7] The eight-and-a-half-hour-long day inside the hide was as fruitful as the Jambha tree standing tall on the edge of Umbarzara. (Make Complex sentence)
(Make Complex sentence)
Ans: The eight-and-a-half-hour-long day inside the hide was as fruitful as the Jambha tree which stood tall on the edge of Umbarzara.
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8] But the big cat was not visible. (Make negative)
(Make negative)
Ans: But the big cat was invisible.
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9] We had to visit —— US every few months in those days. (Rewrite using proper article)
(Rewrite using proper article)
Ans: We had to visit the US every few months in those days.
Ans: the
10] I used to visit both of these universities. (Use another modal auxiliary)
(Use another modal auxiliary)
Ans: I would visit both of these universities.
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11] Many animals make alarm calls when they see a predator. (Rewrite using No sooner — than)
(Rewrite using No sooner — than)
Ans: No sooner do many animals (they) see a predator than they (many animals) make alarm calls
Ans: No sooner do many animals (
12] “We are in the heart of the man-animal conflict zone,” explains Shaaz. (Indirect Speech)
(Indirect Speech)
Ans: Shaaz explains that they are in the heart of the man-animal conflict zone
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13] You cannot be successful if you are a loner. (Rewrite using unless)
(Rewrite using unless)
Ans: You can be successful unless you are a loner.
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14] After around 50 steps I found a bright red soil trail. (Wh Question)
After around 50 steps . (Wh Question)
Ans: When did I find a bright red soil trail?
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15] I lifted my camera bag and took the familiar trail to Pitezari. (Use present participle)
(Use present participle)
Ans: Lifting my camera bag, I took the familiar trail to Pitezari.
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16] We stopped ——- a Kusum tree to take a break. (Use proper preposition)
(Use proper preposition)
Ans: We stopped under a Kusum tree to take a break.
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17] “I will take this route, you go straight,” said Raju to me. (Indirect speech)
(Indirect speech)
Ans: Raju told me that he would take that route, and advised me to go straight
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18] I felt like shouting to my heart’s content, but there was no other soul to listen to my sound in this wilderness. (Use Though)
(Use Though)
Ans: Though I felt like shouting to my heart’s content, there was no other soul to listen to my sound in this wilderness.
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19] I saw a man standing at a distance with a stick in his hand. (Rewrite using ‘Who’)
(Rewrite using ‘Who’)
Ans: I saw a man who stood at a distance with a stick in his hand. (Rewrite using
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20] Walking alone in a jungle needs more alertness than walking with a companion. (Change the degree)
(Change the degree)
Ans: Walking with a companion in a jungle does not need as alertness as walking alone (in a jungle)
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21] I never studied for scoring marks in any examination. ( Rhetorical Question)
( Rhetorical Question)
Ans: Did I ever study for scoring marks in any examination?
Ans: Did I Did I
22] If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. (Unless)
(Unless)
Ans: Unless only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would not be his.
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23] Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. (Make a Simple sentence)
(Make a Simple sentence)
Ans: Taking a stone, Soapy dashed it through the glass.
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24] “Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly. “Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, with a friendly voice. (Indirect speech)
(Indirect speech)
Ans: The officer inquired agitatedly where the man was that done that and Soapy asked with a friendly voice if he didn’t think that he might have had something to do with it.
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25] A moving target is quicker when our notions. (Spot the error and Rewrite the correct sentence)