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Strong Roots (Textual Grammar) Questions

Strong Roots
Textual Grammar
Questions

Strong Roots (Textual Grammar) Questions

Narration Change

1. “When you pray,” he said “You transcend your body and become a part of the cosmos, which knows no division of wealth, age, caste or creed.”

2. “Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?” I asked my father.

3. “Whenever human beings find themselves alone, as a natural reaction, they start looking for company.”  The father said to me.

4. “One must understand the difference between a fear ridden vision of destiny and the vision enables us to seek the enemy of fulfillment within ourselves.” The father said to me.

5. “I remember my father starting his day at 4am by reading the namaz before dawn,” says the author.  

Correction of Errors

1. Despite of these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom.

2. My parents were widely regarded as ideal couple.

3. We lived in our ancestral house, which was built at the middle of 19th century.

4. It was a fairly large pucca house, made by limestone and brick.

5. For quite a sometime he said nothing.

6. When they are in trouble, they look at someone to help them.

7. I am a go-between in their effort.

Synthesis of Sentences

1. My father did not have much formal education. He did not have much wealth. (Compound)

2. My mother fed many people every day. I do not recall the exact number of them. (Complex) 

3. I normally ate with my mother. I sat on the floor of the kitchen. (Simple)

4. She would place a banana leaf. She ladled rice and aromatic sambar on it. (Complex) 

5. We lived in our ancestral house. It was built in the middle of the 19th century. (Simple)

6. There was a Shiva Temple. It made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims. It was about a ten-minute walk from our house. (Complex) 

7. There was a very old mosque in our locality. My father would take me there for evening prayers. (Complex) 

8. I was then old enough to ask questions. I asked my father about the relevance of prayer. (Complex) 

9. He put his hands on my shoulders. He looked straight into my eyes. (Simple)

10. My father started his day at 4am. I remember it. (Simple)

Splitting

1. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.

2. My mother’s lineage was the more distinguished, one of her forebears having been bestowed the title of ‘Bahadur’ by the British.

3. One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood is of two men, each in tradition attire, discussing spiritual matters.

4. I have endeavored to understand the fundamental truths revealed to me by my father, and feel convinced that there exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure, and guide one to one’s true place.

5. When my father came out of mosque after the prayer, people of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him. 


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