HSC 12TH STANDARD IMPORTANT GRAMMAR SENTENCES WITH SOLUTION
The sentences in these worksheet are taken from Std. 12 coursebook of
MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD. It meant for practice of learners.
- It was dinner time when he finished . (Rewrite as simple sentence)
- On the hooks were more fish than the others had caught all together. (Change the degree)
- He has become the fourth -largest manufacturer of personal computers in America.(Rewrite in Future Perfect Tense)
- Michael Dell was the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 corporation.(Change the degree)
- Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael and his two brothers were imbued by their parents.( Rewrite as compound sentence)
- I wasn't a bad doctor. (Add a question tag)
- I wasn't quite sure of myself. (Rewrite as affirmative)
- I had successive ideas of specializing in dermatology, in aural surgery, in pediatrics but discarded them all. (Rewrite as simple sentence)
- I took him around with me . (Change the voice)
- When I saw the prizes and read the citation Chaitanya had received, I was stupefied. (Use 'No sooner......than')
- He was a special child. (Rewrite as Rhetorical question)
- One day , King Amrut and Chandan were taking a walk on the terrace of the palace. (Rewrite the sentence using Past Perfect Continuous Tense)
- They could see far into the distance.( Use 'able to' )
- He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom.(Use gerund form of the underlined word)
- What more could they ask for?(Rewrite as Assertive sentence)
- Soon he walked up to the king and whispered something in his ears. ( Use 'No sooner....than')
- "Did you like the story, Meenu?"Raghu asked. (Rewrite into Indirect speech)
- I would show him my finger. (Use 'used to')
- I would close the cage and put it near my pillow. (Rewrite as simple sentence)
- At 6 sharp in the morning, he would start to be restless.( Frame wh-question to get the underline part as an answer)
- When he became a fully grown up one , he began to go far and wide. (Use 'No sooner......than')
- The bird was spotted in pairs almost everyday. (Change the voice)
- How can they be seen? ( Rewrite as Assertive)
- It is achievable. (Rewrite as negative)
- All this is being done very efficiently and at a low cost.(Change into Active Voice)
- Parking will be difficult and expensive. ( Use "not only .... but also)
- People will use public transport rather than cars. (Make it less certain)
- There are some glimmers of hope. (Add a question tag)
- They have excuses ready when they reach office late. (Identify the clause)
- They have never seen a sunrise. (Change the voice)
- She felt terrible about this tendency. (Rewrite as Exclamatory)
- His father would undoubtedly be left shaking his head and burying himself deeper into his newspaper. (Use 'not only...but also')
- "They have promised that the funds we have given to initiate the process will be returned to us,"Mr. Pawar says.(Rewrite as Indirect speech)
- Can you please hold it for me? (What does underlined Modal Auxiliary indicate?)
- It should keep for a while. (Replace the Modal Auxiliary with another indicating obligation)
- Reuben respectfully touched his worn cap. (Rewrite the sentence using adjective form of the underlined word.)
- He ran towards the sound and stopped at a construction site. ( Rewrite as simple sentence)
- Dora had never received such a gift. (Rewrite in Present Perfect tense)
- A religious ceremony was attended by nearly two lakh people.(Begin with -Nearly two.....)
- As we were nearing the steps leading to a foot over bridge, people started pushing from behind. ( Use 'no sooner ... than' )
- There was nothing she could do about it. (Rewrite as Rhetorical Question)
- "They have promised that the funds that we have given to initiate the process will be returned to us," Mr. Pawar said. (Rewrite as Indirect Speech)
- The school had no regular calendar. (Rewrite as Affirmative)
- India's present epoch maker has come over here to bless the state of Maharashtra. (Use gerund form of underlined word)
- Both India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest. ( Use 'If ..not')
- I had no anxiety and no high ambitions. ( Use 'neither......nor )
- It was tough but intellectually satisfying. (Rewrite as complex sentence)
- He brought the coconuts down. (Change the voice)
- It is a book about the transformation of India. ( Begin with - 'The book....')
- Can anyone really conceive of a world without poverty? (Rewrite as Assertive Sentence)