DO AS DIRECTED TEST -1

1. The task was not pleasant. It was not easy either. [Use… Neither - nor]

2. The Principal is calling everyone from this class. [Begin: Everyone…]

3. How kind a person Anurag is! [Begin: What…]

4. It was wrong on the part of the management to dismiss him. [Use: ought]

5. Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world. [Begin: No other…]

6. There were only a few coins in the purse that Varun lost. [Begin: The purse…]

7. “I do not think I can finish the work by today”, said the plumber. [Begin: The plumber]

8. There is nothing more beautiful than the sunset. [Begin: Is….]

9. If you do not mend your ways, you will get into trouble. [Begin: Mend…]

10. He is not a reckless driver. [End: recklessly]

11. She exclaimed that Kolkata is a very congested city. [Begin: She said]

12. Very few foods are as healthy as milk. [Change into superlative]

13. Andrew is the best cobbler in our town. [Change into positive]

14. Hyderabad is one of the cleanest cities in India. [Use: clean]

15.  deer does not run as fast as cheetah. [Begin: A cheetah…]

16. No other poet is as popular as Shakespeare. [Use: most]

17. Mr. Ram came last of all for the meeting. [Change into positive]

18. Some monuments are perhaps more beautiful than the Taj. [Use: most]

19. ‘Why don’t you sing a song, Rita?’ said Suresh. (Change into indirect speech)

20. Shimla is cooler than Chennai.(Begin: Chennai…)

ANSWERS:

1. The task was neither pleasant nor easy.
2. Everyone from this class is being called by the principal.
3. What a kind person Anurag is!
4. The management ought not to dismiss him / ought not have dismissed
5. No other city in the world is as expensive as Tokyo.
6. The purse that Varun had only a few coins.
7. The plumber thought that he could not finish the work by that day.
8. Is there any thing more beautiful than the sunset?
9. Mend your ways or you will get into troubles.
10. He doesn't drive recklessly.
11. She said, " Kolkata is a congested city".
12. Milk is one of  the healthiest foods.
13. No other cobbler is as good as Andrew.
14. No other city is as clean as Hyderabad.
15. Cheetah runs faster than deer.
16. Shakes peare is the most popular poet.
17. No other man came as late as Mr.Ram.
18. The Taj is the most beautiful monument.
19. Suresh asked Rita why she did not sing a song.
20. Chennai is not as (so) cool as Shimla.