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Transformation of sentences

7.

(a) Health is wealth (Make it complex).

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

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

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

(e) Everybody must be conscious of health (Make it negative.)

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 to his family but an unhealthy man is a liability.

(d) CanÕt he succeed in life?

(e) Everybody can not but be conscious of health.

8.

It was a hot summer day.

(a) A cunning fox was passing through a forest (Complex).

(b) The fox was thirsty and was looking for water (Simple);

(c) It could not find any source of water (Passive).

(d) He felt very helpless (Interrogative). Suddenly he found a pitcher of water.

(e) It seemed to the fox that it was the happiest animal in the world (Comparative).

Answer

(a) A fox which was cunning was passing through a forest.

(b) Being thirsty, the fox was looking for water.

(c) No source of water was could be found by it.

(d) DidnÕt he feel very helpless?

(e) It seemed to the fox that it was happier than any other animal.

9.

(a) Water, a vital element of environment, is polluted in different ways. (complex) People pollute water by throwing waste into it. Farmers use chemicals, fertilizers and insecticides in the fields.

(b) When rain and flood wash away some of these chemicals, they get mixed with water. (simple)

(c) Mills and factories also pollute water. (passive)

(d) Water vehicles pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human waste into them. (compound)

(e) Thus water is contaminated by various kinds of waste and filth. (Active).

Answer

(a) Water is a vital element of environment which is polluted in different ways.

(b) Being washed away by rain and flood some of these chemicals get mixed with water.

(c) Water is also polluted by mills and factories

(d) Water vehicles dump oil, food waste and human waste into rivers and pollute them.

(e) Thus various kinds of waste and filth contaminate water.

10.

(a) But at last God took pity on him. (Make it negative without changing the meaning).

(b) One day the old sailor was watching the water snakes swimming round the ship. (Make it passive) Their colours were very beautiful and

(c) He was filled with a strange wonder. (Make it active) Then he felt a great love for them and blessed them from his heart.

(d) At once the dead albatross fell from his neck into the sea and the old man fell into a deep sleep. (Make it complex)

(e) When he woke up, it was raining. (Make it simple).

Answer

(a) But at last God couldnÕt but take pity on him.

(b) One day the water snakes were being watched swimming round the ship by the old sailor.

(c) A strange wonder filled him.

(d) As soon as the dead albatross fell from his neck into the sea, the old man fell into a deep sleep.

(e) On his waking up, it was raining.

11.

(a) The birds that come to our country in winter are called migratory. (Make it simple)

(b) In winter the weather is too cold for them to live in the north. (Make it complex)

(c) They find a better shelter in Bangladesh. (Make it passive)

(d) We must protect them. (Make it negative)

(e) Migratory birds run faster than the dove. (Make it positive)

Answer

(a) The birds coming to our country in winter are called migratory.

(b) In winter the weather is so cold that they can not live in the north.

(c) A better shelter is found in Bangladesh by them.

(d) We can not but protect them.

(e) The dove can not run so fast as migratory birds.