Question

ue. 08 Do as directed (any five) (5)
(1) He purchased a new bike. (make interrogative)
(2) Race/ slow/ wins/ steady/ the/ and ( rearrange the words to make meani
(3) (( a) The boy is my brother. (b) He is wearing a red cap. combine the sente
dause
14) Som sings a song. ( change into passive voice)
(5) Jabalpur is not as big as Bhopal. (Rewrite using comparative degree)
(6) Goldsmith melted gold. ( change into past perfect tense)
(7) I was in the habit of chewing betels, now I don't. ( Rewrite using "used to​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.What did he purchase?

2.Slow and steady wins the race.

4.A song is sung by Sam.

5.Bhopal is bigger than Jabalpur.

6.Goldmsith had melted gold.

Explanation:

Question:

1.He purchased a new bike-(make interrogative)

2.Race/slow/wins/steady/the/and-rearrange the words)

4.Sam sings a song (change into passive voice)

5.Jabalpur is not as big as Bhopal.(Rewrite using comparative degree)

6.Goldsmith melted gold(change into past tense)

Answer 2

Do as directed:

1. He purchased a new bike.

(make interrogative)

Ans. What did he purchase?

Explanation: Sentences which asks a question are interrogative. They followed by a question mark ( ? ) .

2. Race/ slow/ wins/ steady/ the/ and

( rearrange the words to make meaning )

Ans. Slow and steady wins the race.

Explanation: Here we have to write the sentence correctly by placing the words in their proper order. A sentence are the group of words which make a complete sentence.

3. ( a) The boy is my brother. (b) He is wearing a red cap.

( combine the sentence clause )

Ans. The boy who is wearing a red cap is my brother.

Explanation: In the answer, we have used adjective clause. An adjective clause is a group of words which contains a Subject and predicate of its own and does the work of an adjective.

4. Som sings a song.

( change into passive voice)

Ans. A song is sung by Som.

Explanation: In active voice subject is doing the action while in passive voice action is done on the subject.

5. Jabalpur is not as big as Bhopal.

( Rewrite using comparative degree )

Ans. Bhopal is bigger than Jabalpur.

Explanation: A comparative degree is used to make comparison between the two things. 'than' is the word which shows comparison.

6. Goldsmith melted gold.

( change into past perfect tense )

Ans. Goldsmith had melted gold.

Explanation: The past perfect is used to donate an action which had been completed at some point of time in the past time before another action commenced.

Subject + had + third form of verb

7. I was in the habit of chewing betels, now I don't. ( Rewrite using "used to" )

Ans. I used to chew betels, now I don't.

Explanation: used to is infinitive and modal verb.

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