Question

Vocabulary and Grammar
(Questions 16 to 18) Read the passage given below focussing on the parts that are
underlined and answer the questions given at the end as directed.
Write the answers in your answer booklet
3x1=3
Rain does a lot of good. (16) It cleans the air for us, and washes the roads.
(17) It softens the earth and helps the young, growing plants to put out their roots and
branches. (18) It fills the lakes for the ducks and also fills the wells and the fields in
the countryside.
Now answer the questions :
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16. Re-write the sentence using 'not only....but also'
17. Re-write the sentence beginnng with : The earth -----
.18. Re-write the sentence using 'besides'
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Answer 1

Answer:

16) It(Rain) not only cleans the air for us, but also washes the roads.

17) The is Earth is soften by it and helps the young, growing plants to put out their roots and branches.

18) Besides filling lake for the ducks, it alsofills the wells and the fields in the countryside.

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Answer 2

Rewritten statement of sentence 16:

It (Rain) not only cleans the air for us but also washes the roads.

Rewritten statement of the sentence 17:

The earth is soften by rain and helps the young, growing plants to out their roots and branches.

Rewritten statement of the sentence 18:

It fills the lakes for ducks besides filling the wells and the fields in the countryside.

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