Direct and indirect speech.

Affirmative and negative sentences

1. The doctor said, “I have given an injection and it
will make you sleep.” 1. I like to go to the seashore. (Make it negative.)
2. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” 2. He likes to go to the seashore.
she asked him. “I am a painter and I’m drawing 3. They like to go to the seashore.
pictures on my pitcher,” he said. 4. It is useless.
3. “Something is burning,” said the man. “Can you 5. There is little hurry.
smell it, Vinay?” 6. He had only his daughter with him.
4. She’d said, “What do you think – that
somebody’s always going to be around to wait on 7. I do not remember. (Make it affirmative)
you? 8. I did not remember.
5. He announced, “I am going to be a doctor.” 9. She does not remember.
10. It was never heard of in the history of Mumbai.
identify the infinitives, participles or gerunds. 11. David grew up considering blindness no tragedy.
1.The driver refused to wait.
2.Panting , I boarded the plane under the Question tag
reproachful gaze of the other passengers. 1. I am in mood.
3.We saw an army of ants lugging a fly wich was at 2. Let’s go for picnic.
least ten times the ant’s size. 3. Let us go for cinema.
4.On enquiring , the priest said that the temple found 4. They always come in time.
it difficult to get the bilva leaf. 5. We sit here every day.
5.It was not commercially economic to grow it.
6.Very few flower sellers were willing to provide bilva Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences.
leaves. 1. What a wonderful story it was! (make it assertive)
7.The greatest difficulty was in identifying the plants. 2. How naughty you are!
8.He had to consult many scholars. 3. How sweet!
9.The book succeeds in providing good leisure 4. He was very slow. (Make it exclamatory)
reading. 5. It was a very lovely painting.
10.It is one of the best occasions in recent times to 6. He was an extraordinary human being.
raise a toast.
Degree of comparison
Articles
Positive Comparative Superlative
1. I realized that ___________ smallest change i had
was____ ten dollar note No other than any other the happiest
2.I Was rubbing myself with ___________ towel when
I heard ___ steps. Few other/ than many / most one of the
3. ____ heavy policeman bounded up ____steps . very few other tallest
4.In ____small silence,we all heard ___creaking in
___________attie.
1. Raji is the richest woman in Mumbai.
5. We saw small bits of grass peeping through
2. Reading is the best form of recreation.
_______small cracks in ___ concrete pavement.
3. Australia is the largest Island.
4. Australia is one of the largest Islands.
Do as directed
5. Books are the best source of knowledge.
1. I can play. (Use able to)
6. Iron is stronger than many other metals.
2. I could play (Use able to)
7. No one is as lazy as Raja.
3. He could tell me. (Use able to)
4. They could tell me. (Use able to)
Rhetorical (Interrogative)type questions.
5. She can work. (Use able to)
1. Your time is limited. (frame a Rhetorical
questions)
Remove Too
2. You have been humble and sweet in all your
1. He is too proud to beg.
deeds.
2. Hitler was too cruel to spare the Jews.
3. Ambition beyond existence is the essential
3. The Chief Minister Mr. Raja was too busy to give us
purpose of our being.
an appointment.
4. Today, the rains fall on empty streets.
4. Parents nowadays are too busy to pay attention to
5. They aren’t free from social conditioning.
their children education.
Not only But also Kinds of Sentences
1. Nature had fashioned me to be short and poor. 1. Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a
2. The distances shrunk, the geographical statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period.
boundaries disappeared.
3. This is the design of life. This is the secret of 2. Imperative – An imperative sentence gives a
Existence. command.
4. You are contented and meek dullards.
5. Business begins and ends with that simple 3. Interrogative – An interrogative sentence asks a
precept. question. An interrogative sentence ends with a
No sooner …… than question mark.
1. As I hearkened to the silence of the night, I
heard the heavenly world talking. 4. Exclamatory - An exclamatory sentence shows
2. As soon as I reached the class, the students strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence ends with an
remained silent. exclamation mark.
3. As soon as the monsoon starts, the farmers
become happy. Directions: Identify each type of sentence. Write a “D”
4. She fell down in one place when fellow if it is declarative, “IMP” if it is imperative, “INT” if it is
pedestrian rushed instantly for her help. interrogative, and “E” if it is exclamatory.
5. Most morning my wife enters the kitchen to find
the scurrying away. 1. Why do you believe that?
Kinds of Sentences 2. I want to know why you believe that.
1. Simple Sentence: 3. Please accept my apology.
It is a sentence which consists of a subject, a predicate 4. Your face is frightening the baby!
and one and only one finite verb. 5. My shoe is on fire!
2. Compound Sentence: 6. When did you first notice that your shoe was on
The Coordinators are: and, but, or, either, or, neither, fire?
nor, yet, therefore, hence, not only buy also, as well 7. My doctor told me to take these vitamins.
as, else, still, so, etc. 8. Ask Doris for the recipe.
3. Complex Sentence: 9. Did you solve the puzzle yet?
The subordinators are: how, where, when, why, what,
who, whose, which, that, since, if, as, because, Change the voice
though, although, as if, unless, until, before, than, etc. 1. The tiger killed the deer.

State the types 2. The boy is learning his lessons.

1. Donald took out his pen and started writing.
2. The town in which I live is very large. 3. This house was built by my grandfather.
3. This is the house that Jack built.
4. The Commons passed the bill, but the Lords threw 4. Alice has been waiting for a long time.
it out.
5. My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the 5. Mother was making a cake.
sky.
6. The postman was bitten by the dog.
Conversion of Simple Sentences into Compound
sentences 7. The thief was caught.

1. Simple: Seeing a snake he ran away. 8. The accused were sent to jail.
2. Simple: Besides being intelligent she is beautiful.
3. Inspite of his enormous wealth but still he is sad. 9. The loud noise frightened the baby.

Conversion of Compound Sentences into Simple 10. The dog chased the cat.
Sentences
1. I ate apple, I went to Cinema.
2. He passed M.B.B.S. and became a doctor.
3. You must study well or you will not get the first
class mark.