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18. Complete the sentences with suitable words/phrases given in the box:

a. The teacher was in the class. He left the class room__ the bell rang.

b. We must not play in the rain. __ the rain continues?

c. I entered the classroom. Everyone in the room started at me __ I were new to them.

d. I will go to London tomorrow. I __ buy a ticket.

e. He likes delicious food. He __ starve than eat ordinary food.

f. __ making a garden on the roof? I have a plan to make one within a few days.

g. He __ to be a teacher. His attitude says so.

h. You __ do what I say or else you will get into trouble.

i. I went to my friend’s house. But __ was nobody in the house.

j. Rita is very idle. She cannot boil potato, __ prepare a dinner for eight persons.

Answer :(a) as soon as (b) what if (c) as if (d) have to (e) would rather (f) what’s it like (g) is born (h) had better (i) had better (j) let alone

19. Complete the sentences with suitable words/phrases given in the box:

a. It was raining heavily. It seemed __ the rain would not stop.

b. The patient was given medicine. __ he taken medicine than he began to vomit.

c. He lives in a village where __ is no electricity. It is completely a remote area.

d. I __ take a taxi. I need to go there soon.

e. In most of the schools of our country students __ wear uniform.

f. Many people drowned. He learnt swimming __ he should drown.

g. A: __ the balcony __ ?

B: It looks very beautiful but it’s really small.

h. Ibn Batutta, a Muslim scholar and traveler , __ in Tangier, Morocco on 24 February, 1304. He was commonly known as Shams- ad- din.

i. __ running at a stretch in a marathon? You took part in ,marathon race.

j. __ she takes more time in preparing breakfast?

Answer :(a) as if (b) no sooner had (c) there (d) had better (e) have to (f) lest (g) what does ...look like (h) was born (i) what’s it like (j) what if

20. Complete the sentences with suitable words/phrases given in the box:

a. There __ be a cinema here. Now there is a supermarket there.

b. A beggar cannot afford to live in a hut. __ palace. It’s a day dream.

c. __ my hair –cut __? It has given you a new look.

d. He is rich__. He __ run after money.

e. there are very needy. I __ I could help them.

f. This is arrangement of fire extinguishers in a garments industry __ there is fire.

g. You are free to use anything in the house without any permission. Nobody will prevent you __ I am here.

h. __ closing the door? I don’t want anyone hear us.

i. Our parents sacrificed a lot for us. We __ abide by them.

j. __ exists no relation between the two brothers. They always quarrel.

Answer :(a) used to (b) let alone (c) what’s ——-like (d) need not (e) wish (f) in case (g) as long as (h) would you mind (i) have to (j) there

Transformation of sentences

1.

(a) Health is wealth (complex).

(b) A healthy poor man is happier than a sick moneyed man (positive).

(c) Though a healthy man is an asset to his family, an unhealthy man is a liability (compound).

(d) He can succeed in life (interrogative).

(e) Everybody must be conscious of health (interrogative).

Answer

(a) It is health which is wealth.

(b) A sick moneyed man is not as happy as a healthy poor man.

(c) A healthy man is an asset but an unhealthy man is a liability to his family.

(d) CanÕt he succeed in life?

(e) MustnÕt everybody be conscious of health?

2.

Raju is a good boy.

(a) I do not know his fatherÕs name (complex).

(b) But I know the place where he was born (simple). He is an active man.

(c) Though he is poor, he is honest (compound).

(d) He is the best player (negative).

(e) What a simple life he leads! (assertive)