Joining of Sentences from Daybreak by HW Longfellow
1. The wind came up out of the sea. It asked the mist to make room. (Join by using participle)
Answer: Coming out of the sea the wind asked the mist to make room.
2. The wind hurried landward. It asked all to wake up. (Join by using participle)
Answer: Hurrying landward, the wind asked all to wake up.
3. It touched the wood-bird’s folded wings and asked it to sing. (Rewrite by using participle)
Answer: Touching the wood-bird’s folded wings, it asked it to sing.
4. The wind rushed to a chanticleer. It urged him to crow.(Join by using participle)
Answer: Rushing to a chanticleer, the wind urged him to crow.
5. The wind routed through the belfry Tower. It asked the tower to ring its bell. (Join by using participle)
Answer: Routing through the belfry tower, the wind asked the tower to ring its bell.
6. The wind hailed the ships. It urged the mariners to sail on. (join by using relative clause)
Answer: The wind, which hailed the ships, urged the mariners to sail on.
7. It touched the wood-bird’s folded wing.(rewrite by using relative clause)
Answer: It touched the wood-bird’s wing which was folded.
8. The wind rushed to a chanticleer. The chanticleer was sleeping.(join by using relative clause)
Answer: The wind rushed to the chanticleer who was sleeping.
9. The dead were buried. The wind asked them to lie quietly. (join by using relative clause)
Answer: The dead who the wind asked to lie quietly were burried.
Voice change from Daybreak by H.W. Longfellow
1) The wind hailed the ship.
Answer: The ship was hailed by the wind.
2) It touched the wood-bird’s folded wing.
Answer: The wood-bird’s folded wing was touched by it.
3) Proclaim the hour.
Answer: Let the hour be proclaimed.
4) Let the coming morn be hailed.
Answer: Hail the coming morn.
5)The wind impels the chanticleer to crow.
Answer: The chanticleer was impelled to crow by the wind.
6) Bow down.
Answer: You should be bowed down.
7) Make room for me.
Answer: Let room be made for me.
8. It crossed the churchyard with a sigh.
Answer: The churchyard was crossed by it with a sigh.
9. Blow your clarion.
Answer: Let your clarion be blown.
Class XI English (Mindscapes)Textual Grammar
- Leela’s Friend – RK Narayan
- Voice Change from Leela’s Friend
- Narration Change from Leela’s Friend
- English Grammar (Do as Directed) from Leela’s Friend
- Karma – Khushwant Singh
- Voice Change from Karma
- Narration Change from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences(1) from Karma
- Transformation of Sentences (2) from Karma
- Jimmy Valentine – O. Henry
- Voice Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Narration Change from Jimmy Valentine
- Nobel Lecture – Mother Teresa
- Voice Change from Nobel Lecture
- Narration Change from Nobel Lecture
- Transformation of Sentences from Nobel Lecture
- The Place of Art in Education – Nandalal Bose
- Voice Change from The Place of Art in Education
- Transformation of Sentences from The Place of Art in Education
- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge – William Wordsworth
- Textual Grammar from Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
- Meeting at Night – Robert Browning
- Textual Grammar from Meeting at Night
- The Sick Rose – William Blake
- Textual Grammar from The Sick Rose
- Brotherhood – Octavio Paz
- Textual Grammar from Brotherhood
- Daybreak – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Textual Grammar from Daybreak
