Class X
Transformation of Sentences
(adhering to the syllabus of WBBSE)
Change into indirect speech (Narrate)
“Come, let us have a swim,” I said.
“Here it is,” said the vendor.
“How many will you eat, old man?” said the vendor.
“How very cruel!” I said.
“I swear I can give no more this day,” said the passer-by.
“I want my father, I want my father” said the child.
“I’ll be back next year” I called.
“I’ll talk to him,” I said.
“Let me see you eat noodles,” said the man.
“Listen to that music, child” said the man.
“One small bowl is enough,” he said.
“Sir, I did not beg of you,” said the old man.
“Suresh!” I shouted.
“Take it,” said the man.
“That is for seed” he replied.
“There, my heart... there, my child...” said the old man.
“What sweetmeats would you like, child?” he asked.
“Why did you kill the goat?” I asked.
“Will you have a ride on the horses?” he asked the child.
“Would you like a rainbow-coloured balloon?” he asked the child.
“Yes” said the old man.
“Your grandson?” said the vendor.
Earth said, “Alas! Now there is only sand.”
Earth said, “Once upon a time forests grew here and the nights were cool.”
Hope said, “I shall plant it anyway!”
Joy said, “Plant it! It may grow into a tree.”
Peace said, “Don’t listen to them.”
Snake said, “Oh! You make me laugh!”
The old man said to the vendor, “I do not ask you.”
Water said, “My rivers ran over you and in them fish played.”
“Come, child, come, come on the footpath” the parents asked.
Change the voice (Active to Passive or vice versa)
A tree needs the company of other trees.
Don’t listen to them.
Each one of us makes an effort to end this evil.
Every time compassion is forgotten.
Everyone admired the pet.
He brought out of his ragged girdle a bit of silver coin.
He fed it with his own hands, allowed it to sleep at the foot of his bed.
He had been fed.
He handed the bowl back to the vendor.
He lifted him up in his arms.
He might never see me again.
He mumbled something incoherent.
He set his burden down.
He took up his load again.
His forehead and cheeks were pitted with the scars of small-pox.
His mouth could touch the edge of the little bowl.
How many will you eat, old man?
I am forced to carry diseases into every creature.
I asked for a glass of water.
I can endure darkness, but your plant needs light every day.
I could not keep my colours away from you.
I did not beg of you.
I do not ask you.
I held him afloat.
I led him away from the bazaar.
I lost my normal discretion.
I might even have given you a bowl.
I presumed that we had come to his house.
I succeeded in securing a seat near the window.
I want my father, I want my father.
I will give him the bit of silver.
I’ll get some water.
Look at what I found today.
Never mind.
One could see the shrunken face of a small boy
Only then will health be restored.
Others must plant it.
Plant it anyway.
She offered me tea.
She thanked me for bringing her son home.
Such music stirred the galaxies.
Suresh picked it up and took it home.
The child turned his face away.
The children name an animal.
The doctors can do nothing.
The door was opened by a young woman.
The land must be put to seed.
The man took him to the sweetmeat shop.
The old man lifted his slowly.
The old man lifted his slowly.
The old man pulled aside the quilt.
The old man shook his head.
They ate it.
They ate up all the seed.
They threw mud and stone at him.
We have eaten our seed.
We must respect all life forms.
We were being followed by a small goat.
We will not throw this seed away.
What do you think about it?
What do you think?
What sweetmeats would you like?
Who will tell us the story?
Who would eat it?
Why did you kill the goat?
Will you have a ride on the horses?
With what shall the land be sown again?
Would you like a rainbow-coloured balloon?
You make me laugh!
