Class: XII_The Eyes Have It

Sujit Chakraborty 11:35 pm

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The Eyes Have It

---by Ruskin Bond

Answer the following questions in a single sentence each:

1. What type of text is it?

2. At which station did the girl get into the train?

3. Who came to see the girl off at the station of Rohana?

4. Why were the girl’s parents very much anxious about her comfort?

5. What did the girl’s parents advise her to avoid?

6. How do you know that the girl’s parents were anxious about her comfort?

7. How did the narrator attempt to strike up a conversation with the girl?

8. What was the narrator’s very first clue about his fellow traveller in the train?

9. How did the narrator know that the girl wore slippers?

10. Why was the narrator unable to tell anything about the look of the girl?

11. Whose voice startled the girl?

12. Why did the voice of the narrator startle the girl?

13. What do people with good eyesight fail to see?

14. “I didn’t see you either.” – who is the speaker?

15. What is the narrator’s opinion about aunts?

16. “Aunts are usually formidable creatures.” – who made this remark and when?

17. “Oh, how lucky you are.” – who said this and about whom?

18. Why did the girl consider the narrator lucky?

19. What did the girl say about Mussoorie?

20. “Then I made a mistake” – what was the mistake?

21. “That always happens.” – what always happens?

22. “But it was a safe remark.” – What was the remark?

23. How did the narrator praise the girl?

24. “You have an interesting face.”--Who said this and about whom?

25. When did the girl laugh pleasantly?

26. What was the girl tired of?

27. How did the narrator compare the girl’s voice?

28. “We’ll soon be at your station.” – Which ‘station’ is referred to here?

29. “And a high-pitched female voice near the carriage door”- Whose voice was it?

30. “You must be disappointed.” – Who said this and to whom?

31. What did the narrator ask the new passenger about the girl?

32. What did the new passenger say about the girl?

33. “...and we moved off.” – Who are ‘we’ in this statement?

34. What did the narrator want to play once again?

35. Why were the beautiful eyes of the girl useless?

36. What observation did the narrator make in THE EYES HAVE IT?

37. When is the best time according to the narrator to visit Dehra? Why? (Write in two different paras.)

38. What complement did the narrator make about the girl?

39. How did the narrator see the telegraph post flashing by?

40. What mistake did the narrator make?

41. What did the narrator pretend?

42. Who can resist fluttery, according to the narrator?

43. How did people appreciate the girl’s face? How was the voice of the girl’s aunt?

44. What did the new passenger do to the narrator?

45. How did the new co-passenger beg apology from the narrator and why?

Or, Why did the new co-passenger beg apology from the narrator?

46. What could b a fascinating game to the narrator?

47. What did the narrator think about his brief encounter with the girl?

48. How long did the narrator remember the brief encounter?

49. What did the girl do when the whistle shrieked and the carriage wheels

changed their sound and rhythm?

50. What the effect did the narrator feel from the girl’s hair?

51. What could the narrator’s eyes feel only?

52. When did the narrator come to know/realise that the girl was blind?

53. “The voice of the narrator startled the girl.”---Why was the girl startled?

54. What did the narrator smell, when the girl moved away? What did he desire to do then? (Write in two different

55. What did the narrator do to study the landscape?

56. How did the girl laugh?

57. What was the narrator’s thinking about himself at the time of passing the compliment that the girl had an interesting face?

58. What made the girl pleased when the narrator informed her about the arrival

of her destination?

59. What did the narrator hear at the platform of Saharanpur station?

60. What was the narrator’s remark about the trees outside?

61. What was there at the doorway of the train at Saharanpur station?

62. How did the new co-passenger break into the narrator’s reverie?

63. What would be a fascinating game for the narrator?

64. What did the ‘thought of laughter’ make the narrator?

65. What did ‘the voice of the girl‘ seem to the narrator?

66. What was the next question asked by the girl that removed the narrator’s doubt?

67. Why did the girl’s parents seem very anxious about her?

68. How did the narrator come to know that the girl was wearing slippers?

69. What do the people with good eyesight fail to see?

70. What do the blind people take only?

71. What roused curiosity in the narrator about the girl?

72. Why did the girl consider the narrator lucky?

Word-Meanings:

Sensitive = responsive; susceptible; perceptive.

Startled = surprised or amazed.

Exclamation = utterance in amazement.

Registers = impresses; strikes; appeals.

Tellingly = powerfully; forcefully; effectively; significantly.

Remaining senses = the senses other then the sight.

Wondered = thought about; thought in amazement; doubted;

Prevent = block; obstruct; resist; impede; stop; control; check.

Provided = if; on condition that.

Getting off = getting down; alighting; leaving the train.

Formidable = dreadful; unmanageable.

Fascinating = alluring; charming; extremely

Lingered = remained; continued to exist; prevailed.

Confusion = mess; disorder; chaos.

Deserted = lonely; uninhibited.

Romantic fool = a person guided by emotion.

Ledge = a narrow shelf projecting from a window;

Pretence = deception.

Panting = quick breathing.

Rumble = a long deep series of sounds.

Flashing by = passing by quickly.

Broad Questions

1. “They seemed very anxious about her health and comfort”-- Who was anxious? Whose comfort is referred to here? State the context and mention their suggestion for her.

In Ruskin Bond's short story, The Eyes Have It, a couple or parents were anxious.

They were anxious about the comfort of the girl who was probably their daughter.

The couple came to Rohana to see the girl off. The couple seemed to be the girl's parents. The narrator felt it from the couple's parent-like behaviour and care for her. They, especially the mother, gave detailed instructions for the girl's safe journey. She told the girl do's and don'ts of a train journey. She instructed where to keep her things, when not to lean out of windows, how to avoid speaking to strangers and finally they waved goodbye to her.

2. How did the girl’s entry change the consciousness of the speaker? What was his immediate guesses and reactions?

In Ruskin Bond's short story, The Eyes Have It, The narrator had been travelling alone in a train compartment. When a girl entered the compartment at Rohana, the narrator became conscious of her presence. As the narrator was completely blind then, he did not know how did the girl look like. But the slapping of the slippers made him conscious of her movements.

Being a blind person, the speaker always had to guess about the visuals of the surroundings. He wished to discover something about the girl's look. Probably he would never be able to resolve this mystery of the girl. However, he initiated a conversation with the girl with a question, if/ whether she was going to Dehra.

3. Why the girl feel startled? Why did she show a little exclamation?

When the speaker in Ruskin Bond's short story, Eyes Have It, asked the girl whether/if she was going to Dehra, the girl was startled. Actually, the girl, like the speaker, was also blind. She had to perceive everything through other senses like the narrator. She had thought that she was alone in the compartment, the narrator’s voice startled her.

She heard the narrator’s voice suddenly and naturally, she showed a little exclamation. She told me that she had been unaware of anyone's presence. Being a blind girl she could not discover anybody until she heard the voice. But it was not a grave exclamation as she had to face such a situation many a time.

4. Write about the character of the narrator of the story The Eyes Have It.

Eyes Have It is one of the best short stories of Ruskin Bond. The story is about the narrator and a young girl. Both of them are blind. He wants to hide his blindness. He is nostalgic about his childhood days and very romantic about the beauty of nature. As he felt lonely all the time, he speaks freely with the unknown girl.Healso praises her beauty though he can see nothing. Even when the girl was getting down from the train, he wished to touch her scented hair. But at the end of the story he must have been amusingly puzzled because the man, the new travelling companion, informed that the girl was blind. He takes the remark of the new traveller casually. The presence of the contrast qualities in his character and psychological inter-current that goes in his mind, makes the narrator a unique romantic personality.

5. “She was completely blind”—Explainthe irony in the given line.

In Ruskin bond’s short story, a man boarded the train at Saharanpur. The narrator continued to pretend to study the landscape. The new co-passenger broke into his reverie stating that perhaps the narrator was disappointed as he was not as attractive travelling companion as the girl who had just left. In reply the narrator remark that she was an interesting girl indeed. He also asked him if her hair was long or short. Hearing this the man was puzzled and said that it was her beautiful eyes that attracted his attention not her hair and added that those eyes were of no use as she was completely blind. He asked the narrator if he had not noticed it. The narrator was very much shocked to learn that he did not perceive it.

6. What is the relevance/significance of the title of THE EYES HAVW IT.

Ruskin Bond’s “THE EYES HAVE IT” tells a simple and touching tale of the blind. In some of the editions the story is also named as ‘The Eyes are not Here’ or ‘The Girl on the Train’. The narrator is a blind man. His eyes are sensitive only to li9ght and darkness. In the train compartment he meets a girl and enjoys her patience and company. He considers her quite normal and hides his blindness in every possible way. Even he praises her beauty differently and gives a lovely account of the beauty of Mussoorie. The girl leaves his company at Saharanpur but the narrator becomes amusingly puzzled when he learns from the new co-passenger that the girl was also blind. Whatever we see in this story, we through the mind’s eye of the narrator. The story begins with a spirited journey with the message of meeting and parting. The story aptly portrays the life journey both within and without. The successful interpretation of the metaphors of the sight and blindness makes the title a significant one.

7. Comment on the ending of THE EYES HAVE IT.

The ending of Ruskin Bond's"The Eyes Have It” is a moment of revelation and it is taken place through the new co-passenger who entered the train compartment at Saharanpur. From him the narrator got to know that the girl was also blind. Throughout his journey, the narrator had been very careful to conceal the fact that he was blind. It is very interesting to find that the girl also did not mention her blindness. Though none of them could see, the narrator and the girl could feel and enjoy the patience and company of each other through their other senses. The new traveller certainly changed the flow of thought of the narrator, and the reader as well. The ending reminds us of the type of ending found often in classical short stories and it certainly provides the story a new dimension.

8. Why do you think that the narrator was glad to have the girl in his cabin?

The narrator was glad to have the girl in his compartment because he had been travelling alone for quite a long time till Rohana. He was particularly attracted to beauty and beautiful people. Besides, his favourite pastime favourite being playing pranks with people by not revealing his blindness, he loved the girl’s entry.

9. What does the narrator refer to by the mistake he committed? How does he overcome it ?

While in conversation with the girl, the narrator asked her how the landscape outside looked like. It was a blunder on his side because this question would have stirred the girl’s suspicions. He had been pretending like an ordinary man with sight but this question was unusual on the side of a man with sight....

10. What response from the girl dispel the narrator’s doubts that his secret had been noticed by her?

When the narrator asked the girl to describe the world outside, he was mostly certain that his foolish question would lead the girl to think that he was blind but she asked him why he could not look for himself and meant that the girl had not noticed his blindness.

11. Why did the girl in fact ask the narrator why he could not look out and see the world outside?

Like the narrator, the girl too was blind and was pretending to be able to see. Probably she didn’t want to give away with her blindness for her own safety, a safety for a blind young girl who could be easily targeted by someone on a train.

12. How did the narrator further pretend to dispel the girl’s possible suspicions on him?

Though the girl’s question, “why don’t you look out of the window” had almost dispelled the narrator’s fears that the girl had discovered his blindness, he went on pretending to be really sighted. Facing the open window, he remarked that trees appeared to be moving while they sat in the train. When he saw that it was a silly, childish remark which would have given him away, he went on affirming that there were no animal on the hills.

13. Why was the narrator certain that there were no animals on the hills?

The narrator was certain that there were no animals to be seen if the girl were testing him because he had heard that deforestation had wiped all the animals from the hills near Dehradun.

14. Why was the narrator sure that his remark that the girl had an interesting face was a safe one?

The narrator openly remarked that the girl had an interesting face and he knew for sure that the girl would definitely like it – few girls can resist flattery when it is about their beauty.

15. How did the girl return the narrator’s flattery?

The girl was pleased by the narrator’s remark and laughed out loudly accepting his remark. She paid him back for the good words said about her by returning a similar remark about him as being a gallant young man.

16. Why did the narrator subdue his attempt to laugh for the girl?

The narrator was only happy to laugh for the girl who complained that he was a serious character. When he thought of laughing, instantly the thought of losing the pretty, vibrant girl at another station hit him hard. He felt like a philosopher who meditates on the transient happiness and meeting.

17. What leaves the reader spellbound at the end of the story?

Ruskin Bond kept the pulse of the reader high with the narrator’s attempts to escape the chances of his being caught by the girl’s smart questions and remarks. When she asks him why he could not look out for himself or when he gave her a startle from the dark corner of the compartment, he had to end his dramatic show but chances favoured him. The reader realizes that it was not the girl that the narrator had been fooling but it was the reader that the author had just fooled and that realization leaves the reader spellbound.

18. The narrator had a personality so much different from the girl’s. What make the two different?

Apart from their similarity in guarding their blindness from each other, the two passengers were different. The narrator was a piece of butter ready to apply on a pretty girl. He was a romantic fool who was ready to believe a girl by her ringing laughter and vibrant voice. He was not altogether decent. A pervert who craves women and her company, ready to travel to the end of the earth for the pleasure of sharing his cabin with a seemingly beautiful girl, he exhibits a very base passion for lust. On the other hand, the girl was not glad to travel another mile to enjoy a stranger’s company. She was well brought up and was wise.

“They seemed very anxious about her health and comfort”-- Who were anxious? Whose comfort is referred to here ? State the context and mention their suggestion for her.***

How did the girl’s entry change the consciousness of the speaker? What was his immediate guesses and reactions ?***

Why the girl feel startled ? Why did she show a little exclamation ?***

Write about the character of the narrator of the story The Eyes Have It.***

“She was completely blind”—Explain the irony in the given line.***

What is the relevance/significance of the title of THE EYES HAVW IT.***

Comment on the ending of THE EYES HAVE IT.***

Discuss the exchanges between the narrator and the last fellow passenger ?***

Describe the scenic beauty of Mussoorie in October.

“The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie”- Who is the speaker ? What was the reverie? How did the man broke the reverie of the narrator ?

“But her last question removed my doubts”- Who is the speaker here and what was the next question ? What doubt is referred to here ?

“I wondered if my words had touched her, or whether she...”---Why did the speaker doubt that he might be thought a ‘romantic fool’ ?

How did the narrator flatter the girl ? How did she receive the narrator’s flattery ?

“Few girls can resists flattery”--- Who said this and to whom ? Explain the context.

Or, Do you think that the statement is correct ? Explain.

“I would try to laugh for her.”---Who wanted to laugh and for whom ? What was the result ?

Non-textual Grammar > For Class XI-XII

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Rewrite as Directed

1. He said, "I was a Sanskrit teacher."(Rewrite into indirect speech)

---> He said that he is a Sanskrit teacher.

2. He handed everyone a packet of sweets. (Begin with 'Everyone...)

---> Everyone was handed a packet of sweets by him.

3. King Krishnadeva Raya would perform heavy exercises every morning.( Use - used to)

---> King Krishnadeva Raya used to perform heavy exercises every morning.

4. When the king came to know of this, he was furious. (Use- No sooner---than)

---> No sooner did the king come to know of this than he was furious.

5. In some states of the country, the percentage has dropped by a sharp 80%. (Identify the voice - Active or Passive and then turn it accordingly)

---> Active Voice: the percentage has been dropped by a sharp 80%...

6. I have seen many birds nestling on cell-phone towers.( Identify the tense and state why)

---> It is Present Perfect Tense as the event has already been seen by the Subject that many birds nestling on cell-phone towers.

7. The leopard was found in the basement of the school by a staff member on Saturday.(Begin with --'On Saturday a staff member.....)

---> On Saturday a staff member found the leopard in the basement of the school.

8. As it was Saturday, there were no children in the school.( Use--- 'because' and rewrite)

---> There were no children in the school because it was Saturday.

9. You have been very fortunate. (Rewrite as exclamatory)

---> How fortunate you have been!

10.How lucky I was! (Rewrite as assertive)

---> I was very lucky.
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11. It has been a fascinating journey. (Begin with "What.....!")

12. She heard an unusual commotion and came out. (Rewrite using 'Hearing ....' instead of 'heard' )

13. The watchman managed to nab two of them. (Rewrite in to Past perfect tense)

14. I used to take pride in my handwriting. ( Remove 'used to' and rewrite)

15. The advent of technology has brought in so many changes. (Change the voice)

16. I can edit innumerable times. (Use 'able to')

17. What a dangerous thing! (Rewrite as an assertive sentence)

18. I'm hungry. (Add a question tag)

19. Get your atta freshly ground from a local chakki. (Rewrite as Assertive sentence.)

20. Daal Chawal is healthier than junk food. (Rewrite as a positive degree)(Begin with -'Junk food is not....)

21. A ripe orange is a wondrous thing. (Frame 'wh-' question to get underlined part as an answer)

What is a wondrous thing?

22 I was very happy. (Use the opposite of 'happy' without changing the meaning)

I was not unhappy.

23. He was called Mahatma Gandhi. (Begin with- "We.....)

We called him Mahatma Gandhi

24. Virdhawal was --- first Indian to win --- medal in aquatics. (Fill in the blanks with articles)

Virdhawal was the first Indian to win a medal in aquatics.

25. He holds several records in the 50m, 100m and 400m. (Add a question tag)

He holds several records in the 50m, 100m and 400m, doesn't he?

26. We enjoy our training sessions. (Rewrite it using Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

We have been enjoying our training sessions.

27. The taste of success was sweet but it broke up her family. (Rewrite using 'Though')

Though the taste of success was sweet, it broke up her family.

28. She was beaten up and dumped in a cowshed. (Use 'not only......but also')

She was not only beaten up but also dumped in a cowshed.

29. We shouldn't sit back and do nothing. (Rewrite as a rhetorical question)

Should we sit back and do nothing?

30. You clean better than petrol stations. (Change into positive degree)

The petrol stations do not clean as you do.

31. The king was so terrified that he hardly ate anything. (Remove 'so---that')

The king was too terrified to eat anything.

32. When I was a child, a lot of sparrows would come on our terrace. (Begin with "In my childhood....)

In my childhood, a lot of sparrows would come on our terrace.

33. No one was injured in the incident. (Rewrite as affirmative)

Everyone was safe in the incident

34. This sport has given me a chance to interact with some of them. (Begin with-"I have.....)

I have been given a chance by this sport to interact with some of them.

35. I used to write and rewrite on piles and piles of paper. (Use 'would' and rewrite)

I would write and rewrite on piles and piles of paper.

36. I can edit innumerable times. (Add a question tag)

I can edit innumerable times, can't I?

37. Robots are more superior than humans. (Change the degree)

Humans are not as super as robots.

38. We can do nothing about it. (Use 'unable to' and rewrite)

We are unable to do anything about it.

39. They are able to perform any action. (Remove 'able to' )

They can perform any action.

40. Earth was inhabited by robots. (Begin with - 'Robots...)

Robots inhabited the earth.

41. I don't have 50 rs. ( Add a question tag.)

I don't have 50 rs, do I?

42. Despite poverty , he is happy (change into a complex sentence)

Though he is poor, he is happy.

43. Without the strength of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace, we are like walking stone. (Rewrite as a complex sentence)

Unless we have the strength of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace, we are like walking stone.

44. It is my watch. (Rewrite it into interrogative)

Is it my watch?

Rhetorical: Isn't it my watch?

45. It's a pleasant day today. (Rewrite it in exclamatory)

What a pleasant day today!

XII: Unseen Passage

Sujit Chakraborty 11:47 am

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XI-Textual Grammatical Exercise

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XII-Textual Grammatical Exercise

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Grammar XII

Do as Directed....Grammar Drills for XII ENG-2017

1) “She was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?” he said. (Narration) 1
2) Leading him down the hall, she opened the front door. (compound sentence)2
3) And then it is done. (negative) 3
4) He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed. (Noun form of ‘rests’) 4
5) Many of them offered bowls of water to my father. (change the voice) 5
6) The Tsar carried the wounded man into the hut. He laid him on the bed. (Simple)6
7) Charandas: Don’t hold me back, Maharaj. (narration) 7
8) The woman gave the girl detailed instructions. (voice) 8
9) I also remember people visiting our home to offer thanks after being cured. (compound) 9
10) All the answers were different. The Tsar agreed with none. (Complex)10

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11) Your eternal summer will never fade. (affirmative)
12) It has grown Slowly consuming the earth. (the noun form of “Grow”)
13) Queen: Charandas, take pity on me. (narration)
14) It takes much time to kill a tree. Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (complex)
15) The woman gave detailed instruction as to where to keep her things. (verb)15
16) The hermit rose, stretched out his hand for the spade. (simple)
17) She did not watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed. (split)
18) “Eat some more, son,” she said. (narration)
19) The frost has wrought a silence. (voice)
20) She laughed pleasantly. (adj. of ‘Pleasantly)20
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21) We lived in our ancestral house which was built in the middle of the 19th century. (join into compound)21
22) All the answers were different. The Tsar agreed with none of them. (Join as simple)
23) Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (make affirmative)23
24) Charandas: He, who steals, Maharaj, is only called a thief. (Narration)
25) The humming insects do not disturb his sleep. (change the voice)25
26) I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths which were revealed to me by my father. (simple)
27) I wanted to raise my hand and touch her hair, but she moved away. (Turn into a complex)27
28) They are in trouble. (make negative)
29) She reached down. She picked the boy up by his shirt front. (Complex sentence)29
30) Munim: Please have mercy on me. I made a mistake. (narration)30

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31) This is not a correct approach at all and should never be followed. (simple sentence)31
32) She was silent. (noun form of “silent”)
33) I didn’t know anyone else was there. (turn into affirmative)3
34) The Tsar and the hermit unfastened the man’s clothing. There was a large wound in the stomach. (single sentence)
35) The bleeding bark will heal. (make Interrogative)35
36) “How answered? What do you mean? Asked the Tsar. (narration)
37) They seemed very anxious about her comfort. (noun form of ‘anxious’)37
38) There was a very old mosque in our locality where my father would take me for evening prayers. (split)
39) Was I bothering you? (voice)39
40) I will serve you as your most faithful slave. (positive degree)40

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41) I would teach you right from wrong. (turn into negative)
42) Guru said, “Live like a man, my son!” (narration)
43) She would forget our brief encounter. (voice)
44) I answered. I was quite confident. (adverb form of “confident”)
45) The Tsar agreed with none of them. (affirmative)
46) The bleeding bark will heal and from close to the ground will raise curled green twigs. (split)
47) Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. (turn into complex )
48) The poet says, “The humming insects don’t disturb his rest.” (Narration)
49) Was I bothering you? (make assertive)
50) There’s nothing greater than the truth. (superlative degree)50

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51) They called their good-byes and the train pulled out of the station. (simple sentence)
52) She was completely blind. (noun form of ‘blind’)
53) I wished to kill you. You have saved my life. (compound sentence)
54) You have an interesting face. (make it negative)
55) Learned men came to the Tsar. They all answered his questions differently. (simple)
56) I was totally convinced that they reached God. (change the voice)
57) I’ll never tell a lie. (use verb form of ‘tell’)
58) The guard blew his whistle and we moved off. (complex sentence)
59) Guru: God bless the queen! God bless the queen. (narration)
60) Few girls can resist flattery. (voice)60
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61) My father had not much formal education. He had not much wealth. (join)
62) He took a vow a right away. (use the verb form of ‘Vow’)
63) She bent down enough to permit him to stop. (make it complex)
64) The bleeding bark will heal. (split)
65) Woman: What’s the matter, bhaiya? (narration)
66) The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted. (voice)
67) I was totally blind. My eyes were sensitive to light and darkness. (single)
68) There was nothing mysterious about the prayers. (Noun form)
69) Thou art more lovely and more temperate than summer. (positive degree)
70) She had a large purse that had everything in it. (exclamatory sentence)70
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71) She said, looking out into the street, “Good night! Behave yourself, boy!” (narration)
72) The havaldar starts beating up the drunkard. (use a infinitive)
73) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (turn into assertive)
74) A soldier, very young, lies open-mouthed. (complex sentence)
75) One must draw up in advance, a table of days, months and years. (voice)
76) The engine’s whistle shirked, the carriage wheels changed their sound and
rhythm. (split)
77) Gambler: Gurudev, the only kind of gambling I indulge in is cards. (Narration)
78) One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood is of the two men. (positive Degree)
79) The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. (split)
80) You have an interesting face. (explanatory) 80
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81) The Tsar did not give him the spade. He continued to dig. (Complex sent.)
82) Hack and Chap. (voice)
83) The girl said, “Oh, how lucky you are.” (narration)
84) My mother lineage was more distinguished than my father’s. (degree of comparison)
85) There was another pause. The boy’s mouth opened. (Join into simple)
86) Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice. (split)
87) It takes much time to kill a tree. (voice)
88) What a tyrant! (assertive)
89) I wondered if I would be able to prevent her from discovering that I was
blind. (Make it simple sent.)
90) The humming insects do not disturb his sleep. (affirmative) 90
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91) Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (voice)
92) The humming insects do not disturb his sleep. (affirmative)
93) I wanted to raise my hand and touch her hair, but she moved a (simple)
94) The bleeding bark will heal. (make negative)
95) There’s nothing greater than the truth. (turn into positive degree)
96) I’ll never tell a lie. (affirmative)
97) The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted. (affirmative)
98) I didn’t know anyone else was there. (voice)
99) Oh, how lucky you are! (make assertive)
100) The humming insects don’t disturb his rest. (Noun Form)100
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101) I turned from the window and faced the girl. (make simple)
102) “Can you tell me—did she keep her hair long or short?” I said. (narration)
103) My father could convey complex spiritual concepts. (voice)
104) When they finished eating, she got up. (simple)
105) Charandas being renowned thief, it is not easy to catch him. (split)
106) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (assertive)
107) Having taken leave of the wounded man, the Tsar went into the porch. (compound)
108) “Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked. (narration)
109) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (voice change)
110) They called their goodbyes. The train pulled out of the station. (Simple)110
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111) You make much more than I do. (positive degree)
112) Does anyone who dresses like a minister become a minister? (assertive)
113) Well done! (assertive)
114) The woman said, “Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” (narration)
115) The hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut.
(voice)
116) Who can forget you? (assertive)
117) I turned from the window. I faced the girl. (Join into Simple)
118) The Shiva temple, which made Rameshwaram so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten-minute walk from our house. (split)
119) My children haven’t eaten for three days, Malik. They’re half- dead of starvation. (Join in simple sent.)
120) Jainulbdeen said, “Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.” (narration)120
___________________________________________________________ 121) You have already been answered. (voice)
122) Charandas was honest. He died. (simple)
123) A soldier, very young, lies open-mouthed.(complex)
124) The boy turned around, wondering what next.(split)
125) “I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.(narration)
126) They called their good byes.(voice)
127) I normally ate with my mother. I sat on the floor of the kitchen.(Join in single sent.)
128) When the Tsar approached, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut.(split)
129) I have nothing to forgive you forgive you for.(interrogative)
130) My mother’s linage was more distinguished than my father’s. (degree of comparison)130
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131) She said, “What is your name?” “Rodger” answered the boy. (narration)
132) When at last the blood ceased flowing, the man asked for something to drink. (Split)
133) This water was then carried home for invalids. (voice)
134) Why don’t you look out of the window? (assertive)
135) A soldier, very young lies open-mouthed. (complex)
136) My father told me there was nothing mysterious about the prayers. (voice)
137) The soldier was dead. He was young. (simple)
138) And he did not want to be mistrusted now. (Remove negative)
139) Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. (Voice)
140) The Tsar brought fresh water and gave it to him. (interrogative)140
141) The guru said to the smoker, “Now, my son, what’s your vice?” (narration)
142) She thought me a romantic fool. (voice)
143) The Shiva temple, which made Rameshwaram so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten minute walk from our house.
(simple)
144) The strap broke with a single tug. The boy gave it behind. (complex)
145) Others declared that it was impossible to decide. (noun form of ‘Declared’)
146) Havaldar: Sadhu Maharaj! Did you see a thief run past? (narration)
147) The world was shut out again. I returned to my berth. (simple)
148) What a large-hearted soul! (assertive)
149) But thy eternal summer shall not fade. (affirmative)
150) All the answers were different. The Tsar agreed with none. (Simple)150