Rewrite the sentences as directed:
👉 Father’s Help – Textual Grammar
1. Swami knew how strict his father could be. (Omit ‘how’)
2. So he changed his tactics. (Use the Noun form of ‘changed’)
3. Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. (Use the Noun form of ‘realized’)
4. Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. (Use the Adjective form of ‘generously’)
5. Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday. (Make it a Complex Sentence)
6. No amount of protest from Swami would make him change his mind. (Make it an Interrogative Sentence)
7. Father has composed a long letter to the headmaster. (Use the Noun form of ‘composed’)
8. He put it in an envelope and sealed it. (Use the Verb form of ‘envelope’)
9. “What, have you written, father?” Swami asked apprehensively. (Use the Noun form of ‘apprehensively’)
10 his conscience bothered him. (Use the Noun form of ‘bothered’)
11. He felt he had mixed up the real and the imagined. (Use the Noun form of ‘mixed’)
12. Samuel was not such a bad man after all. (Make it a question)
13. Personally he was much more friendly than the other teachers. (Change the degree of comparison)
14. Swami also felt Samuel had a special regard for him. (Use the Adverb form of ‘special’)
15. Swami’s head was dizzy with confusion. (Use the Verb form of ‘confusion’)
16. He had never met anyone as good as Samuel. (Change the degree of adjective)
17. He had never met anyone as good as Samuel. (Make it a question)
18. Father snatched the letter away from Swami and tore it up. (Make it a simple sentence)
👉 Fable – Textual Grammar
1. The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel. (Use ‘quarrel’ as a verb)
2. You are doubtless very big. (Make it a negative)
3. I’ll not deny you make very pretty squirrel track. (Make it affirmative)
4. Talents differ. (Use the Noun form of ‘differ’)
5. Talents differ. (Make it an Interrogative Sentence)
👉 The Passing away of Bapu – Textual Grammar
1. I was numb with shock as I got into the car. (Use ‘numb’ as a verb)
2. At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body. (Use the Noun form of ‘gathered’)
3. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last. (Use the Adjective form of ‘silence’)
4. They did not make a sound. (Rewrite without ‘not’)
5. There was an unnatural silence. (Make it negative)
6. There was an unnatural silence. (Make it a complex sentence)
7. The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. (Use ‘so ……..that’)
8. When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers. (Make it a Simple sentence)
9. They looked like a lost children. (Make it a complex sentence)
10. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place the day after his death. (Use the Adjective form of ‘death’)
11. Thousands silently watched procession. (Use the Adjective form of ‘silently’)
12. It was impossible to move in the thick crowd. (Make it a Negative Sentence)
13. Moreover, to walk often the only way open to the average Indian. (Make it Negative)
14. Moreover, to walk often the only way open to the average Indian. (Make it a complex sentence)
15. Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhuiji’s ashes to Allahabad. (Make it a complex sentence)
16. The compartment was decorated with flowers. (Use the Noun form of ‘decorated’)
17. The ashes were immersed in the Gnages where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank. (Use the Noun form of ‘immersed’)
18. I had grown up within a magic circle. (Make it a complex sentence)
19. He brought them out of indifference and awakened them to one another suffering. (Use the Adjective form of ‘indifference’)
20. Had Bapu lived and died for nothing? (Make it Assertive)
21. My values were not so weak. (Make it affirmative)
22. Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children. (Make it a complex sentence)
23. Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
👉 Our Runaway Kite – Textual Grammar
1. This is what I want to tell you about. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
2. Father is the keeper of the Big Half Moon lighthouse. (Use the Verb form of ‘keeper’)
3. In winter, when the harbor is frozen over, we all move over to the mainland. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
4. As soon as Spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
5. As soon as Spring comes, back we sail to our own dear island. (Use ‘no sooner’ in place of ‘as soon as’)
6. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like that with only two. (Make it a complex sentence)
7. But we used to quarrel a good deal with the mainland children in winter. (Use ‘quarrel’ as a Noun)
8. Claude and I never quarreled. (Use ‘quarrel’ as a Noun)
9. Everybody on the mainland had relations. (Make it a Negative Sentence)
10. Claude and I didn’t understand what he meant. (Make it affirmative)
11. When it is fine, the harbor is blue and calm, with little wind and ripples. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
12. Every Summer, we had some hobby. (Make it Negative)
13. The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
14. We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
15. I’m not sure how it happened. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
16. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole. (Make it a complex sentence)
17. We rushed into the lighthouse to get some paper. (Use ‘rushed’ as a Noun)
18. The wind was glorious and it soared. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
19. A month later a letter came for Father. (Make it a complex sentence)
20. Then he sat down beside us and he told us the whole story. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
21. Father had a brother and a sister. (Use ‘be’ verb instead of ‘had’)
22. He had quarreled with his brother and left home. (Make it a complex sentence)
23. He had quarreled with his brother and left home. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
24. She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
25. They discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. (Make it a Simple Sentence)
26. But the best of it all is that we have relations now. (Change the degree of Comparison)