** All Important Textual Grammar from Karma for class - XI
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➣➣ Voice Changes:
1. The arrival of the train did not disturb Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid. [Change the Voice]
Ans: Sir Mohan Lal’s sang-froid was not disturbed with the arrival of the train.
2. Lady Lal opened the brass carrier. [Change the Voice]
Ans: The brass carrier was opened by Lady Lal.
3. They picked up Sir Mohan’s suitcase. [Change the Voice]
Ans: Sir Mohan’s suitcase was picked up by them.
4. The mirror smiled back at Sir Mohan. [Change the Voice]
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5. He glanced at his watch. [Change the Voice]
Ans: His watch was glanced at by himself.
6. She wore a dirty white sari with a red border. [Change the Voice]
Ans: A dirty white sari with a red border was worn by the coolie.
7. You’ll find room in the Zenana. [Change the Voice]
Ans: Room in the Zenana will be found by you
8. Jim struck Sir Mohan flat on the face. [Change the Voice]
Ans: Sir Mohan was struck flat on the face by Jim.
9. The guard waved his green flag. [Change the Voice]
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10. Keep your ruddy mouth shut. [Change the Voice]
Ans: Let your ruddy mouth be kept shut.
➣➣ Narration Changes:
1. “Are the trains very crowded on these lines ?” Lady Lal asked. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: Lady Lal wanted to know where the trains were very crowded on these lines.
2. “Are you travelling alone, sister ?” the coolie said to Lady Lal. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: Addressing Lady Lal as sister, the coolie asked if she was travelling alone.
3. “Get the nigger out,” he muttered to his companion. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: He muttered to his companion to get the nigger out.
4. “Where does the zenana stop ?” asked Lady Lal. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: Lady Lal wanted to know where the zenena stopped.
5. “You are a bit of all right, old chap,” it said. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: It told the old chap that he was a bit of all right.
6. “Keep yer ruddy mouth shut !” Jim said to Sir Mohan. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: Jim commanded Sir Mohan to keep his ruddy mouth shut.
7. “Preposterous, preposterous,” he shouted, hoarse with anger. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: He shouted, hoarse with anger, that it was preposterous.
8. “You are so very much like everything else in this country, inefficient, dirty, indifferent,” he murmured. [Change the mode of Narration]
Ans: He murmured that it was very much like everything else in that country, inefficient, , dirty, indifferent.
➣➣Transformation of sentences:
1. He came up to her once in a while at night and stayed for a few minutes. [Turn into a simple sentence]
Ans: He, coming up to her once in a while at night, stayed for a few minutes.
2. The soldiers caught Sir Mohan Lal by the arms and flung him out of the train. [Turn into a simple sentence]
Ans: On catching Sir Mohan by the arms the soldiers flung him out of the train.
3. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. [Turn into a simple sentence]
Ans: Lady Lal, by picking up her brass tiffin-carrier, ambled along behind her.
4. He would retire to his corner by the window and get out a copy of ‘ The Times’. [Turn into a simple sentence]
Ans: He would retire to his corner by the window to get out a copy of ‘The Times’.
5. She was fond of a little gossip and had no one to talk to at home. [Turn into a simple sentence]
Ans: Despite her fondness for a little gossip she had no one to talk to at home.
6. A bearer in white livery appeared through a wire gauze door. [Turn into a complex sentence]
Ans: A bearer who was in white livery appeared through a wire gauze door.
7. The mirror was obviously made in India. [Turn into a complex sentence]
Ans: It is obvious that the mirror was made in India.
8. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin-carrier and ambled along behind him. [Turn into a complex sentence]
Ans: Lady Lal who picked up her brass tiffin-carrier ambled along behind him.
9. Sir Mohan smiled at the mirror with an air of pity and patronage. [Turn into a complex sentence]
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10. He was dismayed. The compartment was empty. [ Join into a simple sentence]
Ans: The compartment being empty, he was dismayed.
11. Sir Mohan threw out his chest. He waved a goodbye to the mirror. [ Join into a simple sentence]
Ans: Throwing out his chest Sir Mohan waved a goodbye to the mirror.
12. Lady Lal hurriedly finished off her meal. She got up, still licking the stone of the pickled mango. [ Join into a simple sentence]
Ans: After finishing her meal hurriedly, Lady Lal got up, still licking the stone of the pickled mango.
13. The coolie flattened his turban. He wanted to make a cushion. [ Join into a simple sentence]
Ans: The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion.
14. Sir Mohan murmured. The mirror smiled back at him. [ Join into a simple sentence]
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15. Sir Mohan saw two soldiers. He decided to welcome them. [ Join into a simple sentence]
Ans: Seeing two soldiers, he decided to welcome them.
16. He glanced at his watch. There was still time for a quick one. [ Join into a complex sentence]
Ans: Glancing at his watch he felt there was still time for a quick one.
17. I am with my master, brother. He is in the waiting room. [ Join into a complex sentence]
Ans: Brother, I am with my master, who is in the waiting room.
18. She produced a two-anna bit from a knot in her sari. She dismissed the coolie. [ Join into a single sentence]
Ans: Producing a two-anna bit from a knot in her sari, she dismissed the coolie.
19. Lachmi chatted away merrily. She was fond of a little gossip. [ Join into a compound sentence]
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20. As soon as he had gone, she hailed a passing railway coolie. [Change into a negative sentence]
Ans: No sooner had he gone than she hailed a passing railway coolie.
21. These days all trains are crowded. [Change into a negative sentence]
Ans: These days not a single train is uncrowded.
22. The compartment was empty. [Change into a negative sentence]
Ans: The compartment was not full.
23. I am only a native woman. [Change into a negative sentence]
Ans: I am none but a native woman.
24. Keep your ruddy mouth shut! [Turn into an assertive sentence]
Ans: Can't you keep your ruddy mouth shut?
25. She had no one to talk to at home. [ Turn into an interrogative sentence]
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26. The mirror was obviously made in India. [Rewrite the sentence using the adjective form of ‘obviously’]
Ans: It was obvious that the mirror was made in India.
27. The arrival of the train did not disturbed Sir Mohan’s sang-froid. [Use the verb form of ‘arrival’]
Ans: The train arrived but it couldn't distrub Sir Mohan Lal's sang-froid.
28. Sir Mohan decided to welcome them. [Use the noun form of ‘decided]
Ans: Sir Mohan took decision to welcome them.
29. The mirror was obviously made in India. [Split into two simple sentences]
Ans: The mirror was made in India. It is obvious.
30. The engine gave another short whistle and the train began to move. [Split into two simple sentences]
Ans: The engine gave another short whistle. The train began to move.
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