WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 7 Transformation of Sentences
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 7 Transformation of Sentences
West Bengal Board 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 7 Transformation of Sentences
WBBSE 10th Class English Solutions
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
Father’s Help
1. Swami knew how strict his father could be.
Ans. Swami knew his father could be very strict.
2. So he changed his tactics.
Ans. So he made a change in his tactics.
3. Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning.
Ans. Lying in bed Swami had his realization with a shudder that it was Monday morning.
4. Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.
Ans. Mother was generous to suggest that Swami might stay at home.
5. Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.
Ans. If you loaf about less on Sundays you will be without a headache on Monday.
6. No amount of protest from Swami would make him change his mind.
Ans. Would any amount of protest from Swami make him change his mind?
7. Father had composed a long letter to the headmaster.
Ans. Father made a composition in the form of long letter to the headmaster.
8. He put it in an envelope and sealed it.
Ans. He enveloped it and sealed it.
9. “What have you written, Father?” Swami asked apprehensively.
Ans. “What have you written, Father?” Swami asked with apprehension.
10. His conscience bothered him.
Ans. He had bother from his conscience.
11. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined.
Ans. He felt he had made a mixture between the real and the imagined.
12. Samuel was not such a bad man after all.
Ans. Was Samuel such a bad man after all?
13. Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers.
Ans. Personally no other teacher was as friendly as he was.
14. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him.
Ans. Swami also felt Samuel had a regard specially for him.
15. Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion.
Ans. Swami was confused and had a dizzy head.
16. He had never met anyone as good as Samuel.
Ans. Samuel was better than anyone he had ever met.
17. He had never met anyone as good as Samuel.
Ans. Had he ever met anyone as good as Samuel?
18. Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up.
Ans. Snatching the letter away from Swami, Father tore it up.
Fable
1. The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.
Ans. The mountain and the squirrel quarrelled (between themselves).
2. You are doubtless very big.
Ans. There is no doubt that you are very big.
3. I’ll not deny you make very pretty squirrel track.
Ans. I’ll admit you make a very pretty squirrel track.
4. Talents differ.
Ans. There is difference in talents.
5. Talents differ.
Ans. Do talents not differ?
The Passing Away of Bapu
1. I was numb with shock as I got into the car.
Ans. Shock numbed me as I got into the car.
2. At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body.
Ans. At the Birla House, there was a gathering of Gandhiji’s relatives and followers round his body.
3. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last.
Ans. The room was silent as Gandhiji breathed his last.
4. They did not make a sound.
Ans. They were soundless.
5. There was an unnatural silence.
Ans. The silence there was not natural,
6. There was an unnatural silence.
Ans. There was a silence which was unnatural.
7. The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning.
Ans. The people were so stunned that they could not speak in the beginning.
8. When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers.
Ans. One whimpers at the time of facing the shock of a loved one’s death.
9. They looked like lost children.
Ans. They looked like children who were lost.
10. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place the day after his death.
Ans. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place the day after he was dead.
11. Thousands silently watched procession.
Ans. Thousands were silent while watching the procession.
12. It was impossible to move in the thick crowd.
Ans. It was not possible to move in the thick crowd.
13. Moreover, to walk was often the only way open to the average Indian.
Ans. Moreover, there was often no other way open to the average Indian than to walk.
14. Moreover, to walk was often the only way open to the average Indian.
Ans. Moreover, to walk was often the only way open to the Indian who was average.
15. Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhij’s ashes to Allahabad.
Ans. Some days after the funeral, a train which was used for the special purpose took Gandhiji’s ashes to Allahabad.
16. The compartment was decorated with flowers.
Ans. A decoration of flowers was made to the compartment.
17. The ashes were immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank.
Ans. The immersion of the ashes was made in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank.
18. I had grown up within a magic circle.
Ans. I had grown up within a circle which had been a magical one.
19. He brought them out of indifference and awakened them to one another’s suffering.
Ans. He brought them out of an indifferent state and awakened them to one another’s suffering.
20. Had Bapu lived and died for nothing?
Ans. Bapu had lived and died for something.
21. My values were not so weak.
Ans. My values were strong enough.
22. Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.
Ans. Though Bapu had passed away, his India would continue to live in his children.
23. Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.
Ans. Despite the passing away of Bapu, his India would continue to live in his children.
Our Runaway Kite
1. This is what I want to tell you about.
Ans. I want to tell you about this.
2. Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse.
Ans. Father keeps the Big Half Moon lighthouse.
3. In winter, when the harbour is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland.
Ans. We all move over to the mainland in winter with the harbour being frozen over.
4. As soon as spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island.
Ans. With the coming of spring, back we sail to our own dear island.
5. As soon as spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island.
Ans. No sooner does spring come than back we sail to our own dear island.
6. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like that with only two.
Ans. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like that as there are only two (for those).
7. But we used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children in winter.
Ans. But we used to have quarrels with the mainland children in winter.
8. Claude and I never quarrelled.
Ans. Claude and I never had a quarrel.
9. Everybody on the mainland had relations.
Ans. Nobody on the mainland was without relations.
10. Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant.
Ans. What he meant was beyond my and Claude’s understanding.
11. When it is fine, the harbour is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples.
Ans. The harbour in fine time is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples.
12. Every summer, we had some hobby.
Ans. There was no exception to us having some hobby every summer.
or, We had no exception to having some hobby every summer.
13. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites.
Ans. The last summer before the coming of Dick and Mimi we were crazy about kites.
14. We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper.
Ans. We had a big kite covered with lovely red paper.
15. I’m not sure how it happened.
Ans. I’m not sure about the method of it happening.
16. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
Ans. As my elbow went clear through the kite, it made a big hole.
17. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper.
Ans. We made a rush into the lighthouse to get some paper.
18. The wind was glorious and it soared.
Ans. The glorious wind made it soar.
19. A month later a letter came for Father.
Ans. A month had passed when a letter came for Father.
20. Then he sat down beside us and he told us the whole story.
Ans. Sitting down beside us he told us the whole story.
21. Father had a brother and a sister.
Ans. A brother and a sister of my father were there.
22. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home.
Ans. He had quarrelled with his brother before he left home.
23. He had quarrelled with his brother and left home.
Ans. Quarrelling with his brother he had left home.
24. She was a widow who lived hundred of miles inland.
Ans. She, a widow, lived hundred of miles inland.
25. They discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
Ans. Discovering the kite on the top of a tree they carried it home.
26. But the best of it all is that we have relations now.
Ans. But nothing of it all is as good as the fact that we have relations now.
or, But nothing of it all is better than the fact that we have relations now.
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