DIVINE BUDS ENGLISH SCHOOL
Worksheet 2015-16
STD: 8
Subject: English
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Section -1
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Transformation of Sentences:-
1. The cradle was put into a small drawer of a cabinet.[Q-tag]
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2. This young girl was very helpful to me. [Exclamatory]
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3. When I painted to anything she told me the name of it in her own tongue.
[No sooner ….then, As soon as….., Hardly…..when]
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4. She was very good natured. [Exclamatory]
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5. I should be guilty of great ingratitude if I did not mention her are and
affection towards me. [Unless]
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6. I chiefly owe my preservation in that country. [Voice]
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7. I could not help laughing very heartily. [Affirmative]
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8. My little nurse instructed me. [Voice]
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9. He advised my master to display me on market day in the next town.[Q.
Tag/ Interrogative]
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10. I guessed there was some mischief when I observed my masters. [No
sooner ….then, As soon as….., Hardly…..when]
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11. My fears made me fancy. [voice]
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12. She had cleverly learned from her mothers. [exclamatory ]
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13. How modest I was by nature.
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14. The box was closed on every side. [Negative]
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15. Couldn’t he perform a hundred entertaining tricks? [Assertive]
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16. My master would only allow thirty people at a time to see me. [Negative]
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17. I paid my humble respect to the gathering several times. [Interrogative]
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18.I took up a thimble filled with a drink. [Voice, Q-Tag, Interrogative]
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19. I draw out my hunger. [Voice]
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20.My nurse gave ne part of a straw. [Interrogative]
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21. I was shown to twelve sets of people. [Negative]
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22. My master would not allow anyone to touch me except my nurse.
[Affirmative]
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23. A hazelnut was as large as small pumpkin. [Degree]
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24 I was too tired with my first journey to stand upon my legs or speak a
word. [Remove to]
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25. I could hardly stand upon my legs or speak a word. [negative]
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26. I had no rest at home. [Affirmative]
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27. How profitable I was for my master! [Assertive]
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28.I had a strong hope. [Exclamatory]
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29. He hired the Grultrud. [Negative]
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30. There was hardly a rivulet. [Negative]
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Unit-1
Section -2
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Transformation of Sentences:-
1. It was hot and sunny in Santiago. [Exclamatory, Q-Tag]
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2. We bounced out of out bed quickly, we wished each other Merry
Christmas. [No sooner ….then, As soon as…... Hardly…..when]
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3. There were no gifts from our parents under the tree. [Affirmative]
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4. We approached the tree very slowly. [Interrogative]
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5. There were only the white envelopes. [Negative]
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6. Are we hallucinating? [Assertive]
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7. Are they kidding us? [Assertive]
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8. They assures us . [Voice]
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9. It released gigantic icebergs. [Interrogative, Voice]
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10. We couldn’t wait to surf . [Affirmative]
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11. Wouldn’t our sailing rout take us from the city of Punta Arenas in Chile?
[Assertive]
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12. It’s Ancient name was Terra Incognito. [Q-Tag, Interrogative]
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13. Having taken a flight to sail for their destination in an icebreaker called
Rom phehielo Almirante viel Toro . [No sooner ….then, As soon as…...
Hardly…..when]
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14. Every looked serious. [Negative]
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15. Seafaring and courageous captains just could not get across it.
[Affirmative, Interrogative]
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16. How terribly fierce the seas would be all along! [Assertive]
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17.Our ship bobbed up and down like a cork. [Q-Tag, Interrogative]
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18. There was no time to even think of seasickness. [Affirmative]
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19.What a Nail-biting, hair-raising experience the crossing of the Darke was!
[Assertive]
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20. We did not stop there. [Affirmative, Interrogative, Q-Tag ]
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Unit-2
Section -1
 Transformation of Sentences:1. She felt the vibrations of the approaching train. [Q-tag, Interrogative,
Voice]
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2. This aspiring musician faced a bigger challenge. [Exclamatory]
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3. She was Profoundly deaf . [Interrogative, Exclamatory]
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4. Evelyn lilennie’s loss of hearing had been gradual. [Negative]
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5. She didn’t move. [Affirmative]
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6. She hadn’t heard. [Affirmative]
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7. She noticed a girl playing that she wanted to play pt too. [No sooner
….then, As soon as…... Hardly…..when]
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8. Most of the teacher discourages her. [Voice, Negative]
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9. Don’t listen through your ears. [Affirmative]
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10. Forbes repeated the exercise. [Voice]
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11. She could sense certain notes in different parts of her body. []
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12. She never looked back from that point onwards. [Affirmative]
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13.She auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music. [Interrogative]
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14. Hadn’t I learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and vibrations?
[Assertive]
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15. She had captured most of the top awards. [Voice]
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16. Evenly won’t accept any hint of heroic achievement. [Affirmative]
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17. If you work hard and know where you are going, you’ll get there. [Unless]
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18. It is intriguing to watch evenly function. [Exclamatory, Q-tag,
Interrogative]
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19.She speaks flawlessly with a Scottish lilt. [Exclamatory]
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20. She never missed a word. [Affirmative]
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21. My speech is clear. [Negative]
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22. When she plays the xylophone, she can sense the sound passing p the
stick into her fingertips. [No sooner ….then, As soon as…... Hardly…..when]
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23. She can feel the resonance. [Voice]
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24. She feels music more deeply than any of us. [Degree]
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25. Evenly daylights her audiences. [Voice, Q-Tag]
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26. She expresses music so beautifully. []
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27. Isn’t she a shining inspiration for deaf children? [Assertive]
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Section -2
 Transformation of Sentences:1. Only a few buildings survived [Negative].
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2. Corpses were piled on the streets [voice].
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3. Erwin and Jack proved themselves capable of extraordinary courage and
selflessness[Question tag, Interrogative].
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4. A common human reaction to the trauma of a natural disaster is
paralysis[Question tag, Interrogative].
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5. He found safety with hundreds of others on a humpbacked bridge[voice].
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6. There was so much rubble[Negative].
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7. You could hardly see the water[Negative].
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8. The crowd on the bridge heard a faint cry[Exclamatory].
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9. Erwin scanned the river but couldn’t locate the source of the
appeal[affirmative].
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10. There were so many men on the bridge[Negative].
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11. Nobody made a move.[Affirmative].
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12. A polleeman with a video camers contented himself with filming the
girl[voice].
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13. I ran to the riverside and waded into the water[No Sooner…than…,As
soon as,Hardly….when].
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14. After struggling for nearly fifteen minutes, he reached the girl[No
sooner…..than, As soon as….,Hardly….when].
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15. I yelled to the men on the bridge to get the girl from me because I was
getting tired. [No sooner…..than, As soon as…., Hardly….when].
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16. They were very scared[Add too].
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17. I will never forget that moment in my life[Affirmative].
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18. I will never forget his face[Affirmative].
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19. She screamed in pain[exclamatory].
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20. Erwin struggled to untangle her[Question tag, Interrogative].
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21. When the two men got th weeping child to the riverbank, they parted
without introducing themselves [No sooner…..than, As soon
as….,Hardly….when].
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22. He was mistaken[Question tag].
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23. Erwin and jack met once again and instantly recognized each other.[ [No
sooner…..than, As soon as….,Hardly….when].
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24. Will I ever forget his face’s[Assertive].
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25. He does not know the fate of the young girl[Negative, Interrogative].
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26. It would make a big difference to me to know that she
survived.[Exclamatory].
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27. Then I could accept the fact.[Question tag, Negative].
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28. I lost my own son. [Negative].
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29. I lost my own son. [Question tag, voice, Interrogative].
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30. The black water looked like heavy mud. [Question tag, Interrogative].
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Section -2
Transformation of sentences:-
1 This was eight days since his wife had been in France [Negative].
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2 As soon as he awoke , Francis Bennett switched on his phonotelephote.
[No sooner…than, hardly….when].
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3 He saw his wife appear in the telephonic mirror.[voice].
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4 He quickly jumped out of bed and went into his mechanized dressing
room. [No sooner…than, As soon as, Hardly….when].
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5 The day’s work is going to begin. [Negative].
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6 Francis Bennett went on into the reporter’s room. [Question tag].
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7 The subscribers have not only the story but the sight of these events.
[Affirmative].
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8 We haven’t been able to understand the signals the Jovian. [Interrogative,
Affirmative].
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9 You can’t blame optical science. [Affirmative].
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10 The moon is uninhabited [Interrogative].
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11 Francis Bennett had reason to be satisfied.[Negative]
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12 Hurry up and tell the report age service about it[Question tag]
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13 I am anxious for the news [Question tag, Interrogative].
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14 This system is expensive. [Negative].
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15 The Table was laid and he took his place at it. [No sooner…than, As soon
as, Hardly….when].
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16 Let’s see. [Question tag].
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17 Take me to my accumulator works at nigara [question tag, Interrogative].
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18 If I don’t run out of money I’ll succeed in three weeks [Unless].
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19 The only thing missing will be the soul [Negative].
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20 He would transform it into a seaside resort [voice].
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21 During his meal, phonotelephotic communication had been set up with
Paris.[Question tag, Interrogative].
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22 I’m going to start this moment [question tag].
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23 Won’t you be here then? [Assertive].
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24 Don’t miss the tube [affirmative].
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25 Francis Bennett was very tired[Exclamatory].
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Section -1
 Transformation of sentences:-
1 Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most influenced men of the twentieth
century [change the degree].
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2 Gandhi has changed many schools before the age of ten[voice].
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3 His certificates of progress and character were never bad.
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4 Gandhi became serious with his studies and was no longer called a
mediocre student [As soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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5 Geometry was a new subject in which Gandhi was not particularly
strong.[affirmative].
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6 The teacher taught the subject very well [voice, Exclamatory].
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7 I could not follow him[Affirmative].
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8 Geometry has been both easy and interesting for me. [Negative,
Exclamatory].
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9 Did the frail but agile Gandhi enjoy physical education and
sports?[Assertive].
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10 Gandhi never liked gymnastics and cricket [Affirmative].
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11 Gandhi disliked both.[negative].
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12 Sanskrit proved a harder task [Negative, question tag, Interrogative].
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13 I then had the false notion [Negative].
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14 I then had the false notion that gymnastics had nothing to do with
education[affirmative].
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15 I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum
as mental training [change the degree].
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16 He had paid little attention to his handwriting.[negative].
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17 He saw in south Africa the beautiful handwriting of lawyers and young
men born and educated there, he repented of his neglect[As soon as, no
sooner..than, hardly….when].
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18 Bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect
education.[Negative].
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19 It was too late to improve my handwriting [Remove too].
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20 Set every young man and woman be warned by my example.[voice].
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21 He was never known to have lost his temper [Affirmative].
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22 Jesus would reveal himself only to the poor peasant [Negative].
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23 Might not this exercise have stroked an early accursedness of exploitation
and injustice?
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24 Gandhi could fashion heroes out of common clay[voice, Exclamatory].
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25 Unless he saw the beautiful handwriting of the educated men, he could
not have repented[Remove unless].
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26 What a rare Politian Gandhi was never known to lost his temper
[Assertive].
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Section -1
 Transformation of sentences:1 Jeetu is reading a book[voice]
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2 Science has brought in revolutionary changes on our lives[Question tag ,
Interrogative].
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3 The only thing I have seen is an aeroplane [Negative].
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4 What a terrific noise it made! [Assertive].
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5 Does science create such terrific noise? [Assertive].
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6 If it is so , I can’t stand it.[use unless].
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7 I can’t stand noisy things. [Affirmative]
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8 It has done nothing for me[Affirmative].
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9 Am I so bad that it cannot be my friend? [Assertive]
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10 I can’t ask my parents.[Affirmative].
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11 My father has no time for me. [Affirmative, Interrogative].
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12 She doesn’t know such big things. [Affirmative].
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13. Are you a friend of my father? [Assertive]
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14. You are too ignorant to know about me. [Remove too]
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15. You have made a lot of wonderful things for them. [Exclamatory]
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16. She always follows me. [Voice, Q-Tag]
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17. They have been created by little daughter. [Voice]
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18. Don’t misunderstand him. [Affirmative]
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19. Please, explain your role with concrete examples. [Interrogative]
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20. There is less friction. [Negative]
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21. It is a smooth ride. [Negative]
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22. You grasped things quickly. [Exclamatory]
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23.The match box has black coloured rough surface which is too sticky to
catch fire easily. [Remove too]
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24. When two bodies are rubbed against each other, heat is generated by
the friction within them. [As soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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25. I didn’t realize that everything in hut is a product of science and
technology. [Affirmative, Voice]
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26. How ignorant i8 have been! [Assertive]
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27. The design of this bullock cart and hut is as old as Harappa Civilization.
[Degree]
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28. If mankind has no survived it has to be friend me. [Use Unless]
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29. I couldn’t forget you. [Affirmative]
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30. Do you want to marry my daughter? [Assertive]
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31.You are simply great. [Exclamatory]
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32.I have never knew all this. [Q-Tag, Affirmative]
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33. You need not to worry about him. [Affirmative]
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34.I am all Pervading. [Q-tag, Interrogative]
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35. My villagers would love those toys. [Voice, Q-TAg]
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Unit-6
Section -1
 Transformation of sentences:1. One of the most interesting insects in our group was wasp.[Degree]
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2. After he had got used to doctor Dolittle, he would follow him around the
house like a pet cat. [As soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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3. There were several wasps’ nests. [Negative]
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4. How sick we were of wars! [Assertive]
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5. All those wars seemed such a stupid was waste! [Exclamatory]
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6. I had never seen any of the battles myself. [Interrogative, Affirmative]
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7. When I heard this I was fired with a great ardors to do something. [As
soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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8. Our nest should be defended. [Voice]
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9. WE were awakened by a great blowing of bugles and beating of drums.
[Voice]
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10. I was grateful. [Negative]
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11. I had no idea. [Affirmative]
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12. I am not very certain. [Affirmative]
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13. We called him blowhard. [Voice]
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14.Their enemies were the Smith errenians. [Q-Tag]
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15.Do you want to marry my daughter? [Assertive]
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16.The tiny creature seemed highly intelligent.[Affirmative]
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17. Tangerrine narrated many anecdotes and stories of the insect world to
us. [Voice]
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18. It never seems to settle anything. [Affirmative]
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19. I had never seen any of the battles my self. [Affirmative]
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20. He was too far away for me to apologize. [Remove too]
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21. What could I do? [Assertive]
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22. I was such a tiny creature. [Exclamatory]
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23. It did not matter at all which side won. [Interrogative, Affirmative]
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24.There also may be the regular names. [Interrogative]
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25. It eas clear that the general had come up to this high point. so he could
get a good view of the fight. [Negative]
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26. He wanted to stay in a safe place himself. [Negative]
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27. He expected a very fine battle. [Exclamatory]
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28. He battle had begun. [Negative]
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29. They would both make a nasty mess in getting it. [Exclamatory]
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30. As I noticed the horses move restlessly at the first roar of the canon to me
[As soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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31. If I sting his horse I might possibly accomplish something. [Use Unless]
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32. It was a dirty trick to play on the horse. [Exclamatory]
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33. It would be no use. [Affirmative]
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34. I crawled along the horse’s flank and strung him in another place. . [As
soon as, no sooner.. than, hardly….when].
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35. I would like a little more marmalade. [Voice, Q-Tag]
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36. The Bomblasteronians were completely disheartened and demoralized
and they took to their heels.
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Unit-3
Section -2
 Transformation of sentences:1 Live it back. [Q-Tag]
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2 What a liar! [Assertive]
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3 Don’t try and rob someone else’s property. [Affirmative]
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4 Don’t lie. [Affirmative]
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5 You don’t know anything. [Affirmative]
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6 They are stealing my things. [voice]
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7 Let’s do something fun. [Q-Tag, Interrogative]
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8 It’s so boring. [Exclamatory]
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9 Let’s go on picnic. [Q-Tag]
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10.Shut up Pia. [Q-Tag]
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11You are the big animal expert. [Exclamatory]
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12We did that in class 1. [Voice]
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13That’s for babies. [O-Tag]
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14They’re really cute. [Exclamatory]
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15 I’ve got a hatch full of rare Angora rabbits. [Voice]
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16Rottweiler is the fiercest dog. [Exclamatory]
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17He’s a very dangerous dog. [Exclamatory]
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18He is highly trained. [Q-Tag, Exclamatory]
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19They are very highly pedigreed. [Exclamatory]
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20 I’ve got a pair of twin Persian cat. [Voice]
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21I have to brush them every day. [Voice]
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22 He sleeps so soundly that you can dag him around by the collar. [Add
Too]
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23 They’ll all laugh at me if I tell them about my silly dog. [Use Unless]
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24 You don’t have a pet. [Affirmative]
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25. It’s a mangy old street dog. [Exclamatory]
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26. It can hardly walk. [Negative]
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27. Pia has a most exciting pet. [Degree]
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28. You’ll forgive me. [Voice]
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29. As soon as she is there, everyone is quiet. [No sooner…than,
Hardly….when]
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30. We can’t here you. [Affirmative]
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31. I’ve got a monkey. [Voice]
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32. What a lovely unusual pet you got. [Assertive]
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33. Is it one of those brown monkeys that Bandarwalas have?. [Assertive]
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34. My uncle bought her in Chit. [Voice]
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35. You’ve created such a sensation with your monkey.. [Voice]
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36. You can prepare a lecture about your very special pet . [Q-Tag.
Interrogative, Voice]
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37. Get some photos and all. [Voice]
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38. It’s call pepper. [O-Tag]
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39. Pia can introduce me to her. [Voice]
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40. I couldn’t disappoint them. [Affirmative]
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41.I would tell it in a nano second. [Voice]
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42. I was embassased. [Q-Tag]
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43. I wish I’d read them a bit more carefully and learnt not to shoot my mouth
off. [Exclamatory]
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44. Do you think your parents would mind? [Assertive]
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45. I’m sure. [Q-Tag, negative]
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46. Give me their mobile numbers. [Q-Tag, Voice]
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47. It may be appropriate if I call them. [Unless]
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48. They both have very important meetings today. [Negative]
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49. I don’t feel good. [Affirmative]
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50. I am lying [O-Tag]
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51.Remind me of your brothers’ name. [Voice]
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52. Is this sister of mine in trouble again/ [Assertive]
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53. I think that we’d better call your parents. [Voice]
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54. I don’t understand what’s going on.
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55. When uncle got us a monkey, our parents were afraid. [No sooner…. than,
As soon as, hardly…when]
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56. She is too happy. [Remove too]
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57 She can’t handle too much happiness. [Affirmative]
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58. She is so foolish that she can’t handle any excitement. [Add too]
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59. it’s illegal to take wild animals out of their habitat. [Negative]
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60. I wish I could have shipped her back to the South American jungles.
[Exclamatory]
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 Turn into indirect speech:
1. Gulliver said “This young girl was very helpful to me.”
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2. He said ,”I chiefly owe my preservation in that country.”
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3. The old man said to my master, “Display him on market day in the next
town.”
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4. He said, “the poor girl laid me on her chest and began to cry.”
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5. Gulliver said , ”I was myself less worried than my nurse, as I had a strong
hope, which never left me, that I would one day regain my liberty.”
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6. He said , “How terribly shaken I was by the end of the journey!”
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7. He said , “I drew out my hanger and flourished it after the manner of
fencers in England .”
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8. Gulliver said , “ My master will allow anyone to touch me except my
nurse.”
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9. He said , “We travelled for ten weeks and I was shown in eighteen large
towns besides many villages.”
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10. They said , ”There were no gifts from our parents under the tree , or
from Santa , for that matter.”
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11. “Are we hallucinating?” we thought.
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12. “Are they kidding us?” they said.
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13. They said , “this passage is the principal reason why the continent of
Antarctica was not discovered for a long time.”
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14. They said , “how terribly fierce the seas would be all along!”
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15. They said, “We stayed in our cabins and clung to our berths.”
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16. They said, “We dug our hands into the kangaroo pouch of our wind
heaters and sighed.”
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17. “I suddenly realized she hadn’t heard,” says Isobel Glennie.
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18. A specialist said to her parents “she shall be fitted with hearing aids and
sent to a school for the deaf.”
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19. “Ever thing suddenly looked black ” , says evelyn.
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20. Ron Forber said to Evelyn, “Don’t listen through your ears , try to sense it
some others way.”
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21. Evelyn said ,”Suddenly I realized I could feel the higher drum from the
waist up and the lower from the waist down. ”
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22. She said , “I had learnt to open my mind and body to sounds and
vibrations.”
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23. He said ,”in our two-hour discussion , she never missed a word”.
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24. “My speech is clear because I could hear till I was eleven,” she says.
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25. She explains , “It tingles in the skin my cheek bones and even in my
hair”.
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26. She explains , “Music pours in through every part of my body.”
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27. Master percussionist James Blades says ,” God may have taken her
hearing , but he has given her back something extraordinary.”
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28. Ann Richlin of the Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children says , “ she is a
shining inspiration for deaf children.”
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29. Erwin says , “nobody made a move.”
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30. Erwin realized , “nobody was going to help , so I ran to the riverside and
waded into the water.”
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31. Erwin said , “I yelled to the men on the bridge to get the girl from me
because I was getting tired.”
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32. Erwin said , “I will never forget that moment in my life.”
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33. He said , “In will never forget his face.”
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34. “It would make a big difference to me to know that she survived,” Erwin
says.
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35. Erwin said ,”then I could accept the afct that although I lost my own son,
I helped save the life of someone else’s child.”
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36. Gandhi said , “Geometry was a new subject in which I was not
particularly strong and the English medium it still more difficult for me.”
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37. Gandhi says ,”My shyness was one of the reasons for this aloofness,
which I now see was wrong.”
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38. Gandhi said, “Today I know that physical training should have as much
place in the curriculum as mental training.”
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39. He said,”I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an
imperfect education.”
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40. He said,”I tired later to improve mine but it was too late.”
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41. He said , “I can never repair the neglect of my youth.”
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42. Gandhi said , “Set every young man and woman be warned by example
and understand that good handwriting is a necessary part of education.”
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43. Jeetu said , “Science has brought in revolutionary changes in our lives.”
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44. Jeetu said , “the list here is endless but I haven’t seen a single thing to
date.”
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45. Jeetu said , “Does science create such terrific noise?”
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46. Jeetu said ,”Is it a friend to city people alone and not a village lad like
me?”
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47. Jeetu said to him , “Are you a friend of my father?”
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48. Jeetu said to science , “I’ve met you the first time today.”
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49. Science said to Jeetu , “I never knew that you were so ignorant about
me.”
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50. Technology said to Jeetu ,”don’t misunderstand him.”
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51. Jeetu said to science ,“Please explain your role with concrete examples.”
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52. Technology said to Jeetu ,”Why are the wheels circular?”
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53. Technology said ,”Yes ,it is my product.”
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54. Science said , “that’s my daughters work.”
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55. Jeetu said to science ,”I didn’t realize that everything in my hut is a
product of science and technology.”
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56. Jeetu said, “how ignorant I’ve been .”
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57. Jeetu said to science,” How can you be scared of pollution. ”
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58. Science said to Jeetu , “It’s my son who has turned into a vagabond.”
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59. Science said to Jeetu , “Do you want to marry my daughter Technology.”
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60. Jeetu’s Mother said to Jeetu, “What’s the matter?”
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61. Jeetu’s Mother said to Jeetu,”what are you saying about science?”
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62. Jeetu’s mother said to him,”Your expensive science textbook is lying on
the ground.”
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63. Jeetu said , “Science was right here . where is he now?”
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64. Jeetu said,”I can’t allow a science textbook to b soiled.”
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65. Francis Bennett said to cash,”What have you got?”
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66. Cash said to Francis Bennett, “We haven’t been able to understand .”
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67. Francis Bennett said to cash , “Aren’t you getting some result from the
moon at any rate?”
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68. Francis Bennett said ,”Hurry up and tell the reportage service about it.”
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69. Francis Bennett said , “I’m anxious for the news to appear in today’s
issue.”
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70. “Where are we going sir?” asked the aero-coachman.
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71. Francis Bennett said to coachman,”Take me to my accumulator works at
Niagara.”
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72. Francis said to him , “Are you saying you’re going to be able to construct
a humanbeing”
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73. Francis Bennett said to Edith, “When do you expect to get back to
centropolis?”
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74. Francis said to Edith ,”Ten you’ll be here?”
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75. Edith said to Francis,”I’m going to start this moment.”
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76. Francis said to edith ,“don’t miss the tube.”
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77. Tangerine said,”Many battles have been faught in this historic spot.”
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78. Tangerine said , “How sick we were of wars!”
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79. Tangerine said,”When I heard this I was fired with a great ardour to do
something.”
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80. He said , “I was hopefull that I might do something on behalf of my
fellow-wasps.”
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81. Tangerine said , “It was I who had won the battle. Now I’d like a little
more marmalade,please.”
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82. Students said to teacher , “Let’s go on a picnic.”
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83. Teacher said to students , “today we are going to discuss domestic animals.”
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84. Shama said , “I’ve got a batch full of rare Angora rabbits.”
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85. Rohan said,”I’ve got the fiercest dog in the whole world a Rottwriter. ”
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86. Pia said,”What can I tell you?”
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87. Pia said, ”They’ll all laugh at me if I tell them about my silly pet dog .”
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88. Teacher said to Pia, “ Let’s hear about your pets”.
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89. Student 4 said to Pia, “Don’t tell me that you don’t have a pet”.
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90. Teacher said to Pia, “What a lovely unusual pet you got”.
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91. Student 3 said to Pia, “Is it one of those brown monkeys that Bandarwalas
have”?
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92. Teacher said to the students, “Calm down please, I’ve to give you written
work”.
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93. Student 3 said, “Why can’t Pia bring the monkey to the class”.
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94. Principal said to Pia, “Your teacher has just informed me that you have a
delightful monkey as a pet”.
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95. Principal said to Pia, “live me their mobile number”.
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96. Principal said to Pia, “Do you think that your parents would mind.”
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97. Pia said to Principal, “They both have very important meetings today.”
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98. Pia said to Principal, “Don’t call him.
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99.Avik said , “Is this sister of mine in trouble again?”
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100. Principal sai to avik,”I think we’d better call your parents and let pia rest at
home.”
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101. Avik said , “I just don’t understand what’s going on.”
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102. Principal said to Avik ,”Pia has created a sensation in school today.”
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103. Avik said to pia , “Don’t you agree that tough little maths test would sober
you up.”
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104.All students said, “Don’t be like that, avik.”
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105.Avik said , “My parents knowing that she is so foolish and can’t handle any
excitement.”
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106.principal said to Avik , “We won’t be able to have such an exotic creature
visit us.”
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107.avik said, “I think I’m going to enjoy home today.”
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108. teacher said to the students , “Please get back to class, breaktime’s over.”
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109.Pia said , “I’m gratefull to my brother , of course , for saving me and lying
for me and all that.”
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110.Pia said , “What can I tell you?”
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