Class 10 English Grammar: Sentence Transformation

1. Reported Speech (3 marks each)

Question 1.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks) 
Principal: Why were you absent last week?
Student: I was absent because I was not well.
Principal: What will happen to your studies now?
Student: I will work hard to complete them.
The Principal asked the student (a)…………. The student replied (b)……………. The Principal was concerned and asked (c)………… The student replied that he would study hard to complete them.
Answer:
(a) why he had been absent the previous week.
(b) that he had been absent because he had not been well.
(c) what would happen to his studies then?
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Question 2.
Read the conversations given below. Based on your reading, fill in the blanks appropriately. (3 marks) 
Julie: When is the fancy- dress competition in your school?
Mona: It is after two weeks.
Julie: Are you taking part in it?
Mona: Yes, I am taking part as an engine driver.
Julie: Why have you chosen that?
Mona: So that I can reach late.
Julie asked Mona when the fancy dress competition in her school was. To that
Mona replied that (a) ____________ Julie enquired whether (b) ____________ Mona said that she was taking part as an engine driver. Julie asked why (c) ____________ She answered (d) ____________.
Answer:
(a) it was after two weeks.
(b) whether/if she was taking part in it.
(c) she had chosen that.
(d) then/so that she could reach late.

Question 3.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows : (3 marks) 
Haiku: The landlord has come. Take out the money you have set aside.
Wife: But there are only three’ hundred rupees. If you give them to him, where is the blanket going to come from?
Haiku: Don’t worry. I will figure out some other plan.
Haiku told his wife that the landlord had come, she should take out (a) ……………. His wife said that (b)…………and asked him if he gave them to him (c)…………..
Answer:
(a) the money she had set aside.
(b) that there were only three hundred rupees.
(c) where the blanket was going to come from.

Question 4.
Read the conversation given below and complete the passage that follows : (3 marks) 
Ali: Omar, why don’t you leave this place? I can drop you on my way back home.
Omar: I have no home.
Ali: Where have you come from?
Omar: From Tunisia.
Ali asked Omar (a)………………..and offered to (b)……………….. Omar replied that he had no home. Then Ali asked (c)……………….. Omar told him that he had come from Tunisia.
Answer:
(a) why he didn’t leave that place.
(b) drop him on his way back home.
(c) where he had come from.

Question 5.
Read the following conversation between a mother and son and then complete the paragraph that follows : (3 marks) 
Mother: You seem so tired. Take some rest.
Suraj: I can’t even think of relaxing. I have lots of homework to do.
Mother: You should not take so much of stress.
Suraj: Don’t worry. Please give me a hot cup of tea.
Mother said to Suraj that (a)…………………… Suraj replied that (b)…………………… The mother advised him not to take so much of stress. Suraj told his mother (c)……………………
Answer:
(a) he seemed so tired and advised him to take a rest.
(b) he could not even think of relaxing as he had lots of homework to do.
(c) not to worry and requested her to give him a hot cup of tea.

Question 6.
Given below are instructions for making soup. Use these to complete the blanks in the paragraph that follows. (3 marks) 
Mix the soup powder with 750 ml of water without allowing it to form lumps.
Pour the mixture into a heavy-bottomed vessel.
Bring it to a boil, stirring continuously.
Simmer the soup for five minutes.
Pour the soup into soup bowls and serve garnished with fried croutons.
The packet containing the soup powder (a) ____________ opened and the contents are mixed with 750 ml of water without allowing it to form lumps. The mixture (b) ____________ into a heavy-bottomed vessel. It is stirred continuously and brought to boil. The soup (c) ____________ on a slow flame for five minutes. Finally after the soup is ready, it is (d) ____________.
Answer:
(a) is opened
(b) is poured
(c) is simmered
(d) is poured into the soup bowls and served

Question 7.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks)
Raju: Do you know Varun was hit by a two-wheeler yesterday?
Arun: Oh no! When did it happen?
Raju: He was hit by a scooter on his way back from school.
Arun: Is he badly hurt?
Raju asked Arun (a)………………….. Arun was shocked and wanted to know when (b)………………….. Raju replied that (c)………………….. Arun enquired if he was badly hurt.
Answer: (a) if he knew that Varun had been hit by a two-wheeler the previous day.
(b) it had happened. .
(c) he had been hit by a scooter on his way back from school.

Question 8.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks) 
Vani: Harika, are you going to join the Dramatics Club with me?
Harika: No, I am going to join the Adventure Club.
Vani: I too would have joined the Adventure Club, but I am very scared of heights.
Harika: If that is the case, join the Dramatics Club.
Vani asked Harika (a)…………………….. Harika said that (b)……………………. Adventure Club. To this Vani replied (c) ……………………. Adventure Club, but she was very scared of heights. Harika advised her to join the Dramatics Club.
Answer:
(a) if she was going to join the Dramatics Club with her.
(b) she was going to join the
(c) she too would have joined the

Question 9.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: 
Pig: See how strong and hefty I am. Even the Jumbo was afraid of me.
Animals: Jumbo, was it out of horror?
Jumbo: I could have happily crushed the dirty pig under my heels but I avoided it so that I do not become dirty.
The jaunty pig said (a)……………………….. He further added (b)……………………….. All the animals enquired of Jumbo if that had been out of horror. Jumbo replied that he could have happily crushed the dirty pig under his heels but he (c)………………………..
Answer:
(a) that he was very strong and hefty
(b) that even the Jumbo had been afraid of him.
(c) had avoided it so that he did not become dirty.

Question 10.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks)
Rohan: When is the fancy dress competition at your school?
Seema: It is after two weeks.
Rohan: Are you taking part in it?
Seema: Yes, I am taking part as a caterpillar.
Rohan: Why have you chosen that?
Seema: So that I can reach late.
Rohan asked Seema (a)……………………….. Seema replied (b)……………………….. Rohan enquired (c)………………….. Seema said that she was taking part as a caterpillar. Rohan asked why she had chosen that. Seema answered so that she could reach late. (Board Term-12012, Set EC2,048)
Answer:
(a) when the fancy dress competition in her school was.
(b) that it was after two weeks.
(c) whether she was taking part in that

Question 11.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows : (3 marks)
Customer: Why is the meal so sour?
Waiter: Nobody has complained for five days sir, about the meal.
Customer: What! Where is the Manager?
Waiter: He has gone to some other hotel to take dinner, sir.
One day a customer was taking dinner in a hotel. He asked the waiter why (a)………………………. The waiter told him (b) ……………………….. At this, the customer was shocked and wanted to know where the Manager was. The waiter replied (c) ………………………..
Answer:
(a) the meal was so sour.
(b) that nobody had complained for five days about the meal.
(c) that he had gone to some other hotel to take dinner.

Question 12.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows : (3 marks)
Teacher: Did you brush your hair this morning?
Asha: Yes, I did, but the wind blew it about while I was coming to school.
Teacher: Wear a hairband tomorrow.
The teacher asked Asha (a)…………………….. Asha replied that she had, but the wind (b)…………………….while she had been coming to school. The teacher instructed her (c)………………………
Answer:
(a) if she had brushed her hair that morning.
(b) had blown it about.
(c) to wear a hairband the next day.

Question 13.
Read the following conversation and complete the paragraph that follows : (3 marks)
Mother: Rita, finish your food.
Rita: I don’t want to have this food. You never give me a pizza or burger.
Mother: They are not good for health. You had pizza at your friend’s birthday party last evening.
Rita: OK, then give me French fries and shake. ‘
Mother: If you live only on junk food, you will spoil your health.
Mother told Rita (a)……………………….. Rita replied that (b)……………………….and told her mother that she never gave her a pizza or burger. Mother said that they were not good for health and reminded her (c)…………………… Rita then asked her mother to give her french fries and a shake. Mother warned her that if she lived only on junk food, she would spoil her health.
Answer:
(a) to finish her food.
(b) she did not want to have that food
(c) that she had pizza at her friend’s birthday party the evening before.

Question 14.
Read the conversation/dialogue given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks)
Patient: I want an appointment with the doctor for this evening.
Receptionist: I’m sorry, I can’t give you an appointment before the 20th.
Patient: But I could be dead by then!
Receptionist: That’s all right. I’ll ring up your wife and cancel the appointment in that case.
The patient (a)…………………..evening. The receptionist (b)…………………..an appointment before the 20th. The patient (c)…………………… The receptionist replied that it was all right as she would ring up his wife and cancel the appointment in that case.
Answer:
(a) told the receptionist that he wanted an appointment with the doctor for that
(b) replied that she was sorry but she could not give him
(c) exclaimed that he could be dead by then

Question 15.
Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows: (3 marks)
Patient: Good afternoon. I need to get an E.C.G. done. .
Receptionist: Sorry. Our machine is not working. You can come tomorrow.
Patient: What! But I think I’m having a heart attack now.
Receptionist: Oh! In that case, 1 will book you for a bypass and inform our Senior Cardiologist.
A patient went to the doctor’s clinic, greeted the receptionist, and said that (a)………………………. The receptionist apologized and told him (b) ………………………. She also added that (c) ……………………….. The patient reacted angrily and said he thought he was having a heart attack. To this, the receptionist replied that in that case she could book him for a bypass and inform their Senior Cardiologist.
Answer:
(a) he needed to get an E.C.G. done.
(b) that their machine was not working.
(c) he could come the next day.

2. Process Writing (3 marks each)