Answers of Astrologer’s Day
Arsod SirGrammar on An Astrologer’s Day (Answers)
Grammar on An Astrologer’s Day (Answers)
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Grammar on An Astrologer’s Day (Answers)
1] He opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment. (Make Simple)
Ans: Opening his bag, he spread out his professional equipment.
2] The power of his eyes was considerably enhanced by their position. (Change the Voice)
Ans: Their position considerably enhanced the power of his eyes
3] This colour scheme never failed. (Rhetorical Question)
Ans: Did this colour scheme ever fail?
5] He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree which flanked a path running through the Town Hall Park. (Make Simple)
Ans: He sat under the boughs of a spreading tamarind tree flanking a path running through the Town Hall Park.
6] Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried groundnut, who gave his ware a fancy name each day. (Make Simple)
Ans: Next to him in vociferousness came a vendor of fried groundnut giving his ware a fancy name each day.
7] The place was lit up by shop lights. (Change the Voice)
Ans: Shop lights lit up the place
8] He knew no more of what was going to happen to others than he knew what was going to happen to himself next minute. (Change the degree)
Ans: He knew as much of what was going to happen to himself next minute as he knew what was going to happen to others
9] He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers. (Change the degree)
Ans: His innocent customers were not more a stranger to the stars than he was.
10] It was as much an honest man’s labour as any other. (Change the degree)
Ans: No other thing was more an honest man‟s labour than it. / No other
was more an honest man‟s labour than it
11] If he had continued there, he would have carried on the work of his forefathers (Use- Unless)
Ans: Unless he had continued there, he would not have carried on the work of his forefathers
12] He could not rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles. (Be unable to)
Ans: He was unable to rest till he left it behind a couple of hundred miles.
13] Long practice had sharpened his perception. (Change the Voice)
Ans: His perception had been sharpened by long practice
14] He charged three pies per question. (Wh-Question)
three
Ans: How many pies did he charge per question?
15] He never opened his mouth till the other had spoken for at least ten minutes, which provided him enough stuff for a dozen answers and advices. (Wh-Question)
for at least ten minutes
Ans: How long did he never open his mouth till the other had spoken which provided him enough stuff for a dozen answers and advices?
16] He never opened his mouth till the other had spoken for at least ten minutes, which provided him enough stuff for a dozen answers and advices. (Make Simple)
Ans: He never opened his mouth till the other had spoken for at least ten minutes, providing him enough stuff for a dozen answers and advices.
17] The nuts vendor blew out his flare and rose to go home. (Use Present Participle)
Ans: Blowing out his flare, the nuts vendor rose to go home.
18] This was a signal for the astrologer to bundle up too. (Gerund)
to bundle
Ans: This was a signal for the astrologer for bundling up too
for bundling
19] It left him in darkness except for a little shaft of green light which strayed in from somewhere. (Make Simple)
Ans: It left him in darkness except for a little shaft of green light straying in from somewhere.
20] He saw a man standing before him. (Rewrite using who)
Ans: He saw a man who stood before him
21] He sensed a possible client and said: “You look so careworn. It will do you good to sit down for a while and chat with me.” (Indirect speech)
Ans: He sensed a possible client and said that looked so careworn and added that it would do him good to sit down for a while and chat with him.
22] He said to the astrologer, “I have some questions to ask. If I prove you are bluffing, you must return that anna to me with interest.” (Indirect speech)
Ans: He told the astrologer that he had some questions to ask and added that if he proved he was bluffing, he must return that anna to him with interest.
26] I am not used to such challenges. (Question Tag)
Ans: I am not used to such challenges, am I?
27] The other held his wrist and said “You can’t get out of it now. You dragged me in while I was passing.” (Indirect speech)
Ans: The other held his wrist and said that he couldn’t get out of it then and added that he dragged him in while he was passing.
28] “Stop,” said the other. “I don’t want all that. Shall I succeed in my present search or not? (Indirect speech)
Ans: The other said to stop and added that he didn’t want all that and asked again if he would succeed in his present search or not.
29] I will not open my mouth. (Rewrite removing not without changing the meaning)
Ans: I will keep mum/ I will remain silent.
30] The astrologer said: “You were left for dead. Am I right?” (Indirect speech)
Ans: The astrologer said that he was/had been left for dead and asked if he was right
31] He bared his chest to show the scar. (Wh- Question)
his chest
Ans: What did he bare to show the scar?
32] I should have been dead if some passer-by had not chanced to peep into the well. (Unless)
Ans: I should have been dead unless some passer-by had chanced to peep into the well.
33] When shall I get at him? (Assertive)
Ans: I shall not get at him.
34] You will never see any more of him. (Question Tag)
Ans: You will never see any more of him, will you?
35] The other groaned on hearing it. (Infinitive)
on hearing
Ans: The other groaned to hear it.
to hear
36] “Why should I leave home again?” The other said reflectively. (Indirect speech)
Ans: The other asked reflectively why he should leave home again.
37] Why should I leave home again? (Assertive)
Ans: I should not leave home again.
38] The stranger had gone off into the night, after giving the astrologer a handful of coins. (Make compound using and)
Ans: The stranger had given the astrologer a handful of coins and gone off into the night.
39] It was nearly midnight when the astrologer reached home. (Make Simple)
a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it,
a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it,
Town hall
Town hall
Gaslight
Gaslight
flares
flares
jutka (टांगा)
jutka (टांगा)
Payol
Payol
Ground nut seller
Ground nut seller
