Grammar std 8: Devesh

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SECTION I : LANGUAGE STUDY (Q.1)

  1. Question: If he selects a three-to-one scale, the tip of the robot’s arm will move just one inch. (State whether the sentence is Simple, Compound or Complex.)

    Answer: Complex Sentence

  2. Question: Johnsy was preparing herself for her last journey. (Replace the underlined phrase with a clause.)

    Answer: Johnsy was preparing herself for the journey that would be her last.

  3. Question: Though Sue looked after her well, Johnsy showed no signs of improvement. (Rewrite as affirmative sentence.)

    Answer: Though Sue looked after her well, Johnsy failed to show signs of improvement.

  4. Question: One morning, Ramanujan’s mother made a startling announcement. (Change the voice.)

    Answer: One morning, a startling announcement was made by Ramanujan’s mother.

  5. Question: Tenali Raman is the greatest of all scholars. (Rewrite beginning with “No other…”)

    Answer: No other scholar is as great as Tenali Raman.

  6. Question: Heart patients were treated with sedatives. They did not survive. (Join the two sentences using an appropriate conjunction.)

    Answer: Heart patients were treated with sedatives, but they did not survive.

  7. Question: Build a word chain of two more adjectives: ancient → ______ → ______

    Answer: ancient → terrific → calm

  8. Question: Give the noun forms of: amiable, accurate

    Answer: amiable → amiability, accurate → accuracy

  9. Question: Write two compound words of your own.

    Answer: toothbrush, sunflower

  10. Question: Make two shorter words from the word: master (Each word must be of at least four letters.)

    Answer: mast, term

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