Textual Grammar of The Price of Banana, Vocabulary, Preposition
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1. I was ______my way _______ Faizabad railway station to Lucknow.
2. I had arrived ______ the station half _____hour _____ advance of the time ______ the train's departure.
3.I sat on a bench watching the monkeys frolicking on the trees and on the open platform. (Split up)
4.The monkeys descended now and then to collect half-sucked mango stones and the remainders_____ food from the platform.
5.The younger monkeys sat on the boughs of neem and tamarind trees, ready to jump after any food that may be visible
(Split up & simple sentence)
6.The younger monkeys sat _____ the boughs of neem and tamarind trees, ready to jump after any food that ________ visible
7.Just then the train was announced by the ringing of the station bell. (Voice Change)
8.I concentrated on securing a seat for myself in the train. (Use noun form of the verb)
9.I got a window seat overlooking the platform. (VC)
10. Some other passengers joined me in the compartment. (change the voice)
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11.We were all sweating from the rising heat ________the summer.
12.Several passengers were busy filling up their small earthen pitchers ________ a water pump.
13.I was struck _______the genius of a monkey in snatching away the loin cloth of _____ pious person who was taking _____ bath under the pump
14.A great deal of general amusement was caused by this incident. (Voice Change)
15.The bather then requested the monkey to return his loin cloth. (Change into direct speech)
16.The monkey was generous and threw it down from the neem tree at the man's feet.
(Change into simple sentence )
17.The monkey was generous and threw it down from the neem tree at the man's feet.(Split into two simple sentences )
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1.I noticed a gentleman come up to our compartment.(voice Change)
2. He looked like a businessman. (Turn into interrogative sentence)
3.He was dressed in a white muslin dhoti, a delicate tunic, and an embroidered cap on his head. (Use phrasal verb)
4.A porter was carrying his luggage. (Change the voice)
5. The man was shouting at the porter to hurry up with the luggage.
(Change into interrogative sentence)
6.Suddenly, a monkey leapt down from the top of our compartment and snatched away the fine embroidered cap of the businessman. (Split into simple sentence)
7.The monkey then climbed up the neem tree.(Change into interrogative sentence)
8.“What have you done, monkey?” the businessman shouted in utter confusion. (Change the mode of narration)
9.His round and smug face was covered with perspiration.( Change the voice)
10. He ran towards the tree, over the pump, and stood threatening the monkey. (Split up & make it simple)
11.However, the more he shouted, the farther the monkey moved away.(Split up)
12. It was the same monkey that had earlier snatched the bather’s loincloth.(Change into negative sentence)
13.The people on the platform were much amused by the plight of the businessman.
(Change the voice)
14.He looked with a piteous and hopeless expression on his face. (Change into interrogative sentence)
15.Meanwhile, a fruit hawker came forward, pushing his little cart.
Split up
16.He told the Sethji that he would rescue the cap.( Change the mode of narration)
17. The businessman seemed slightly relieved.(Use adverbial form of seemed)
18.The vendor went ahead, dangling a couple of bananas in his right hand. Split up
19.He stretched out his left hand for the cap. (Change the voice)
20.“Ao, ao, come down,” the vendor coaxed the monkey. ( Change the mode the narration,)
21.He lifted the bananas higher. (Change the voice,)
22.The monkey responded by cautiously climbing down to a branch near the vendor.
(Turn into interrogative sentence)
23.The whole platformsentence)silent and waited, with bated breath, for the impossible to happen. (Use noun form of silent)
24.It took the bananas with its right hand and released the embroidered cap, slightly crumpled, with its left hand.Split up & Simple sentence
25.The fruit vendor came and humbly offered the cap to the businessman.( Split up)
26. The spectators shouted in praise.
Turn into interrogative sentence
27. The Sethji took his cap and said, “They are hungry. "
(Change the mode of narration)
28.They disturb the passengers.(Change the voice)
29.The vendor said, “Sethji, please give me two annas for the bananas which I had to offer to the monkey.”
(Change the mode of narration)
30.“Please give him the money, Sethji,” the rest of the compartment said. Change the mode of narration)
(Change the mode of narration)
31.The monkey seemed to hesitate. (Use the noun form of hesitate )
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