WBCHSE CLASS 12 SEM-3 ENGLISH — TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES,Interchange of Parts of Speech (125 Textual Questions with Direct Answers)

WBCHSE CLASS 12 SEM-3 ENGLISH — TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES

Interchange of Parts of Speech (125 Textual Questions with Direct Answers)

1. STRONG ROOTS (A.P.J. Abdul Kalam) — 25 Questions

1. He possessed a true generosity of spirit. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'generosity']

Ans: He was truly generous in spirit.

2. We lived in our ancestral house. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'ancestral']

Ans: We lived in the house of our ancestors.

3. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'simple']

Ans: My father could convey complex spiritual concepts with great simplicity in down-to-earth Tamil.

4. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'introspection']

Ans: Adversity always presents opportunities to introspect.

5. I was totally convinced that they reached God. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'convinced']

Ans: I had total conviction that they reached God.

6. My austere father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'avoid']

Ans: My austere father used to practice the avoidance of all inessential comforts and luxuries.

7. I would say mine was a very secure childhood. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'secure']

Ans: I would say mine was a childhood of great security.

8. My father started his day by reading the namaz. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'reading']

Ans: My father started his day with the reading of the namaz.

9. They looked for someone to help them. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'help']

Ans: They looked for someone to give them help.

10. His answers filled me with strange energy and enthusiasm. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'strange']

Ans: His answers filled me strangely with energy and enthusiasm.

11. One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood was of the two men. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'vivid']

Ans: I remember vividly the two men from my early childhood.

12. My mother's lineage was the more distinguished. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'distinguished']

Ans: My mother's lineage had the greater distinction.

13. He possessed great innate wisdom. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'innate']

Ans: He was innately wise to a great extent.

14. Every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manifest divine Being. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'specific']

Ans: Every human being exists specifically as an element within the whole of the manifest divine Being.

15. Why not tell this to the people who come to you for help and advice? [Rewrite using the verb form of 'advice']

Ans: Why not tell this to the people who come to you to be helped and advised?

16. I have endeavored to understand the fundamental truths. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'endeavored']

Ans: I have made an endeavor to understand the fundamental truths.

17. This water was carried home for invalids. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'carried']

Ans: The carriage of this water home was for invalids.

18. The Shiva temple made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'famous']

Ans: The Shiva temple brought great fame to Rameswaram among pilgrims.

19. Ashiamma fed far more outsiders every day. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'fed']

Ans: Ashiamma gave food to far more outsiders every day.

20. He put his hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'straight']

Ans: He put his hands on my shoulders and gave a straight look into my eyes.

21. Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'trouble']

Ans: Whenever they are troubled, they look for someone to help them.

22. Prayer makes possible a communion of the spirit between people. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'possible']

Ans: By prayer, a communion of the spirit between people is made possible.

23. My father replied with a smile. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'smile']

Ans: My father replied smilingly.

24. He lived a very simple life. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'lived']

Ans: He led a very simple life.

25. I have tried to emulate my father in my own world. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'emulate']

Ans: I have made an attempt at emulation of my father in my own world.

2. THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI (Ruskin Bond) — 25 Questions

1. She was walking gracefully and with dignity. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'gracefully']

Ans: She was walking with graceful steps and dignity.

2. She walked with dignity. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'dignity']

Ans: She walked in a dignified manner.

3. She saw that I was looking at her intently. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'intently']

Ans: She saw that I was looking at her with intentness.

4. I felt an unexpected thrill when I saw her. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'unexpected']

Ans: I unexpectedly felt a thrill when I saw her.

5. I felt an unexpected thrill. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'thrill']

Ans: I was unexpectedly thrilled.

6. She pretended not to notice. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'pretended']

Ans: She made a pretense of not noticing.

7. Neither of us said anything. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'said']

Ans: Neither of us made any statement.

8. I could not rid my mind of the picture of her face. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'mind']

Ans: I could not make my mindful impression of her face disappear.

9. I was deeply disappointed. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'disappointed']

Ans: I felt deep disappointment.

10. Her dark eyes were suddenly filled with light. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'suddenly']

Ans: Her dark eyes had a sudden fullness of light.

11. I was determined that I wouldn't stand helplessly. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'determined']

Ans: I had a firm determination that I wouldn't stand helplessly.

12. I wouldn't stand helplessly before her. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'helplessly']

Ans: I wouldn't stand with helplessness before her.

13. She was pleased that I remembered her. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'pleased']

Ans: It gave her pleasure that I remembered her.

14. I remembered the girl. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'remembered']

Ans: I had the remembrance of the girl.

15. The carriage shuddered and jolted forward. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'jolted']

Ans: The carriage shuddered and moved forward with a jolt.

16. I sat brooding in front of the window. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'brooding']

Ans: I sat in deep brood in front of the window.

17. I felt a tenderness and responsibility for her. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'tenderness']

Ans: I felt tender and responsible for her.

18. I felt a tenderness and responsibility for her. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'responsibility']

Ans: I felt tender and responsible for her.

19. My grandmother was not pleased with my visit. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'visit']

Ans: My grandmother was not pleased when I visited her.

20. I felt restless and ill-at-ease. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'restless']

Ans: I felt restlessness and discomfort.

21. She had shiny black hair. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'shiny']

Ans: Her black hair had a bright shine.

22. Her searching eyes met mine. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'searching']

Ans: Her eyes which searched met mine.

23. I sprang off the footboard eagerly. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'eagerly']

Ans: I sprang off the footboard with eagerness.

24. The platform was lonely. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'lonely']

Ans: There was loneliness on the platform.

25. I prefer to keep hoping and dreaming. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'hoping']

Ans: I prefer to maintain hope and dreams.

3. THE BET (Anton Chekhov) — 25 Questions

1. The majority of the guests disapproved of the death penalty. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'disapproved']

Ans: The majority of the guests expressed disapproval of the death penalty.

2. The death penalty is more humane than imprisonment for life. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'humane']

Ans: The death penalty has more humanity than imprisonment for life.

3. A lively discussion arose. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'discussion']

Ans: They discussed lively.

4. The banker was delighted at the bet. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'delighted']

Ans: The bet filled the banker with delight.

5. Voluntary confinement is a great deal harder to bear than compulsory. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'voluntary']

Ans: Confinement borne voluntarily is a great deal harder to bear than compulsory.

6. The prisoner suffered severely from loneliness and depression. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'severely']

Ans: The prisoner suffered with severity from loneliness and depression.

7. The prisoner suffered severely from loneliness and depression. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'loneliness']

Ans: The lonely prisoner suffered severely from depression.

8. The prisoner began zealously studying languages. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'zealously']

Ans: The prisoner began the study of languages with zeal.

9. Oh, if you only knew what unearthly happiness my soul feels now! [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'happiness']

Ans: Oh, if you only knew how happily my soul feels now!

10. The prisoner sat immovably at the table. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'immovably']

Ans: The prisoner sat immovable at the table.

11. He will take my last penny from me, while I shall look at him with envy. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'envy']

Ans: He will take my last penny from me, while I shall envy him.

12. Trying to make no noise, he took the key from the safe. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'noise']

Ans: He took the key noiselessly from the safe.

13. The banker cautiously broke the seals off the door. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'cautiously']

Ans: The banker broke the seals off the door with caution.

14. At no other time had he felt so great a contempt for himself. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'contempt']

Ans: At no other time had he contemned himself so greatly.

15. Your books have given me wisdom. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'wisdom']

Ans: Your books have made me wise.

16. I despise freedom and life and health. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'despise']

Ans: I have contempt for freedom and life and health.

17. Capital punishment kills a man at once. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'kills']

Ans: Capital punishment causes the death of a man at once.

18. He was carried away by excitement. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'excitement']

Ans: He became excited.

19. The agreement was signed with strict conditions. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'strict']

Ans: The agreement was signed strictly.

20. He tore up all that he had written in anger. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'anger']

Ans: He tore up all that he had written in an angry mood.

21. He mastered six hundred learned volumes. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'mastered']

Ans: He gained mastery over six hundred learned volumes.

22. He was afraid of financial ruin. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'ruin']

Ans: He feared that he would be ruined financially.

23. The watchmen ran in with pale faces. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'pale']

Ans: The watchmen ran in with paleness on their faces.

24. His flight was discovered by the servants. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'flight']

Ans: That he had fled was discovered by the servants.

25. He locked the paper in the fireproof safe to avoid suspicion. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'suspicion']

Ans: He locked the paper in the fireproof safe to avoid being suspicious.

4. OUR CASUARINA TREE (Toru Dutt) — 25 Questions

1. The giant wears the scarf gallantly. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'gallantly']

Ans: The giant wears the scarf with gallantry.

2. My eyes delighted on it rest. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'delighted']

Ans: My eyes rest on it with delight.

3. A gray baboon sits statue-like alone. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'alone']

Ans: A gray baboon sits statue-like in solitude.

4. Dear is the Casuarina to my soul. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'dear']

Ans: The Casuarina is dearly loved by my soul.

5. O sweet companions, loved with love intense. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'intense']

Ans: O sweet companions, loved intensely with love.

6. Blent with your images, it shall arise in memory. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'memory']

Ans: Blent with your images, it shall arise as I remember you.

7. It is the tree's lament, an eerie speech. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'lament']

Ans: It is the tree that laments in an eerie speech.

8. The waves gently kissed the classic shore. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'gently']

Ans: The waves kissed the classic shore with gentleness.

9. Earth lay tranced in a dreamless swoon. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'dreamless']

Ans: Earth lay tranced in a swoon without dreams.

10. Before mine inner vision rose a form sublime. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'vision']

Ans: Before I visualized internally, there rose a form sublime.

11. I saw thee in my happy prime. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'happy']

Ans: I saw thee in the happiness of my prime.

12. Therefore I fain would consecrate a lay unto thy honor. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'consecrate']

Ans: Therefore I fain would offer a consecration of a lay unto thy honor.

13. May Love defend thee from Oblivion's curse. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'defend']

Ans: May Love be thy defense against Oblivion's curse.

14. Though weak the verse that would thy beauty rehearse. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'weak']

Ans: Though there is weakness in the verse that would thy beauty rehearse.

15. Though weak the verse that would thy beauty rehearse. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'beauty']

Ans: Though weak the verse that would rehearse thy beautiful form.

16. The creeper climbs in tight embraces. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'embraces']

Ans: The creeper climbs as it tightly embraces the tree.

17. The garden overflows with one sweet song. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'overflows']

Ans: There is an overflow of one sweet song in the garden.

18. The tree is hoar, beautiful and vast. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'vast']

Ans: The tree has vastness, beauty, and age.

19. Hot tears blind mine eyes. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'blind']

Ans: Hot tears cause blindness to mine eyes.

20. The dirge-like murmur is heard far away. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'far']

Ans: The dirge-like murmur is heard at a distant place.

21. The sea breaks on a shingle-beach with roaring sound. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'roaring']

Ans: The sea roars as it breaks on a shingle-beach.

22. Unknown, yet well-known to the eye of faith. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'faith']

Ans: Unknown, yet well-known to the faithful eye.

23. Those who now repose in blessed sleep. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'sleep']

Ans: Those who now repose as they sleep blessedly.

24. The water-lilies spring like snow enmassed. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'spring']

Ans: The water-lilies make their spring like snow enmassed.

25. Kokilas hail the dawn with sweetness. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'sweetness']

Ans: Kokilas hail the dawn with sweet songs.

5. ULYSSES (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) — 25 Questions

1. It little profits that an idle king mete and dole unequal laws. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'profits']

Ans: It is of little profit that an idle king mete and dole unequal laws.

2. It little profits that an idle king mete and dole unequal laws. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'idle']

Ans: It little profits that a king in idleness mete and dole unequal laws.

3. I cannot rest from travel. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'travel']

Ans: I cannot rest from my travels.

4. All times I have enjoyed greatly. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'enjoyed']

Ans: At all times I have had great enjoyment.

5. All times I have suffered greatly. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'suffered']

Ans: At all times I have undergone great suffering.

6. For always roaming with a hungry heart. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'hungry']

Ans: For always roaming with hunger in my heart.

7. I am become a name. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'name']

Ans: I have become famous.

8. Myself not least, but honored of them all. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'honored']

Ans: Myself not least, but held in honor by them all.

9. And drunk delight of battle with my peers. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'delight']

Ans: And had a delightful battle with my peers.

10. How dull it is to pause, to make an end. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'dull']

Ans: What dullness it is to pause, to make an end.

11. To rust unburnished, not to shine in use! [Rewrite using the noun form of 'shine']

Ans: To rust unburnished, not to have a shine in use!

12. Life piled on life were all too little. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'life']

Ans: To live life upon life were all too little.

13. Every hour is saved from that eternal silence. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'saved']

Ans: Every hour is a salvation from that eternal silence.

14. Every hour is saved from that eternal silence. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'eternal']

Ans: Every hour is saved from that silence of eternity.

15. This gray spirit yearning in desire. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'desire']

Ans: This gray spirit yearning as it desires.

16. To follow knowledge like a sinking star. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'knowledge']

Ans: To follow what is known like a sinking star.

17. Discerning to fulfill this labor, by slow prudence. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'slow']

Ans: Discerning to fulfill this labor prudently and slowly.

18. By slow prudence to make mild a rugged people. [Rewrite using the adverb form of 'prudence']

Ans: By being slowly prudent to make mild a rugged people.

19. Most blameless is he, centered in the sphere of common duties. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'blameless']

Ans: He is without any blame, centered in the sphere of common duties.

20. Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. [Rewrite using the adjective form of 'honor']

Ans: Old age hath yet its honorable status and its toil.

21. Some work of noble note may yet be done. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'noble']

Ans: Some work of nobility and note may yet be done.

22. That ever with a frolic welcome took the thunder and the sunshine. [Rewrite using the verb form of 'welcome']

Ans: That ever with a frolic welcomed the thunder and the sunshine.

23. Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'free']

Ans: With freedom of hearts and foreheads—you and I are old.

24. Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'weak']

Ans: Made with weakness by time and fate, but strong in will.

25. Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. [Rewrite using the noun form of 'strong']

Ans: Made weak by time and fate, but possessing strength in will.