Answers of Astrologer’s Day

Grammar 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)

• cowrie shells,
• a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it,
• a bundle of palmyra writing.
• cosmos
• dahlia
• Town hall
• Gaslight
• cycle lamps
• flares
• jutka (टांगा)
• Payol
• Ground nut seller

• cowrie shells,
• a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it,
• a bundle of palmyra writing.
• cosmos
• dahlia
• Town hall
• Gaslight
• cycle lamps
• flares
• jutka (टांगा)
• Payol
• Ground nut seller

cowrie shells,

a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it,

a bundle of palmyra writing.

cosmos

dahlia

Town hall

Gaslight

cycle lamps

flares

jutka (टांगा)

Payol

Ground nut seller

Ans: The astrologer reached home nearly midnight.

40] I  can  buy  some  jaggery  and  coconut tomorrow (Be unable to)

Ans: I  am able to  buy  some  jaggery  and  coconut tomorrow

41] She said, “I  can  buy  some  jaggery  and  coconut tomorrow.  The child has been asking for  sweets  for  so many days now. I will prepare some nice stuff for her.”  (Indirect speech)

Ans: She said that she could  buy  some  jaggery  and  coconut the next day and added that the child had been asking for  sweets  for  so many days now and she would prepare some nice stuff for her.”

41] I will prepare some nice stuff for her. (Voice and Question Tag)

Ans: I will prepare some nice stuff for her, won’t I?

42] The swine has cheated me. (Voice)

Ans: I have been cheated by the swine.

43] What is wrong? (Assertive)

Ans: Nothing was wrong.

44) He told her “Do you know a great load is gone from me today?”  (Indirect speech)

Ans: He asked her if she knew a great load was gone from him thatday.

45] It was a remarkable place in many ways.(exclamatory sentence)

Ans: What a remarkable place in many ways it was!

46) He spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells. (Simple sentence)

Ans: He spread out his professional equipment, consisting of a dozen cowrie shells.