Textual Grammar Set-3

           1.5. His First Flight

Q.1. Choose the correct options for the following:

(1) He could not rise. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘unable to’)    

    (a)  He is unable to rise.

    (b)  He unable to rise.

    (c)  He was unable to rise.

    (d) He could unable to rise.

(2) She tore at a piece of fish. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with ‘A piece of fish……’)

    (a) She was torn at a piece of fish.

    (b) A piece of fish was torn at by her.

    (c) A piece of fish were torn at by her.

    (d) A piece of fish is torn at by her.

(3) He was tired and weak. (Make it exclamatory)

    (a)   How tired and weak he was!

    (b)  How tired and weak he was.

    (c)   What tired and weak he was!

    (d)  How tired and weak was he!

(4) He had watched his parents flying. (Rewrite the sentence using ‘Past Continuous tense’)

   (a)   He has been watching his parents flying.

   (b)  He had been watching his parents flying.

   (c)   He is watching his parents flying.

   (d)  He was watching his parents flying.

(5) He saw a vast green sea beach. (Begin the sentence by 'A vast green.....')

  (a)   A vast green sea beach had been seen by him.

  (b)  A vast green sea beach is seen by him.

  (c)   A vast green sea beach was seen by him.

  (d)  A vast green sea beach were seen by him.

(6) He could hear nothing. (Choose the correct tail tag) 

 (a)   didn't he?

 (b)  could he?

 (c)   did he?

 (d)  couldn't he?

(7) He had made his first flight. (Rewrite the sentence using 'Simple Past Tense)  

(a)   He made his first flight.

(b)  He has made his first flight.

(c)   He makes his first flight.

(d)  He will make his first flight.

(8) His mother had picked up a piece of the fish.  (Frame a 'Wh' question to get underlined part as an answer)         

(a)   How had his mother picked up?

(b)  When had his mother picked up?

(c)   Whom had his mother picked up?

(d)  What had his mother picked up?

(9) He completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly. (Name the subordinate clause)   

(a)   Adjective clause

(b)  Noun clause

(c)   Adverb clause of place

(d)  Adverb clause of time

(10) His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly. (Rewrite using 'not only.........but also')

(a) His father and mother not only had come around but also calling to him shrilly.

(b) Not only his father and but also mother had come around calling to him shrilly.

(c) Not only his father but also mother had come around calling to him shrilly.

(d) Not only his father and mother not only had come around calling to him shrilly.