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TRANSFORMATIONOF SENTENCES Exercise- 4

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1- She is too innocent to be at fault. Use- so 2- He heard the noise and immediately went to inspect. Begin- On........ 3- As soon as he reached the school, he feigned to be ill. Begin (i)- No sooner........ Begin (ii)- Hardly.......... 4- He asked Sumita, " Have you walked alone, this long distance today?"  Change to Reported Speech 5- The detective interrogated the suspect closely for over three hours. Begin- The suspect.......... 6- The room was too small for the three of us to share.  Use- so 7- Tanuja is a very friendly girl and is always cheerful. Begin- Besides........ 8- He went to the library and to the bank. Begin- Not only.......... 9- Though he is a rich man, he is very humble. Begin- In spite........... 10- Sneha returned to her hostel a week ago. Begin- It has been......... 11- She has probably forgotten her admit card at home. Begin- In.......... 12- Had I not helped her, she would not have

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES Exercise- 3

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1- We never imagined that she would win the prize. Begin- Little.......... 2- Although he was used to bad weather, the pilot became nervous in the storm. Begin (i)- In spite........ Begin (ii)- Despite....... 3- If he is not fit, he won't play next month. Begin- Unless......... 4- As soon as I lifted the load, I felt a pain in my back. Begin (i)- No sooner.......... Begin (ii)- Hardly........ 5- He managed to pay off all his debts, as well as make a big profit last year. Begin- Not only.......... 6- My brother has a heavy built yet he is quite light on his feet. Begin- In spite............ 7- Write neatly or I will refuse to read your work. Begin- If........... 8- The policeman said, "If you don't open the door, I will break it down." Reported speech. (Change the narration) 9- She is going to marry Peter. Use- married 10- If you do this in a hurry, you will make a mistake. Begin- To avoid........... 11- She has difficulty in saving

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES Exercise- 2

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1- Try as he will, he can't beat me at tennis. Begin- However.......... 2- Must you close the piano with a bang? Begin- Do.......... 3- I did everything to persuade Ashok to come with us, but had no success. Begin- Nothing.......... 4- I am ashamed I behaved rather badly yesterday. Begin- I must apologize........... 5- She went nowhere without her faithful guard dog. Begin- Her........... 6- Although Ramesh is poor, he is dishonest. Begin- Poor as.......... 7- That is all I know of the case. Begin- Beyond that, ........... 8- Prakash was not at all sorry for what he had done, he actually looked quite pleased. Begin- Far from......... 9- I saw you in the market yesterday. Use Question Tag 10- Godhuli was most interested in music. Begin- Nothing...... 11- Come what may, we will go tomorrow. Begin- Whatever........ 12- He never stole again after he was caught once. Begin- Having........ 13- As soon as the train arrived, the passengers crowded in

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES Exercise- 1

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1- He told his friends that he had decided to retire. Begin- He told his friends of.......... 2- But for his weakness in Maths, Alok would have topped the class. Begin- Had........... 3- He shouldn't pull the cat's tail. Begin- He ought........... 4- As soon as the alarm rings, Ramesh gets up. Begin (i)- No sooner.......... Begin (ii)- Hardly........... 5- Anil suggested to us that we take the day off and go fishing. Begin- Anil said......... 6- The passengers did not know it, but they had only eighteen minutes to escape. Begin- Little.......... 7- He boasted that he had never been ill all his life. Begin- He boasted of.......... 8- The fire had been raging for 30 minutes before it was discovered. Begin- The fire was not discovered......... 9- He walked to the crossroads hoping to get a taxi there. Begin- He walked to the crossroads in the......... 10- As soon as he had started shaving, the lights went out. Begin (i)- No sooner.......... Begin (

WORDS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS

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Certain nouns, adjectives and verbs followed by prepositions have a different meaning. The following alphabetically arranged list illustrates this. Source- ICSE English Grammar & Composition by Xavier Pinto

STRINGS Program- 1

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Write a program in JAVA to enter a string and convert all uppercase characters to lowercase and all lowercase characters to uppercase. For example: INPUT:       InTElligENt   OUTPUT:   iNteLLIGenT

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Workbook Answers

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   The Merchant Of Venice Workbook by Xavier Pinto and Pamela Pinto is a one-stop solution for all practice related problems. It is an excellent workbook to practice references to contexts before one appears for the final board examinations. For those of you who have a problem in framing proper answers or do not know how to go about on certain questions, I have done some research on the internet and have dug out the answers to the workbook. Given below is a link that will redirect you towards A TEACHER'S HANDBOOK FOR THE MERCHANT OF VENICE . Simply reading the answers will give you a fair idea of how to answer Shakespeare based questions. Do go through the link. LINK:    http://simplebooklet.com/publish.php?wpKey=DjgehERcoqHuU32Vo3iQOO#page=1