Transform the underlined sentences as directed.
1. (a) Once a cook roasted a duck for his master. (Passive). (b) The roast looked so delicious that the cook could not resist the temptation. (Simple). He ate one of the drumsticks. (c) When his master sat down to eat, he quickly noticed the missing drumstick. (Compound). (d) The master enquired of the missing leg. (Interrogative). (e) But the cook told him that this duck had only one leg. (Negative).
Answer: a. Once a duck was roasted for his master by a cook. b. The roast being so delicious the cook could not resist the temptation. He ate one of the drumsticks. c. His master sat down to eat, and he quickly noticed the missing drumstick. d. Didn't the master enquire of the missing leg?/“Where is the missing leg?” the master enquired. e. But the cook told him that the duck had no more than one leg.
2. (a) Very few insects are as busy as bees. (Make it comparative) (b) They live together. (Make it negative) (c) They fly from flowers to flowers and collect honey. (Make it simple) (d) They store honey in hives. (Make it passive) (e) In winter, they remain idle but they work in spring. (Make it complex)
Answer: a. Bees are busier than most other insects. b. They do not live in groups. c. Flying from flower to flower, they collect honey./They fly from flowers to flowers to collect honey. d. Honey is stored in hives. e. Though they remain idle in winter, they work in spring.
3. Anger is nothing but a vice. (a) It begets only the worst. (negative) (b) Anger is one of the most inhuman vices. (positive) (c) So, we should control it for our own sake. (passive) (d) He who is taken by anger causes a lot of troubles. (simple) (e) Realizing it, everyone should try to be emotionally balanced. (complex).
Answer: (a) It begets nothing but the worst,. (negative sentence) (b) Anger is not only a vice but also one of the most inhuman vices. (positive sentence) (c) It should be controlled by us for our own sake. (passive voice) (d) A person taken by anger causes a lot of troubles. (simple sentence) (e) As we realize it, everyone should try to be emotionally balanced. (complex sentence)
4. (a) Cricket is a very exciting game. (Complex) (b) People all over the world enjoy this game very much. (Passive) (c) At present cricket is one of the most popular games in our country. (Comparative) (d) Thought it is a very costly game, young men and children get a great deal of delight playing it. (Compound) (e) It is a matter of sorrow that the performance of Bangladesh Cricket Team is not up to the mark. (Exclamatory)
Answer: (a) Cricket is a game which is very exciting.
(b) This game is very much enjoyed all over the world.
(c) At present cricket is more popular than most other games in our country.
(d) It is a very costly game, but young men and children get a great deal of delight playing it.
(e) What a matter of sorrow it is that the performance of Bangladesh Cricket Team is not up to the mark!
5. (a) There is water everywhere. (Negative) (b) I know the cause of his coming here. (Complex) (c) The forbidden books lasted the longest of all the rest. (Positive) (d) At first the sound of dragging brush annoyed me. (Passive) (e) He bought not only a flat but also a car. (Simple)
Answer: (a) There is no water anywhere. (negative sentence) (b) I know why he has come here./I know why he came here. (complex sentence). (c) No other of the rest lasted as long as the forbidden books. (positive sentence). (d) At first, I was annoyed by the sound of dragging brush. (passive voice). (e) He bought a flat and also a car. (simple sentence)
Try Yourself
1. Bangladesh is my adoring country. (a) It is an independent country (Make it a complex sentence). (b) We gained our freedom in 1971 at the cost of supreme sacrifice (Make it passive). (c) As soon as we gained independence, we did a glowing homage to the martyrs (Make it a negative sentence without changing the meaning). (d) Now we are trying our level best so that we can achieve our political and economic emancipation (Make it a simple sentence). (e) How sweet the taste of independence is! (Make it an assertive sentence).
2. (a) Water, a vital element of environment is polluted by various ways (Complex). It is called life. (b) The water which is pure is necessary for us (Simple). (c) People pollute water by throwing waste into it (Compound). (d) The farmers use water in time of cultivation largely (Passive). (e) It is one of the most important elements of all living beings (Positive).
3. (a) Traffic jam is the most serious problem in Dhaka City (Make it comparative). (b) It has become a common affair here (Make it negative). It occurs mostly during office hours. (c) Sometimes a traffic jam is so acute that it blocks about half a kilometer of a street (Make compound). (d) It kills our valuable time and works (Make it passive). (e) However, this problem can be solved by adopting some pragmatic steps (Make it complex).
4. (a) Everybody longs for money. (Interrogative) (b) But people who have little money are very happy. (simple) (c) People want to be happy and they earn money. (Complex) (d) We are sure that it is a wrong idea. (Compound) More money brings more anxiety. (e) We should not be guided by money. (Passive)
5. (a) What a nice idea! (Make it assertive) (b) Charles Karoro lives in a small apartment. (Make it compound) (c) Nairobi is one of the most expensive cities. (Make it positive) (d) He has two school going children. (Make it complex) (e) His wife loves gardening. (Make it negative)
6. No person can be happy without friends. So (a) everybody wants friends. (Negative) (b) The heart is formed for love and cannot be happy without the opportunity of giving and receiving love. (Complex) But (c) you cannot receive affection unless you give it also. (Simple) You cannot find others to love you unless you love them. (d) You cannot be happy without it. (Interrogative) (e) As love is divine, everybody wants love. (Compound).
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