Textual Grammar Set-8

         3.2. A Lesson in Life from A Beggar

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

(1) I can’t stay with you tonight.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘unable to’)       
  (a)   I was unable to stay with you tonight.
  (b)  I am unable to stay with you tonight.
  (c)   I can unable to stay with you tonight.
  (d)  I unable to stay with you tonight.

(2) "Did you give any gurudakshina to your guru?" I asked.
(Change into Indirect speech) 
  (a)   I asked what she had given any gurudakshina to her guru.
  (b)  I asked if she gave any gurudakshina to her guru.
  (c)   I asked if she had given any gurudakshina to her guru.
  (d)  I asked if she had given any gurudakshina to your guru.

(3) I decided to change my attitude towards life.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘Past Perfect tense)
  (a)   I had been decided to change my attitude towards life.
  (b)  I had decide to change my attitude towards life.
  (c)   I have decided to change my attitude towards life.
  (d)  I had decided to change my attitude towards life.

(4) She wasn’t a very pleasant company. (Make it affirmative)    
   (a)   She was a very unpleasant company.
   (b)  She is a very unpleasant company.
   (c)   She was a very pleasant company.
   (d)  She was a very beautiful company.

(5) I am always happy. (Choose the correct question tag) 
(a)   didn't I?
(b)  don't I?
(c)   am I?
(d)  aren't I?

(6) I used to give my leftovers to this beggar every day.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘would’)
(a)   I would to give my leftovers to this beggar every day.
(b)  I would give my leftovers to this beggar every day.
(c)   I would gave my leftovers to this beggar every day.
(d)  I would be given my leftovers to this beggar every day.

(7) We reached the Grand Hotel drenched. (Identify the tense)    
(a)   Simple Present tense
(b)  Simple past tense
(c)   Past Perfect tense
(d)  Present Perfect tense

(8) Shwetha is a very beautiful girl. (Make it exclamatory)
(a)   What a very beautiful girl Shwetha is!
(b)  What a beautiful girl is Shwetha!
(c)   What a beautiful girl Shwetha is!
(d)  How beautiful girl Shwetha is!

(9) A beggar changed my life.
(Rewrite the sentence beginning with 'My life')  
(a)   My life was changed by a beggar.
(b)  My life had been changed by a beggar.
(c)   My life were changed by a beggar.
(d)  My life is changed by a beggar.

(10) She stayed alone in an apartment as her parents lived in Delhi.
(Frame 'Wh'-question to get underlined part as answer)     
(a)   When did she stay alone in an apartment?
(b)  Why did she stay alone in an apartment?
(c)   Why did she stayed alone in an apartment?
(d)  Where did she stay alone in an apartment?