1] 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. (Change the degree)
Ans: The Jambha tree standing tall on the edge of Umbarzara was not more fruitful than the eight-and-a-half-hour-long day inside the hide.
2] Before wrapping up my day at this natural waterhole, I took entries of the avifauna in my field notes. (Wh- Question)
Ans: When did I take entries of the avifauna in my field notes?
3] I camouflaged the hide, took my essentials, came out of the hide and stretched out to my heart’s content.
4] I lifted my camera bag and took the familiar trail (path/track) to Pitezari. (Rewrite beginning with “Lifting……..”/ Make Simple)
Ans: Lifting my camera bag, I took the familiar trail to Pitezari.
5] I was treading cautiously among the woods. (Rewrite using “Past perfect continuous tense”)
Ans: I had been treading cautiously among the woods.
6] Walking alone in a jungle needs more alertness than walking with a companion (Change the degree).
Ans: Walking with a companion does not need as alertness as Walking alone in a jungle.
7] The leader of the gang of Langurs was sitting on the tall tree making alarm calls out of fear for life. (Make Compound and complex sentences)
Ans: Complex - The leader of the gang of Langurs was sitting on the tall tree that was making alarm calls out of fear for life. .
Compound: The leader of the gang of Langurs was sitting on the tall tree and was making alarm calls out of fear for life.
8] All this upheaval was created by only one animal’s presence- a Leopard. (Change the voice)
Ans: Only one animal’s presence- a Leopard created all this upheaval.
9] Many animals make alarm calls when they see a predator. (No sooner---than)
Ans: No sooner do many animals see a predator than they make alarm calls
10] The Langur is most reliable. (Change the degree)
Ans: Comparative- The Langur is more reliable than any other animal.
Positive - No other animal is as reliable as the Langur.
11] A fresh scat was lying before me on the trail (Wh- Question).
Ans: Where was a fresh scat lying?
12] But the big cat was not visible. (Remove not and rewrite the sentence)
Ans: But the big cat was invisible.
13] It is an elusive animal. (Rewrite as an exclamatory sentence)
Ans: What an elusive animal it is!
14] As I moved forward on the trail to Pitezari, the fading alarm calls were still heard in the background. (No sooner—than)
Ans: No sooner did I move forward on the trail to Pitezari than the fading alarm calls were still heard in the background.
15] I could tell instinctively that the Leopard had moved away. (Voice)
Ans: The Leopard had moved away could be told instinctively by me.
16] I saw a man standing at a distance with a stick in his hand. (Use who and rewrite the sentence)
Ans: I saw a man who stood at a distance with a stick in his hand.