LESSON 7. BASIC GRAMMAR TASK- A NEW APPROACH - V.MAHENDIRAN

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  BASIC GRAMMAR TASK - A NEW APPROACH

   V.MAHENDIRAN

[Let you confirm your intensity, by solving the following joyful exercises that have been asked from the portion learned so far.]

Read each of the following sentences, identify the voice, tense and statement, and change the voice as per the model is done here, each question carries five marks.

A model question

When did you meet him last?

Answer

Voice: Active (1 mark)

Tense: Simple past tense (1 mark)

Statement: Interrogative, Question to Adverb of time (1 mark)

New voice (passive): When was he met by you last? (2 marks)

You may start to answer the following now.

1.      Have you finished your project work?

2.      By whom is it to be referred?

3.      Where do you work now?

4.      My brother is pursuing his higher studies in Chennai.

5.      Have you been in kodaikkanal ever before?

6.      I have been working in this company for the past seven years.

7.      Mr.Chandru wanted to meet you.

8.      What a fantastic place it is!

9.      Would you please direct me to reach the bus stand?

10.  Get all files immediately.

ANSWERS

1.      Have you finished your homework?

Voice: Active

Tense: Present perfect

Statement: Interrogative/SP1

New voice (passive): Has your homework been finished?

2.      By who is to be referred?

Voice: Passive

Tense: Pure present

Statement: Interrogative/ Infinitive O

New voice (Active): Who is to refer it?

3.      Where do you work now?

Voice: Active

Tense: Simple present

Statement: Interrogative/ ? / Adv

New voice: It is impossible to change, as it is intransitive *

4.      My brother is pursuing his higher studies in Chennai.

Voice: Active

Tense:  Present continuous

Statement: Assertive/ Affirmative

New voice (passive): His higher studies are being pursued by my brother in Chennai.

5.      Have you been in kodaikkanal ever before?

Voice: Active

Tense:  Present perfect

Statement: Interrogative/SP1

New voice: It is impossible to change, as it is intransitive *

6.      I have been working in this company for the past seven years.

Voice: Active

Tense:  Present perfect continuous

Statement:  Assertive / affirmative

New voice: It is impossible to change, as it is intransitive *

7.      Mr.Chandru wanted to meet you.

Voice: Active

Tense:  Simple past

Statement:  Assertive / affirmative

New voice: It is impossible to change, as it is intransitive *

8.      What a fantastic place it is!

Voice: Active

Tense:  Pure present

Statement: Exclamatory

New voice: It is impossible to change, as it is intransitive *

9.      Would you please direct me to reach the bus stand?

Voice: Active

Tense:  Additional present

Statement:  Interrogative / SP1

New voice (passive): would I please be directed by you to reach the bus stand?

10.  Get all files immediately.

Voice: Active

Tense:  Simple present

Statement:  Imperative

New voice (passive): Let all files be gotten /got immediately.

* To change the voice of a sentence, an object is required; No object is found in these sentences; Objectless sentence is known as Intransitive sentence as well the verb used in it is also known as Intransitive verb. See the examples given below that do not contain object.

E.g., He ran fast, I’m a singer, She waits, Sit properly, Go slowly, Do you use to walk dialy? Where does she work?, Are you sure about this?

A sentence that contains an object is known as Transitive sentence as well the verb used in that is called Transitive verb. See the examples that contains object.

 E.g., Take down these points, did you praise him, when will you submit your record?

           

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