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Textual Gramma :"Amarnath" by Sister Nivedita
HOME TASK ASSIGNMENT:
Attempt all 50 textual grammar questions in your exercise book. Rewrite, change, or analyze the sentences according to the bracketed instructions provided below.
SECTION A: VOICE CHANGE TRANSFORMATIONS
1. The Swami made those practical concessions of the moment. [Change the Voice]
2. He told the tale of his warm discussions. [Change the Voice]
3. This Cave was first discovered. [Change into Active Voice]
4. The purity and whiteness of the ice-pillar had startled and enwrapt him. [Change the Voice]
5. He cherished the memory of how he had entered a mountain-cave. [Change the Voice]
6. Many of them could not understand the warmth of his love and sympathy for Mohammedanism. [Change the Voice]
7. The other-worldliness made Swadesh and bidesh indistinguishable. [Change the Voice]
8. The soil of the Punjab was drenched with the blood of those who had died for the faith. [Change into Active Voice]
9. The Swami suddenly announced his plan. [Change the Voice]
10. At each halting place, the monks swarmed around him. [Change the Voice]
11. The state officer stood to receive us. [Change the Voice]
12. They carried a bazaar with them. [Change the Voice]
13. A local official had gathered structural pine logs. [Change the Voice]
14. They lighted a great camp-fire. [Change the Voice]
15. He observed every rite of the pilgrimage. [Change the Voice]
SECTION B: NARRATION (DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH)
16. Then he said dreamily, "I can well imagine how this Cave was first discovered." [Change the Narration]
17. The Swami suddenly announced, "I will go to Amarnath with the pilgrims and take my daughter with me." [Change the Narration]
18. They told, "We have suddenly come upon Mahadev!" [Change the Narration]
19. The monks argued, "The soil of the Punjab is drenched with the blood of martyrs." [Change the Narration]
20. "Are you not tired, Swamiji?" the state officer said. [Change the Narration]
21. He said to us, "Kashmir seems to be full of pilgrims in these weeks." [Change the Narration]
22. The narrator remarked, "Amarnath is remarkable for its deep simplicity." [Change the Narration]
SECTION C: SENTENCE SPLITTING & SYNTHESIS
23. Leaving Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage. [Turn into a Compound Sentence]
24. In the course of an open-air meal at Achhabal, the Swami suddenly announced his plan. [Turn into a Complex Sentence]
25. They carried a bazaar with them, and at each halting place, the pitching of tents took place with incredible rapidity. [Split into two Simple Sentences]
26. The purity and whiteness of the ice-pillar had startled him. He was deeply enwrapt. [Join using Not only... but also]
27. Two or three thousand people would encamp in a field. They would leave it before dawn. [Join using a Relative Clause]
28. As the day dawned, the camp broke up. [Split into two Simple Sentences]
29. The destination was the Cave of Amarnath. It was situated high up in the mountains. [Join using an Appositive Phrase]
SECTION D: INTERCHANGE OF PARTS OF SPEECH & STRUCTURAL SHIFTS
30. Amarnath is remarkable for its simplicity and closeness to nature. [Turn into a Negative Sentence]
31. Two or three thousand people would encamp in a field and leave it before dawn. [Rewrite using "No sooner... than"]
32. There was too much feeling of delighted congratulation. [Use the Verb form of "congratulation"]
33. The pitching of tents and opening of shops took place with incredible rapidity. [Use the Adverb form of "incredible"]
34. Many of them could not understand the warmth of his love. [Use the Adjective form of "warmth"]
35. The Swami had a deep sympathy for Mohammedanism. [Use the Verb form of "sympathy"]
36. Kashmir seemed, in those weeks, to be full of pilgrims. [Use Noun Form of "seem"]
37. This was a unique experience. [Turn into an Exclamatory Sentence]
SECTION E: TENSE TRANSFORMATIONS & VERBAL SYNTAX
38. Within our little party, there was too much feeling of delighted congratulation. [Change into Simple Present]
39. Preparation went forward for this unique experience. [Change into Present Continuous]
40. Everywhere we saw the march of gathering hosts. [Change into Present Perfect]
41. At Pahlgam, the camp halted for a day to keep Ekadashi. [Change into Future Indefinite]
42. The Swami had observed every rite of the pilgrimage. [Change into Past Perfect Continuous]
43. Identify the linguistic nature of "Halting" in: "at each halting place..." [Grammatical Classification]
44. Identify the verbal nominals in: "the pitching of tents, and opening of shops" [Grammatical Classification]
SECTION F: ERROR RECTIFICATION & CLAUSAL ANALYSIS
45. The scenery of Switzerland or Norway, at their gentlest and loveliest, were seen here. [Correct the error]
46. He told the tale of his warm discussions. [Identify the Clause Type]
47. I can well imagine how this Cave was first discovered. [Identify and name the Subordinate Clause]
48. As the day dawned, the camp broke up. [Identify and name the Subordinate Clause]
49. Swami Vivekananda, who had a deep love for Siva, entered the cave. [Identify and name the Subordinate Clause]
50. The ideal tracking layout is based on simplicity. [Change into an Interrogative Sentence]
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