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प्रश्न
Match the items from A and B to make meaningful sentences. There is sometimes more than one sensible combination.
| A | B |
| 1. Who will be 2. She likes 3. They ought 4. They are going 5.She 6. ltwill 7. You will 8. He hates 9. What has 10. Has Sita |
a. be informed b. been done to stop it? c. been told? d. was given the money. e. to get hurt. f. have been done by them. g. asked to come to the party? h. being asked to parties. i. being looked at. j. to be punished for what they did. |
उत्तर
| A | B |
| 1. Who will be | asked to come to the party ? |
| 2. She likes | being looked at. |
| 3. They ought | to be punished for what they did. |
| 4. They are going | to be punished for what they did./to get hurt. |
| 5. She | was given the money. |
| 6. It will | have been done by them. |
| 7. You will | be informed |
| 8. He hates | being looked at./to get hurt. |
| 9. What has | been done to stop it ? |
| 10. Has Sita | been told ? |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following sentences using the correct form or the verbs
given in brackets.
- It is a big college. More than a hundred teachers ________ (employ)
there. - __________ (somebody/ clean) the office yesterday?
- How much of our country's land area __________ (cover) by forest?
- The hostel gates ______ (lock} at 8.00 pm everyday.
- The parcel (send) a month ago and it ______ _(arrive) onlyyesterday.
- Where (these photographs/take}? In Mumbai? ____________ (you/ take} them, or somebody else?
• Did you use the same type of construction in your answers?
What are the two types of construction called?
- ____________________________________
- ____________________________________
When do we use the passive voice?
Example: Look at the following sentences:
a) My grandfather established this steel factory in 1940.
b) This steel factory was established in 1940 by my grandfather.
We use the passive voice when we are more interested in the action than the
person who does it or when we do not know the active subject .
Read the following sentences and, using the given clues, find out the reason for
the use of the passive construction as in the Example above.
1. He was killed in the World War II.
Clue: Who must have killed him? Is it obvious?
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2. The Bank was looted last night.
Clue: Have the police caught the culprits?
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3. Sachin Tendulkar is looked upon as a sport icon.
Clue: Bywhom?
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4. This sort of road-side restaurants can be seen everywhere in this city.
Clue: How will you write it in active voice?
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5. When he arrived at the airport, he was arrested.
Clue: Rewrite the sentence in active voice. Is it a little awkward?
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6. Employer: On account of tight financial condition, bonus will not be paid this
year.
Clue: If it is some good news, what voice will the employer use?
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7. I got my hair cut.
Clue: Look at the construction using 1got1
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We must remember that all active constructions cannot/ should not be transformed Example: a) He is drinking water. Though sentence (b) is grammatically correct, we do not write or speak such a Hence it is necessary to keep in mind that the passive voice has certain legitimate |
Now practise writing a few headlines based on the following cues.
a. e.g. Police - received anonymous tip/ complaint - managed to catch culprits -
produced in court
| CULPRITS CAUGHT AND PRODUCED IN COURT |
Expansion : The culprits were caught and prosecuted by the police.
b. Young Sikkimese - succeeds - scales steepest face - Mt. Kanchenjunga
Expansion : __________________________________________
a : Government- passed legislation - ban smoking in state ofTamil Nadu - people
not received it well.
Expansion : ________________________________________
b ; The ruling party - excessive election spending - no proper accounts kept - no
convincing answer to opposition questioning.
Expansion :
c ; SIEMENS, Germany has appointed new Managing Director - J. Shubert after
convening General Bnody meeting - last week
Expansion_________________________________________
d : Rice shortage - increase production, says Government
Expansion _________________________________________
e : Archaeological Survey of India - has excavated Buddhist Stu pa - in village in
Haryana
Expansion ___________________________________________
f : Cricket team - prepares - tour to England - July 2011- selectors announce
team
Expansion ___________________________________________
In two places in the incomplete sentence there has been some reduction,
in order to avoid repetition.
1. What are the two words missing between if and found?
| 'If ( l found guilty', she will be given a life sentence. |
And what are the three words missing between 'if and 'innocent'
| 'If ( _____ ) innocent', she will use the police for wrongful arrest. |
Read the following paragraph, which contains some repetition. Edit and
rewrite the sentences so that you have one improved sentence.
a. The policeman, having been injured by the angry crowd, was lifted up by two
Arun College students. He was carried to a nearby ambulance. Then he was
taken to the city hospital.
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Now give the sentence you have written a headline. Some of it has been done for you.
| Policeman _________ students |
b. Suppose you wish to focus attention on the kindness or bravery of the students
who helped the policeman, rather than on the policeman himself. Rewrite
passage a. above so that the focus is on the students, and give your passage a
headline.
What is the difference between the verb forms you used in 'a' above and
those you used in 'b'?
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Now read these instructions.
HOW TO DEMAGNETISE A SCREWDRIVER USING A COIL
1. Place the magnetised screwdriver blade inside the coil.
2. Pass an alternating current through it.
3. Slowly withdraw the screwdriver from the coil to a distance of about one metre
while the current is flowing.
4. It becomes demagnetised.
5. Switch off the current.
6. Place the screwdriver in iron filings.
7. It does not attract the filings.
Write your own description of this experiment, using the Present Passive where
appropriate.
A magnetised screwdriver is placed inside the coil .....__________________________
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An architect is speaking at a special meeting of the Town Council. She is presenting her proposals for improving one area of the town. Using the notes below, write down what she will say to the Town Council. You may start the report as given below.
"Firstly, the polluted slum settlements will be cleared and replaced with lowcost
housing ... "
Now Future
slum settlement/ people build low cost housing
sleeping on streets
six cinemas/ no theatre turn one cinema into a theatre
open sewers cover sewers
only one old primary setup/ establish two more
school (overcrowded) primary schools, and one
secondary school
no parks or open spaces create small parks between
low-cost housing blocks
Study the examples below:
Examples:
1. a) Mr. Akshay Pandey's car was damaged in an accident.
b) A mechanic repaired the car.
Usually in such situations, type 'b' sentences are rather uncommon. Instead,
the same idea would be expressed as
Mr. Pandey got his car repaired.
This means that Mr. Pandey arranged for a mechanic to repair his car. He did
not repair it himself. It can also be written thus:
Mr.Pandey had his car repaired.
Use the words in brackets to complete the following sentences. Use the
structure: 'have/ get something done'.
1. My neighbours ____________________ (their garden/ relay) at the moment.
2. I lost my identity card. I'll have to ______________ another (another/ make)
3. __________________-{you/ milk/ deliver) to your house every day, or do your go out and buy it?
4. A: Can I see the photographs you took during our school day function?
B: I'm afraid_______________________(not/ the film/ develop) yet.
5. Your suit is a little tight. Why don't you------------(a new one/ make)?
Answer the following questions using 'to have something done'. The first one has been done as an example.
1. Why did you go to the garage? To have my car serviced.
2. Why did you go to the doctor? ___________________________
3. Why did you go to the bank? ___________________________
4. Why did you go to the tailor? ____________________________
5. Why did you go to the photo studio? ___________________________
6. Why did you go to the dentist's? ___________________________
Complete the following sentences appropriately by using the passive form of the given verbs.
1. There's somebody behind us. I think we _____________(follow)
2. A mystery is something that_____________(cannot/ explain}
3. We didn't play volleyball yesterday.The match _________(cancel)
4. The minaret ____________ (restore). The work is almost
finished.
5. Every time I travel by plane, my plane_____________--
(delay)
6. I left some papers on the desk last night and I can't find them now.
They_______________-(might/ throw) away.
7. Two people ______________report) to _____________(injure) in an explosion at a factory in Bengaluru early this morning.
Look at the following newspaper article. It has two versions. Version 'A' is written in the active and version 'B' is written in the passive voice. For each piece of information, decide whether Version 'A' or Version 'B' is more appropriate. Then rewrite the passage using a combination of the two versions.
Version A
Thieves stole the famous NorY Koh emerald from the City Museum last night.
Police believe the thieves must have forced the locks on the windows and
disabled the alarms before the museum attendants had closed the museum for
the night. Police have arrested a man whom someone saw acting suspiciously
outside the museum.
Version B
The Famous Nor Y Koh emerald was stolen from the museum last night. It is
believed that the window-locks had been forced and the alarms disabled before
the museum was closed for the night. A man who was seen acting suspiciously
outside the museum has been arrested.
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