Do as directed:
Voice Change from Meeting at Night
1. As I gain cove with pushing prow.
Answer: As cove is gained with pushing prow by me.
2. And quench its speed in the slushy sand.
Answer: And its speed is quenched in the slushy sand.
Transformation of sentences from Meeting At Night
1. I gain the cove with pushing prow. (Make it complex)
Answer: I gain the Cove as I push the prow.
2. I quenched its speed in the slushy sand. (Turn into a complex sentence)
Answer: I quenched its speed in the sand which was slushy.
3. Blue spurt of a lighted match. (Make it complex)
Answer: A blue spurt is produced when a match is lighted.
4. Three fields to cross till a farm appears. (Turn into a simple sentence)
Answer: After crossing three fields a farm appears.
5. The startled little waves that leap in fiery ringlets from their sleep, as I gain the cove with pushing prow. (Split the sentence up into two sentences)
Answer: I gain the Cove with pushing prow. The startled little waves leap in fiery ringlets from their sleep.
6. Three fields to cross till a farm appears. (Split the sentence up into two sentences)
Answer: There are three fields to cross. Then a farm appears.
7. I crossed a mile of beach. The beach smelt of the sea. (Join with relative clause)
Answer: I crossed a mile of beach, which smelt of the sea.
8. The moon rose in the sky. It was large and low. (Join with relative clause)
Answer: The moon, which was large and low, rose in the sky.
9. Three miles to cross till a firm appears. (Use noun form of appear)
Answer: Three miles to cross till an appearance of a farm occurs.
10. The startled little waves leap in fiery ringlets. (Use noun form of fiery )
Answer: The startled little waves leap in ringlets with feariness.
11. The blue spurt of a lighted match is seen.(turn into a complex sentence)
Answer: The blue spurt of a match which is lighted is seen.
12. I crossed a mile of beach. The beach smelt of the sea.(join using the relative clause)
Answer: I crossed a mile of beach which smelt of the sea.
13. And the yellow half-moon large and low.(split into two simple sentences)
Answer: (i) I saw the yellow half moon. (ii) It was large and low.
Class XI English (Mindscapes)Textual Grammar
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- Voice Change from Leela’s Friend
- Narration Change from Leela’s Friend
- English Grammar (Do as Directed) from Leela’s Friend
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- Voice Change from Karma
- Narration Change from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences(1) from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences (2) from Karma
- Jimmy Valentine – O. Henry
- Voice Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Narration Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Nobel Lecture – Mother Teresa
- Voice Change from Nobel Lecture
- Narration Change from Nobel Lecture
- Transformation of Sentences from Nobel Lecture
- The Place of Art in Education – Nandalal Bose
- Voice Change from The Place of Art in Education
- Transformation of Sentences from The Place of Art in Education
- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge – William Wordsworth
- Textual Grammar from Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
- Meeting at Night – Robert Browning
- Textual Grammar from Meeting at Night
- The Sick Rose – William Blake
- Textual Grammar from The Sick Rose
- Brotherhood – Octavio Paz
- Textual Grammar from Brotherhood
- Daybreak – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Textual Grammar from Daybreak
