Textual Grammar( On Killing a Tree -- Gieve Patel)
Class xii of wbchse
Class xii of wbchse
Do as directed:
1. It takes much time to kill a tree. (Change the voice)
Ans. Much time is taken to kill a tree.
2. And then it is done.(Change the voice)
Ans. And then men do it. OR, And then someone does it.
3. But this alone won't do it. (Change the voice)
Ans. But it will not be done by this alone.
4. Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. ( Change the voice)
Ans. It will not be done by a simple jab of the knife.
5. So hack and chop. (Change the voice)
Ans. So let it be hacked and chopped.
6. Gieve Patel says "It takes much time to kill a tree." (Change the mode of narration.)
Ans. Gieve Patel says that it takes much time to kill a tree.
7. The poet says, " The bleeding bark will heal." (Change the mode of narration)
Ans. The poet says that the bleeding bark will heal.
8. The bleeding bark will heal.(Use verb form of 'bleeding')
Ans. The bark which bleeds will heal.
9. Not a simple jab of the knife will do it.(Make it an affirmative sentence)
Ans. A simple jab of the knife is insufficient to do it.
10. It takes much time to kill a tree. (Turn into negative sentence)
Ans. It does not take little / less time to kill a tree.
11. Out of its leprous hide sprouting leaves. (Use the noun form of 'leprous')
Ans. Out of its hide looking like leprosy, sprouting leaves.
12. It grows slowly. (Use the noun form of 'grows')
Ans. Its growth is slow. / It has a slow growth.
13. It has grown slowly. (Rewrite as a negative sentence)
Ans. It has not grown rapidly /quickly.
14. It takes much time to kill a tree. Not a simple jab of the knife will do it. (Join into a complex sentence)
Ans. It takes much time to kill a tree which cannot be done with a simple jab of knife.
15. The bark bleeds. It will heal.(Join into a simple sentence)
Ans. The bleeding bark will heel.
16. It has grown slowly. It has consumed the earth. (Join into a simple sentence)
Ans. It has grown slowly, consuming the earth.
17. The source, white and wet, the most sensitive is hidden for years inside the earth. (Split the sentence)
Ans. The source is white and wet. The source is the most sensitive part. It remains hidden for years inside the earth.
18. The bleeding bark will heal.(Split the sentence)
Ans. The bark is bleeding. It will heal.
19. The root is to be pulled out. (Change the voice)
Ans. Someone is to pull out the root. OR, Pull out the root.
20. The root is the most sensitive of all parts of a tree.(Change into comparative and positive degree)
Ans.
Comparative: The root is more sensitive than any other part of a tree.
Positive: No other part of a tree is as sensitive as the root.
* Correct the error in the following sentence by replacing the underlined word with the right one from the options given below:
1. The bleeding bark will healing.
Options: heal/ heals/ healed
Ans. The bleeding bark will heal.
2. It take much time to kill a tree.
Options: was take / taking / takes
Ans. It takes much time to kill a tree.
3. But this lone won't do it.
Options: alone / along / loneliness
Ans. But this alone won't do it.
