Assignment No. 6

Assignment No. 6

Do as directed

1.      Fill in the blanks with suitable coordinating conjunctions:

                                I.            My father ……………….. my mother are teachers.

                              II.            My brother …………………. his wife is an engineer.

                            III.            ……………. John …………………..William are millionaires.

                            IV.            ……………… James ……………. Charles is a millionaire.

                              V.            Prices of pulses have increased immensely ………….. people still continue to buy them

                            VI.            He ………………his brother has won the prize. I do not know which of the two.

                          VII.            You must apologise for your behaviour……………… you will be fined heavily.

                        VIII.            He pursued his aim relentlessly …………………. was able to achieve it at last.

2.      Fill in the blanks with suitable subordinating conjunctions:

                                I.            I must not harm him ……………. he is my friend.

                              II.            I reached the station -------------- the train had departed.

                            III.            They will give you a big reward -------- you help them to solve the problem.

                            IV.            He wanted to know -------------- I would attend the meeting or not.

                              V.            Eighteen Punjabis, of --------------- eight are turbaned, have won the election to the Canadian Parliament.

                            VI.            The argument ------------------ he gave did not hold much water.

                          VII.            He ----------- plays the game according to the rules is the real winner.

3.       Combine the two sentences to make a complex sentence.

                                  I.            Will he come or not? I do not know it.

                                II.            Newton was a British scientist. He discovered the laws of gravity.

                              III.            I have constructed a new house. It has destabilised me financially.

                              IV.            You can crack this test. The condition is that you must work hard.

                                V.            He loves you. But I love you more.

                              VI.            Somebody pushed me into the pool. It must have been you.

                            VII.            He lives in a house. I do not know the house.

                          VIII.            You are not allowed to enter a foreign country -------------- you do not have a visa.

4.      Reframe the sentences after removing the dummy it.

                                I.            It is our duty to serve our motherland.

                              II.            It is true that the company is running into loss.

                            III.            It is not known to me whether he has booked his seat or not.

5.      Reframe the following sentences using dummy it.

                                I.            That there are thousands of homeless people in the city cannot be denied.

                              II.            Whether the president will attend the meeting or not is still uncertain.

                            III.            To err is human, to forgive divine.

                            IV.            Who will bell the cat is very difficult to decide.

6.      Change the following simple  sentences into complex ones:

                                I.            All religions believe in the brotherhood of man.

                              II.            His teachers gave him the right guidance.

                            III.            Kolokata is the biggest city of India.

7.      Change the following complex sentences into simple ones:

                                I.            The President did not show up at the function because he was ill.

                              II.            I do not like the way he treats his juniors.

                            III.            Men who are really great never claim that they are great.

8.      Use the appropriate tense of the verbs given in the brackets to fill in the blanks.

                                I.            The crops will be very good if it ------------ (rain) in time.

                              II.            If I had worked hard, I ------------- (succeed) in achieving my goal.

                            III.            He would have won the election if he -------------- (spend) a lot of money.

                            IV.            Wherever you may go, you ---------- (find) that human nature is the same.

                              V.            If he had enough money, he ----------------- (certainly help) me.

                            VI.            You would definitely succeed if you -------------- (work) hard enough.