Textual Grammar of Leela's Friend

 Textual Grammar of Leela's Friend

1. Mr Sivasanker subjected him to a scrutiny. (Use 'scrutiny' as a verb) 

Ans. Mr Sivasanker scrutinized him.

2. Leela gave a cry of joy.  (Use the adverb form of joy')

Ans. Leela cried out joyfully. 

3. His company made her supremely happy. ( Use the adjective form of 'supremely' ) 

Ans. His company gave her supreme happiness.  

4. Leela keenly examined the ball for traces of the moon. ( Use the noun form of 'keenly')

Ans.  Leela examined the ball with keenness for traces of the moon.

5. Leela keenly examined the ball for traces of the moon. [ Use the adjective form of 'keenly ') 

Ans.  Leela made a keen examination of the ball for traces of the moon.

6. He covered the ball tightly with his fingers. ( Use the adjective form of the word 'tightly') 

 Ans. He made a tight cover over the ball with his fingers.

7. Leela clapped her hands. ( Use the noun form of 'clapped' )

Ans.  Leela gave a clap with her hands.

8. She screamed in wonder. [ Use the noun form of the 'verb') 

Ans. She gave a scream in wonder.

9. It gave her great joy to play the teacher to Sidda. ( Use the verb form of 'joy') 

Ans. She greatly enjoyed playing the teacher to Sidda.

10. She pitied him. [ Use the noun form of the ' verb')

  Ans. She felt pity for him

11. She accompanied him when he was sent on errands. [ Use the noun form of the 'verb')

Ans.  She was his companion when he was sent on errands.

12. Her mother gave her a slap. ( Use the verb form of ' slap')

  Ans. Her mother slapped her.

13. Leela's mother threw a glance at him. ( Use the verb form of 'glance' ]  

  Ans. Leela's mother glanced at him.

14. His throat went dry. ( Use the verb form of 'dry')

Ans.  His throat dried up.

15. He blinked and answered that he did not know. [ Use ' lanswer' as a noun )

Ans.  He blinked and gave the answer that he did not know 

16. Mr Sivasanker grew very excited over all this.(Use the noun form of 'excited')

Ans. Mr Sivasanker showed much excitement over all this.  

17. Why are you so rough? (Use the noun form of 'rough')

Ans.  Why do you have so much roughness? 

18. The thought of Sidda made her panicky.(Use the word form of 'panicky')

Ans. The thought of Sidda panicked her. / She panicked at the thought of Sidda.

19. I think he is angry with us. (Use the noun form of 'angry') 

Ans. I think he is filled with anger at us. 

20. By the time Sivasanker returned, Leela had fallenasleep . ( Use the noun form of ' return ')

Ans.  By the time of Sivasanke's return, Leela had fallen aseep.  

21. It seems he is an old criminal. ( Use the adverb form of seems ' )

Ans. Seemingly, he is an old criminal.

 22. He had been in jail half a dozen times . ( Use jail as a verb ) 

Ans. He has been jailed half a dozen times. 

23. The police know his haunts. ( Use the noun form of 'know')

Ans.  The police have knowledge of his haunts.

 24. The inspector was furious. ( Use the noun form of 'furious')

Ans. The inspector flew into a fury.

25. Leela's face became red. ( Use ' red ' as a verb )

Ans. Leela's face reddened.  

 26. Leela replied haughtily.(Use the adjective form of haughtily)

Ans.  Leela replied in a haughty manner

27. Leela felt disgusted with the whole business.  (Use the noun form of felt / ' disgusted " )

Ans. Leela had a feeling of disgust at the whole business. 

28. Leela felt disgusted with the whole business .  [ Use 'disgust' as a verb )

Ans. The whole business disgusted Leela .

 29. You are not at all a reliable prosecution witness. ( Use the noun form of reliable ) 

Ans. You don't have reliability as a prosecution witness. 

30. The inspector observed humorously.(Use the adjective form of ' humorously') 

Ans.  The inspector observed in a humorous manner. 

31. He looked at her mutely. (Use the adjective form of 'mutely' ]

 Ans. He looked at her with a mute appeal . 

32. These fellows who have been in jail once or twice lose all fear. ( Use the adjective form of ' fear' ) 

Ans. These fellows who have been in jail once or twice become fearless.

33. Nothing can make them confess.  [ Use the noun form of &confess ' ] 

Ans. Nothing can draw out a confession from them.

34. It was unmistakably Leela's chain. [ Use the adjective form of 'unmistakably')

Ans. That it was Leela's chain was unmistakable 

35. It was unmistakably Leela's chain .  [ Rewrite by using mistake.)

Ans. There was no mistake that it was Leela's chain' 

36. She insited upon having his company all her working hours. ( make it complex)

Ans. She insisted that she should have her company all her working hours.

37. I climb a coconut tree and touch it. ( make it simple)

Ans. After climbing a coconut tree I touch it.

 38. She was at his side when he was working in the garden.(Make it simple)

 Ans. At the time of his working in the garden she was  at his side.

 39. She mentioned about the police and shouted at  him.(Make it simple)

 Ans. Mentioning about the police she shouted at him. 

40. After her meal Leela refused go to bed. (Make it complex)

 Ans. When her meal was over, Leela refused to go to bed.

41.  It was God's mercy that he hadn't killed the child for the chain. (Make it simple)

 Ans. For the mercifulness of God he had not killed the child for the chain.

 42.  It seems he is an old criminal.(Make it simple)

 Ans. Seemingly he is an old criminal.

43.  He has been in jail half a dozen times for stealing jewellery from children. (Make it complex)

Ans. He has been in Jail half a dozen times as he stole Jewellery from children. 

44. Leela ran behind them crying.(Make it complex) 

Ans. Leela ran behind them while she was crying. (Make it complex) 

45. Sidda opened the gate and came in. (Make it simple)

 Ans. Opening the gate Sidda came in. 

46. It was unmistakably Leela's chain. (Make it complex)

 Ans. It was unmistakeble that the cian belonged to Leela. 

47. Her mind was disturbed. (Rewrite using noun form of 'disturbed')

Ans. She had disturbance of mind.

48. She had to go back into the kitchen for a moment because she had left something in the oven (Split into two simple sentences)

Ans. 

(i) She had left something in the oven.

(ii) She had to go back into the kitchen.

49. 'Tell me a story, mother', Leela said. (Change the mode of narration)

Leela asked her  mother to tell her story.

50. 'Why did you run away without telling us?' asked Leela's mother. (Change the mode of narration)

Ans. Leela's mother asked why he had run away without telling them.

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