Question

6. Change the voice. a) Children like flowers. b) A song was sung by the girl. 7. Change the narration. a) The man said, "I have bought a car". b) The girl said that she was bury. ​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

6. Voice Change :-

• (a) Children like flowers.

➨ Flowers are liked by children.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ The given sentence is in Active Voice. Hence, it is to be changed to Passive Voice.

• ✎ The given sentence is in Simple Present Tense.

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Present Tense in Active Voice :

★ Subject + Present form of Verb + Complement

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Present Tense in Passive Voice :

★ Subject + Am/Is/Are + Past Participle form of Verb + Preposition + Complement

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• (b) A song was sung by the girl.

➨ The girl sang a song.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ The given sentence is in Passive Voice. Hence, it is to be changed to Active Voice.

• ✎ The given sentence is in Simple Past Tense.

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Past Tense in Active Voice :

★ Subject + Past form of Verb + Complement

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Past Tense in Passive Voice :

★ Subject + Was/Were + Past Participle form of Verb + Preposition + Complement

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7. Narration Change :-

• (a) The man said, "I have bought a car."

➨ The man said that he had bought a car.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ The given statement is in Direct Narration and hence it is to be changed to Indirect Narration.

• ✎ When the reporting verb of Direct Narration is in Past Tense form and the sentence is in Present Perfect Tense; then it is changed to Past Perfect Tense.

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• (b) The girl said that she was busy.

➨ The girl said, "I am busy."

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ The given statement is in Indirect Narration and hence it is to be changed to Direct Narration.

• ✎ When the reporting verb of Direct Narration is in Past Tense form and the sentence is in Simple Present Tense; then it is changed to Simple Past Tense.