WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 6 Joining and Splitting of Sentences
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 6 Joining and Splitting of Sentences
West Bengal Board 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 6 Joining and Splitting of Sentences
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
Join the following pairs of sentences into a single sentence:
My Own True Family
1. Once I crept in an oakwood. I was looking for a stag.
Ans. Once I crept in an oakwood when I was looking for a stag.
2. Then she began to cackle. I began to quake.
Ans. Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
Or, Then she began to cackle while I began to quake.
Our Runaway Kite
1. I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve.
Ans. I am eleven years old while Claude is twelve.
2. We had a kite. It was big. It was covered with lovely red paper.
Ans. We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper.
Or, We had a big kite covered with lovely red paper.
3. One day there was wind. It was a grand wind. It was grand for kiteflying.
Ans. One day there was a grand wind for kite-flying.
4. It happened. I am not sure how.
Ans. I am not sure how it happened.
5. I was bringing the kite. I was bringing it from the house. I tripped. I fell over the rocks.
Ans. As I was bringing the kite from the house, I tripped and fell over the rocks.
6. My elbow went clear through the kite. It made a hole. The hole was big.
Ans. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
7. We had to fix the kite. We had to hurry for that. We wanted to send the kite up. We wanted to do it before the wind fell.
Ans. We had to hurry to fix the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell.
8. We patched the kite up. We did it with the letter. We patched a sheet on each side. We dried it by the fire.
Ans. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side, and dried it by the fire.
9. We started out. The kite went up. It went like a bird.
Ans. We started out, and up went the kite like a bird.
10. And there was Claude. He was standing. He had a bit of cord in his hand. He was looking foolish.
Ans. And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish.
11. The kite had sailed away. It sailed away over to the mainland. It was our kite.
Ans. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
12. A month passed. A letter came. It was for Father.
Ans. A month later a letter came for Father.
13. He sat down beside us. He told us the whole story.
Ans. He sat down beside us and told us the whole story.
14. Father had a brother. He also had a sister.
Ans. Father had a brother and a sister.
15. Father had just received a letter. It was from his sister. She was was the mother of Dick and Mimi.
Ans. The letter Father had just received was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi.
16. She was a widow. She lived hundreds of miles inland.
Ans. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland.
17. She had once written a letter. The letter was written to her brother. It was that very letter.
Ans. It was the very letter she had once written to her brother.
18. Their mother saw the kite. It was patched with the letter. She turned pale.
Ans. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale.
19. Next day came. Father went away. He brought Aunt Esther with him. He also brought Dick and Mimi.
Ans. Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him.
20. But we have relations now. That is the best of it all.
Ans. But the best of it all is that we have relations now.
Sea Fever
1. I must go down to the seas again. I must go down to the lonely sea and the sky.
Ans. I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky.
2. And all I ask is a tall ship. I ask a star to steer her by.
Ans. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
3. And all I ask is the wheel’s kick. I ask the wind’s song. I ask the white sail’s shaking.
Ans. And all I ask is the wheel’s kick, the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking.
4. I must go down to the seas again. The call of the running tide is a wild call. It is a clear call. It may not be denied.
Ans. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild and clear call that may not be denied.
5. And all I ask is a merry yarn. It must be from a laughing fellowrover.
Ans. And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover.
6. And all I ask is a quiet sleep and a sweet dream. The long trick will be over then.
Ans. And all I ask is a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick is over.
The Cat
1. The cat is an unintelligent animal. It is fond of ease. It cares little for anything but mice and milk. Most people think that.
Ans. Most people think that the cat is an unintelligent animal, fond of ease and caring little for anything but mice and milk.
2. But a cat has really more character. It is more than most human beings. It gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life.
Ans. But a cat has really more character than most human beings, and gets a great deal more satisfaction out of life.
3. He or she is an athlete. He or she is an acrobat. He or she is a grim fighter.
Ans. He or she is an athlete, an acrobat and a grim fighter.
4. All day long the cat loafs about the house. He takes things easy. He allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.
Ans. All day long the cat loafs about the house, takes things easy, and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of the people in the house.
5. He passes the time away. He sometimes watches a mouse-hole. He watches it for an hour or two. He does this just to keep himself from dying of boredom.
Ans. To pass the time away he sometimes watches a mousehole for an hour or two-just to keep himself from dying of boredom.
6. This sort of thing holds life for a cat. For a cat this is all. People get this idea.
Ans. People get this idea that this sort of thing is all that holds life for a cat.
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
Split the following sentences:
Father’s Help
1. Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. .
Ans. Swami was lying in bed. He shuddered. It was Monday morning. He realized it.
2. Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.
Ans. Swami might stay at home. Mother suggested that. She was generous to suggest it.
3. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
Ans. It was 9.30. Swami ought to have been in the school prayer hall. But Swami was lying on the bench. The bench was in Mother’s room.
4. Swami knew how strict his father could be.
Ans. His father could be very strict. Swami knew it.
5. I can’t go so late to the class.
Ans. It is very late. I can’t go to the class.
6. Tell him you had a headache and so are late.
Ans. You had a headache. So you are late: Tell him that.
7. He is especially angry with boys who come in late.
Ans. Boys come in late. He is especially angry with them.
8. They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.
Ans. Even the headmaster is afraid of him. They say that.
9. Father’s behaviour took an unexpected turn.
Ans. Father’s behaviour took a turn. The turn was unexpected.
10. The peon told him the headmaster had gone on a week’s leave.
Ans. The headmaster had gone on leave. The leave was for a week. The peon told him this.
Fable
1. The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.
Ans. There was a quarrel. It was between the mountain and the squirrel.
2. You are doubtless very big.
Ans. You are very big. It is doubtless.
3. But all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together.
Ans. But there are things and weather of all sorts. All these must be taken in together.
The Passing Away of Bapu
1. I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla House by an urgent telephone.
Ans. It was the evening of 30th January, 1948. I was at home. I was having tea. A telephone call came. I was called to Birla House. It was urgent.
2. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting.
Ans. Gandhiji had been on his way to a prayer meeting. He had been shot.
3. At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body.
Ans. It was the Birla House. Gandhiji’s relatives had gathered there. His followers had also gathered there. They all gathered round his body.
4. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last.
Ans. Gandhiji breathed his last. There was silence in the room at that time.
5. There was an unnatural silence.
Ans. There was a silence. It was unnatural.
6. They calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
Ans. They would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral. This was announced. Then they calmed a little.
7. When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers.
Ans. One is faced with the shock of death. It is the death of a loved one. One whimpers then.
8. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place the day after his death.
Ans. It was the day after Gandhiji’s death. His funeral was to take place.
9. It is the last time we shall be walking with Bapu.
Ans. We shall be walking with Bapu. It will be the last time.
10. It was an agonizing walk.
Ans. It was a walk. The walk was agonizing.
My Own True Family
1. I met an old woman there-all knobbly stick and rag.
Ans. There was an woman. I met her. She was old. She was all knobbly stick and rag.
2. I have your secret here inside my little bag.
Ans. I have your secret. It is here inside my bag. The bag is little.
3. We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
Ans. We are the oak-trees. We are your own true family.
Our Runaway Kite
1. We live on the Big Half Moon island.
Ans. We live on an island. It is called the Big Half Moon.
2. It is all on account of the kite that there are more of us.
Ans. There are more of us. It is all on account of the kite.
3. In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.
Ans. In winter the harbour is frozen over. We all move over to the mainland then.
4. As soon as spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island.
Ans. Spring comes. We sail back to the island. It is our own dear island.
5. We thought it would be so jolly to have an uncle and aunt and some cousins.
Ans. To have an uncle and aunt and some cousins would be so jolly. We thought that.
6. Once we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowful that we wished we hadn’t.
Ans. Once we asked Father about it. But he looked very sorrowful. We wished we hadn’t asked him.
7. Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant.
Ans. He meant something. Claude and I didn’t understand it.
8. Every summer, we had some hobby.
Ans. We had some hobby. We had them every summer.
9. A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make them.
Ans. A boy showed Claude how to make them. The boy lived on the mainland.
10. Back on the island we made plenty of kites.
Ans. We were back on the island. We made kites. We made plenty of them.
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