Textual Grammar on Amarnath
SECTION A: VOICE CHANGE (Questions 1 – 10)
Active: The Swami suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath.
Answer: That he would go to Amarnath was suddenly announced by the Swami. (Or: It was suddenly announced by the Swami that he would go to Amarnath.)
Active: Everywhere we saw the march of gathering hosts.
Answer: Everywhere the march of gathering hosts was seen by us.
Active: They carried a bazaar with them.
Answer: A bazaar was carried by them with them.
Active: Here one could buy dried fruits, milk, dahls, and rice.
Answer: Here dried fruits, milk, dahls, and rice could be bought by one.
Active: They had remonstrated with him seriously.
Answer: He had been remonstrated with seriously by them.
Active: No one had dreamt of objecting to their entering the Cave.
Answer: Objecting to their entering the Cave had been dreamt of by no one.
Active: Here we saw the last of human dwellings.
Answer: Here the last of human dwellings was seen by us.
Passive: Over the mountain at its head was seen, at sunset, the moon.
Answer (Active): At sunset, we saw the moon over the mountain at its head. (Or: At sunset, one saw the moon over the mountain at its head.)
Active: We left the rest of our party encamped on a grassy knoll.
Answer: The rest of our party was left encamped on a grassy knoll by us.
Active: The blood of martyrs drenched the soil of the Punjaub.
Answer: The soil of the Punjaub was drenched with the blood of martyrs.
SECTION B: NARRATION CHANGE (Questions 11 – 20)
Direct: The Swami announced, "I will go to Amarnath with the pilgrims, and take my daughter with me."
Answer: The Swami announced that he would go to Amarnath with the pilgrims, and take his daughter with him.
Direct: They urged, "Even foreigners are men."
Answer: They urged that even foreigners were men.
Direct: They asked him, "Why make such distinctions between Swadesh and bidesh?"
Answer: They asked him why he made such distinctions between Swadesh and bidesh.
Direct: They argued, "Here, at least, let him practise a narrow orthodoxy!"
Answer: They argued that he should at least practise a narrow orthodoxy there.
Indirect: He told us afterwards that the talk on their side had been all of Siva.
Answer (Direct): He told us afterwards, "The talk on our side has been all of Siva."
Direct: The monks said to the Swami, "The soil of the Punjaub was drenched with the blood of those who had died for the faith."
Answer: The monks told the Swami that the soil of the Punjaub had been drenched with the blood of those who had died for the faith.
Direct: The Tehsildar came begging, "Accept us formally as your disciples."
Answer: The Tehsildar came begging to accept them formally as his disciples.
Direct: Sister Nivedita remarked, "I can remember yet the brilliance of the lights reflected in the clear black waters."
Answer: Sister Nivedita remarked that she could remember yet the brilliance of the lights reflected in the clear black waters.
Direct: The guide said, "The camp will halt for a day at Pahlgam to keep ekadasi."
Answer: The guide said that the camp would halt for a day at Pahlgam to keep ekadasi.
Direct: They said, "How can anyone understand the warmth of his love and sympathy for Mohammedanism?"
Answer: They wondered how anyone could understand the warmth of his love and sympathy for Mohammedanism.
SECTION C: TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (Questions 21 – 30)
Simple: Leaving Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage.
Answer (Complex): When we left Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage.
Simple: Leaving Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage.
Answer (Compound): We left Islamabad and caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage.
Compound: Two or three thousand people would encamp in a field, and leave it before dawn.
Answer (Simple): Encamping in a field, two or three thousand people would leave it before dawn.
Simple: It was a beautiful little ravine floored for the most part with sandy islands.
Answer (Complex): It was a beautiful little ravine which was floored for the most part with sandy islands.
Superlative: It was the scenery of Switzerland or Norway, at their gentlest and loveliest.
Answer (Positive Degree): No other scenery of Switzerland or Norway was as gentle and lovely as this.
Superlative: It was the scenery of Switzerland or Norway, at their gentlest and loveliest.
Answer (Comparative Degree): It was gentler and lovelier than any other scenery of Switzerland or Norway.
Negative: No one seemed to find anything incongruous or surprising.
Answer (Affirmative): Everyone seemed to find everything natural and expected.
Too...to: There was too much feeling of delighted congratulation for any obstacle to be put in the way.
Answer (So...that): There was so much feeling of delighted congratulation that no obstacle could be put in the way.
Simple: Pawan is a place famous for its holy springs.
Answer (Complex): Pawan is a place which is famous for its holy springs.
Simple: At Pahlgam, the camp halted for a day to keep ekadasi.
Answer (Complex): When we were at Pahlgam, the camp halted for a day so that they could keep ekadasi.
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