Question 1:

Change the following sentences to passive voice.

1. She sings a song.

2. Help Suhani.
3. Are you writing a letter?
4. I will finish the task before the evening.
5. The boy killed the ant.
6. They took all the necessary precautions.
7. They have informed him of his mother’s death,
8. The students did some research on the topic.
9. The car hit the dog.
10. The dolphins have learned many tricks.

Change the following sentences to active voice.

1. The guitar was played by Lisa.

2. The book is being read by Mary.
3. The rat is eaten by the cat.
4. A washing machine has been bought by him.
5. The lucky draw will be won by him.
6. A stone was being thrown by the man.
7. The door had been locked by someone.
8. A seat was offered to them by her.
9. Some trees have been planted by the gardener.
10. Some advice will be given to you by the doctor.

Identify whether the sentences are written in active voice or passive

voice.

1. I love Kane. (Active/Passive)

2. The game had been won by the blue team. (Active/Passive)
3. The letter was written by Marshall. (Active/Passive)
4. Thomas feeds the dog. (Active/Passive)
5. Julie answered the question. (Active/Passive)
6. Someone is repairing that instrument. (Active/Passive)
7. The assignment has been finished by me. (Active/Passive)
8. They will advertise the product on television. (Active/Passive)
9. I have sold my bicycle. (Active/Passive)
10. I was not given the keys. (Active/Passive)
Exercise 1 – Identify the type of sentence
Read the following sentences and identify the type of sentence.

1. Please shut the windows and doors.

2. Do you like chocolate pastries?
3. My name is Astrid Gracy.
4. Where are you going?
5. Such a beautiful place!
6. Go and try this new flavour.
7. Today is Monday.
8. Please clean your cupboard today.
9. Turn off all the lights and fans when you leave the room.
10. May I come in?
11. How would you like your coffee?
12. I love reading storybooks.
13. Never tell lies.
14. The Earth revolves around the Sun.
15. Alas! We lost the trophy.
16. Hurray! We won the competition.
17. Asia is the largest continent.
18. Always respect your elders.
19. Do you know where Peter lives?
20. Get out of the classroom.
21. What is your name?
22. What a clever boy he is!
23. It is a very dirty room.
24. Where do you live?
25. Have some mercy upon us.
26. Dancing is my hobby.
27. Please be quite.
28. All roads lead to Rome.
29. What a shame!
 30. This is not my cup of tea.
31. 1. How well she sings!
32. 2. What is your name?
33. 3. Did I say anything to make you angry?
34. 4. What is your name?
35. 5. Who told you this?
36. 6. She is a successful writer.
37. 7. It is raining cats and dogs.
38. 8. I want to become a writer.
39. 9. She does not eat meat or fish.
40. 10. Go at once.
41. 11. Bring me that file.
42. 12. My mother makes delicious cookies.
43. 13. Get lost.
44. 14. Fetch me a glass of water.
45. 15. Please be seated.
46. 16. Sit down.
47. 17. She writes with her left hand.
48. 18. What a tragedy!
49. 19. How beautiful she is!
50. 20. I have two sisters.
51. 21. How ridiculous this is!
52. 22. I have lost my way.

Underline the phrases in the following sentences and state

whether they are adjective phrases, adverb phrases or noun
phrases.
1. We need a computer with a huge memory.
2. There are so many people with no homes.
3. I would like to own a house with a beautiful garden.
4. A woman without a man is a bit like a fish without a bicycle.
5. Why are you talking in such a loud noise?
6. Give this paper to the lady in glasses.
7. This time tomorrow, I will be sitting in the sun.
8. We will have finished the job by this evening.
9. None of the onlookers came forward to help him.
10. There is somebody coming up the stairs.
11. I visited Africa three times last year.
12. I am visiting France in the next few days.
13. James as well as Peter is arriving in the afternoon.
14. The whole town was under water.
15. The ruthless dictator brutally suppressed the agitation.
16. A serious illness is almost always fatal and painful.
17. She was not able to regain her self control until that evening.
18. I usually work from nine to five.
19. I waited for her until six o’clock.
20. You should not waste such a wonderful opportunity.

Underline the phrases used in the following sentences.

1. The lion is an animal of great strength.
2. A homeless child has to spend his days in great misery.
3. He listened to me with great attention.
4. Do not play with naughty boys.
5. Calcutta is a city of thick population.
6. He is full of courage.
7. She was wearing a bangle made of gold.
8. An old man lived beside the lake.
9. The boy stood on the burning deck.
10. He wants to go home.
11. Do you enjoy reading this book?
12. The wicked vizier loves getting people into trouble.
13. He speaks like a born leader.
14. I have forgotten how to play this game.
15. He succeeded in the long run.

Underline the phrases in the following sentences and state their

kind.

1. He reflected the conservative views of his day.

2. The conservatives voted against building the new road.
3. Orchids grow all year in the conservatory.
4. Our neighbor contemplates moving to the US.
5. The suitcase contained nothing but dirty clothes.
6. Increased consumption of paper is depleting our forests.
7. This new stretch of road is just a continuation of the old highway.
8. The religious girl wanted to join a convent.
9. The college offers courses in science and humanities.
10. She was born in a little country town.
11. There are countless stars in the sky.
12. Making stained glass windows requires great craft.
13. A pretty girl with lovely long hair walked into the room.

Exercise 1: Change into indirect speech

Read the following sentences and convert them into indirect speech.

1. Rahul told to me, “When are you leaving?”

2. “Where do you live?” the stranger asked Aladdin.
3. The teacher said to Shelly, “Why are you laughing?”
4. Dhronacharya said to Arjun, “Shoot the bird’s eye.”
5. “Call the first convict,” said the jury.
6. “Call the ambulance,” said the man.
7. Bruce said to me, “I shall do the work.”
8. My mother said to me, “You were wrong.”
9. Mr Richard said to me, “Please wait here till I return.”
10. The captain said to me, “Bravo! You have played well.”
11. Raj said, “Alas! My pet died.”
12. Ruchi said, “I may go there.”
13. Bucky said to Steve, “Do you hear me?”
14. The boy said, “Let me come in.”
15. Granny said to me, “May God bless you.”
16. He says, ‘I am going soon.”
17. She said sadly, ‘I have forgotten to lock the door.”
18. The crocodile said to the monkey, ‘My wife wants to eat
your heart.” “My heart is in the tree,’ said the monkey.
19. You have kept the rule but broken its spirit, the judge said
to the lawyer.
20. The teacher said to the students. The students will not go
unless the work is over.’
21. He said to his friend, ‘I have plans to set up my own
industry.” ‘I don’t have any such plans and I depend on my job,’
stated his friend.
 22. Jesus said, “You always have the poor with you.
23. ” She says, ‘I am tired, yet I will try to do well.”
‘I don’t believe her,’ says the coach.
24. He said, ‘Nancy, let us put our Christmas presents away
and keep them awhile. They are too nice to be used just at
present.’
25. The children said to me, “Sir, we went on a picnic last
year.’
26. The teacher said, ‘The sun rises in the east.”
27. He said to us, ‘I do not know how to write an essay.”
28. Where have you been all these years?” he said to his
friend.
29. The teacher said to the pupils, “What is the shape of the
earth?”
30. He said to his friend, “How shall we do this big task?”
31. Why were you absent yesterday?” the teacher said to me.
32. Why have you come late?” he shouted at his colleague.
Who are you to question me?” his colleague shot back.
33. The teacher said, “Students, do you want to go on a tour?”
34. The student said to the teacher, ‘Sir, may I get in?’
35. Sheela said to Leela, ‘Have you ever been to Chennai?”
36. The students said to one another, ‘Is mathematics really
easy?”
37. How much money do you want?” he said to his son.
38. ‘What help do you expect from me?’ I said to my friend.
39. The passenger said to the clerk, ‘When will the next train
leave for Hyderabad?”
40. Manul said, ‘Parul, where did you keep the book?”
41. I said to John, ‘To whom have you given the new bat?’
42. The teacher said to the students, ‘Why did you leave the
class?”
43. He said to her, ‘How much work is left?’

Change the following sentences into direct speech:

1. He boasted that he could do that task easily.

2. The Minister said that the country was going through a drought
situation and that everyone should work to ease the situation.
3. The boy told his father that he had taken up the examination in
order to become a doctor.
4. The man ordered his servant to bring some vegetables from the
market.
5. He requested his father to give him money to buy a good bat.
6. The teacher advised the students not to fight.
7. The passenger inquired of the station-master when the next train for
Hyderabad would leave.
8. The customer asked the shopkeeper how much money he would
have to pay for the shirt.
9. He asked his brother whether he would go to the market and buy
some books.
10. Vakil enquired of Sunil whether his teacher had finished the
syllabus.
11. The audience exclaimed that the drama was wonderful.
12. Dick regretted that it was very foolish of him to listen to his
friend’s advice.
13. She regretted that he had not attended the school.
14. Miara said that she wrote a letter.
15. Kiran said that she was going to the temple.
16. The teacher said that the Sun rises in the East.
17. He said that he had been reading a novel.
18. Nelson said that he had been playing badminton.
19. He ordered her to be careful.
20. Raman exclaimed joyfully that she was very beautiful.
21. He asked where she was going.
22. He said that he didn’t know the way and asked her if she did.
23. The Science teacher told the class that ice floats on water.

He said," How is your father?”

2. “Which way did she go?" asked the evil monster.
3. "What do you want? “He said to her.
4. Aladdin said to the magician,' what have I done to deserve so
severe a blow?"
5. "Have you anything to tell me, little bird? " asked Ulysses.
6. The young sparrow said, 'mother, what is that object?"
7. "Who are you, sir, and what do you want?" they cried.