very beautiful
Ihave car the car is being introduced for first time. [Fill in the blanks with
suitable articles. ]
Ans. | have a car, the car is being introduced for the first time. | sereenctor |Igo _with my family ‘Sundays. [Rewrite the sentence using appropriate
prepositions]
| go out with my family on Sundays
My sister said to me, “Do. You like English?” [Change the narration]
My sister asked my if | liked English.
A poverty free world would be economically much stronger and far more suitable than the world
today. [Change the sentence into the Positive degree]
Ans. The world today would not be economically as much strong and stable as the poverty free world.
They would generate extra demand in the market to make the world economy grow. [Rewrite it as
a complex sentence]
‘Ans. They would generate extra demand in the market which will make the world economy grow.
Her cooking, washing and cleaning are done in no time. [Make it affirmative]
Her cooking, washing and cleaning are done instantly.They have enlightened our lives and made our burdens light. [Rewrite it as a simple sentence.]
Enlightening our lives they have made our burdens light.
| expected a bottle of bismuth and an invitation to bridge. [Rewrite using ‘as well as']
Ans, | expected a bottle of bismuth as well as an invitation to bridge.
Iwas reduced to feeding the chickens and learning to greet the disapproving cattle by their
christian names. [Frame a 'wh' questions so as to get the underlined part as an answer.]
Ans. What was | reduced?
There's been accident with train. [ Rewrite the sentence using appropriate
articles]
Ans. There's been an accident with the train.
The tribe was divided smaller groups, and each group was ruled a
chief. [Rewrite the sentence by using appropriate prepositions.)
Ans. The tribe was divided into smaller groups, and each group Ey a chief.The policeman said to the boy, ‘Where do you live?" "I live in slum area," the boy told. [Change
the narration]
‘Ans. The policemen asked the boy where he lived, then the boy replied that he lived in the slum area.
The most important of my subsidiary roles was to act as a scribe. [Rewrite the sentence in
positive degree]
Ans. No other subsidiary roles of mine were as important as to act as a scribe.
Every conceivable problem and grievance began coming my way. [Rewrite using 'Not only
__ but also’)
Ans. Not only every conceivable problem but also grievance began coming my way.
The urban poor ‘have to' live only in small houses [Choose the correct answer]
The word ‘have to! indicates.
(a) ability (b) permission (c) compulsion
Ans. The word ‘have to' indicates - compulsion
"Why are you running?" said the mother to her little son.
"| want to cat the kite” he said. [Change the narration]
‘Ans. The mother asked her little son why he was running. He ks wanted to catch the kite.That's good for the consumer. [Add a question tag and rewrite]
Ans. That's good for the consumer, isn't that?
Dell gave his customers money back guarantees. [Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'His
customers
Ans. His customers were given money back guarantees by Dell.
Moon is known to everyone, and nobody lives on Moon. [Rewrite the
sentence using proper articles]
Ans. The Moon is known to everyone, and nobody lives on the Moon
The pencil is the box the table. [Rewrite the sentence using appropriate
prepositions]
‘Ans. The pencil is in the box on the table.
He said, "How's your mother", "She is quite well now", Suman replied. [Change the narration]
Ans. He asked Suman how her mother was, Then she replied that she was quite well then.
The duck was, in fact, better than hi
instructor. [Change the degree]
Ans. In fact the duck's instructor was not as good as the duck.‘An abnormal eel could swim exceedingly well. [Rewrite using ‘able to’
Ans. An abnormal eel was able to swim exceedingly well.
Liberty cannot be divorced form equality. [Rewrite beginning with 'We cannot
Ans. We cannot divorce liberty from equality.
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of its social democracy. [Rewrite
using ‘if... not']
Ans. Political democracy cannot last if there it does not lay at the base of its social democracy.
When you enter the garden you will be given a sack. [Rewrite the sentence using 'as soon as']
‘Ans. As soon as you enter the garden, you will be given a scak
Seeing all the people gathered there waiting for him, he was even more pleased. [Rewrite as a
compound sentence]
Ans. He saw all the people gathered there and was even more pleased.
My father bought bottle of medicine from ‘supermarket. [Rewrite using
appropriate articles]
Ans. My father bought a bottle of medicine from the supermare anal