Answer sections (a), (b) and (c).
(a) In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not.
Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A.
Write down sentence B in each case.
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Example: (0) (A) Rita told me a story.
(B) A…………………..
Answer: (0) (B) A story was told to me by Rita.
1. (A) Few Indian actors are as good as him.
(B) He _________________________________________________.
2. (A) His bodyguards are checking out the bathroom.
(B) The bathroom ________________________________________________.
3. (A) “I’m ashamed of your behaviour!” shouted my father in anger.
(B) My father ___________________________________________________.
4. (A) I realised later that the mistake had been mine.
(B) Only _______________________________________________________.
5. (A) I admire Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
(B) Not only ____________________________________________________.
6. (A) No sooner did Rajiv leave school than it started to rain.
(B) Hardly _____________________________________________________.
7. (A) He won’t get good marks in the examination if he doesn’t get down to serious
study.
(B) Unless ______________________________________________________.
8. (A) Her real name is Rita, but her friends call her Cookie.
(B) Although ____________________________________________________.
9. (A) She did not know that her best friend had been diagnosed with cancer.
(B) Little _______________________________________________________.
10. (A) He admires his teacher immensely.
(B) He has ______________________________________________________.
Answers
Answer :
The correct sentences are :
1. (B) He is better than most Indian actors.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'better' as 'comparative of good : of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things or people.'
2. (B) The bathroom is being checked out by his bodyguards.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'passive voice' as 'the relationship between a subject and a verb in which the subject receives the action of the verb, or the verb forms which show this relationship.'
3. (B) My father said that he was ashamed of my behavior.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "direct speech" as "When you use direct speech, you repeat what someone has said using exactly the words they used."
4. (B) Only later did I realize that it had been my mistake.
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, 'We can use only as an adverb in different positions, depending on its focus. If the subject is the focus, we put only in front position:
Only Jason knows where the key is kept.
Only a very small bed will fit in this room.'
5. (B) Not only do I admire Roger Federer but also Rafael Nadal.
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, 'To add emphasis, we can use not only at the beginning of a clause. When we do this, we invert the subject and the verb:
Not only was it raining all day at the wedding but also the band was late.
Not only will they paint the outside of the house but also the inside.'
6. (B) Hardly had Rajiv left school when it started raining.
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, 'In more formal styles, to refer to something happening immediately after something else, we use hardly … when. We move hardly to front position and invert the subject and verb:
Hardly [V] had [S] I arrived there when I was called back to the head office 100 miles away.'
7. (B) Unless he gets down to serious study, he won’t get good marks in the examination.
According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, 'We use the conjunction unless to mean ‘except if’. The clause which follows unless is a subordinate clause (sc): it needs a main clause (mc) to make a complete sentence.
When unless comes before the main clause, we use a comma:
Unless it rains, we’ll go for a picnic by the river tomorrow.
(We’ll go for a picnic by the river tomorrow if it doesn’t rain.)'
8. (B) Although her friends call her Cookie, her real name is Rita.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'although' as 'despite the fact that.'
9. (B) Little did she know that her best friend had been diagnosed with cancer.
Longman Dictionary defines 'little did somebody know/realize/think etc' as 'used to say that someone did not know or think that something would happen or was true.'
10. (B) He has immense admiration for his teacher.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'admiration' as 'the feeling that you admire someone or something.'