Grammar Test conducted by Anupam Banerjee -
(a) Please rewrite the sentences according to the
instructions given. The meaning of the original sentence
should not change ;you may add or remove words: (10)
(i) Acting is not easy career choice for a boy from the
middle class. (Begin “Is”…)
(ii) She is writing down Sunil’s address so as not to
forget it. (Use “lest”)
(iii) I don’t want to get into an argument with you.
(Let’s…)
(iv) I have never come across such a misogynist and a
megalomaniac. (Never…)
(v) She has the voice of a nightingale and the sting of a
cobra. (Use: ‘Too…’)
(vi) The teacher gave the example of a zeugma and said,
“The femme fatale enters the congregation of the crème
de la crème with rare chutzpah and attracts suspicion and
men”.(Change into the indirect form of narration.)
(vii) The chivalry of the modern man is often constrained
within the confines of killing cockroaches. He does not
aspire after anything higher. (Rewrite using ‘being’)
(viii) A young man walking on the road ignored a five-
hundred rupee note lying on the same. He was awarded
for his honesty. He was also suffering from terrible back
pain.(Use “such” and rewrite as a single sentence)
(ix) The Rulers of the country slighted the demand for
“Swaraj” made by the opposition. (Use “slight”)
(x) The whistle blower raised his voice against the
atrocities of the mafia in the coalbelt. The government
responded with the rarest rare urgency to impose strict
laws against whistleblowers. (No sooner…)
(xi) My neighbor sang with gusto through the entire
night. There were dead nightingales in her balcony in the
morning. (Join without using “and”, “but”, or “so”)
(xii) Fate was unseen in the background. He was
quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.( Join without
using “and”, “but”, or “so”)
(a) Please rewrite the sentences according to the
instructions given. The meaning of the original sentence
should not change ;you may add or remove words: (10)
(i) Acting is not easy career choice for a boy from the
middle class. (Begin “Is”…)
(ii) She is writing down Sunil’s address so as not to
forget it. (Use “lest”)
(iii) I don’t want to get into an argument with you.
(Let’s…)
(iv) I have never come across such a misogynist and a
megalomaniac. (Never…)
(v) She has the voice of a nightingale and the sting of a
cobra. (Use: ‘Too…’)
(vi) The teacher gave the example of a zeugma and said,
“The femme fatale enters the congregation of the crème
de la crème with rare chutzpah and attracts suspicion and
men”.(Change into the indirect form of narration.)
(vii) The chivalry of the modern man is often constrained
within the confines of killing cockroaches. He does not
aspire after anything higher. (Rewrite using ‘being’)
(viii) A young man walking on the road ignored a five-
hundred rupee note lying on the same. He was awarded
for his honesty. He was also suffering from terrible back
pain.(Use “such” and rewrite as a single sentence)
(ix) The Rulers of the country slighted the demand for
“Swaraj” made by the opposition. (Use “slight”)
(x) The whistle blower raised his voice against the
atrocities of the mafia in the coalbelt. The government
responded with the rarest rare urgency to impose strict
laws against whistleblowers. (No sooner…)
(xi) My neighbor sang with gusto through the entire
night. There were dead nightingales in her balcony in the
morning. (Join without using “and”, “but”, or “so”)
(xii) Fate was unseen in the background. He was
quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.( Join without
using “and”, “but”, or “so”)
