10th English Grammar ( Do as directed ) by ednexa.com

1. 10th English Grammar ( Do as directed )
1. I had just stepped out of the bathtub and was busily rubbing myself with a
towel when I heard the steps .
(Pick out the verbs from the sentence and state the tense of each.)
Ans: had stepped : past perfect tense,was rubbing : past continuous
(progressive) tense, heard : simple past tense
2. I could see the faint shine of plates on the plate-rail; I couldn’t see the table.
(Rewrite using’although’.)
Ans: Although I could see the faint shine of plates on the plate-rail, I
couldn’t see the table.
3. There’s something downstairs.
(Add a question tag.)
Ans: There’s something downstairs,isn’t there?
4. I slammed shut the door at the stairs top and held my knee against it .
(Rewrite using the ‘-ing’ from of the word ‘slammed)
Ans: Slamming shut the door at the stairs top, I held my knee against it .
5. She flung up a window of her bedroom.

2. (Pick out the preposition).
Ans: of
6. I’ll stay with mother.She’s all excited.
(Combine using a subordinato OR Combine into a complex sentence.)
Ans: I’ll stay with mother because she’s all excited.
7. We’ll sell the house and go back to Peoria.
(Rewrite using ‘after’. OR Rewrite as a complex sentence.)
Ans: After we sell the house, we’ll go back to Peoria.
8. A heavy policeman bounded up the steps.
(Frame a’Wh-‘type question to get ‘A heavy policeman’ as answer.)
Ans: Who bounded up the steps?
9. Doors were yanked open.
(Change the voice.)
Ans: They yanked open the doors.
10. It would never sleep anywhere except on the zither.
(Rewrite as an affirmative sentence.)
Ans: It would sleep only on the zither.
11. The lady seems hysterical.(Add a question tag.)
Ans: The lady seems hysterical,doesn’t she?
12. Grandfather grabbed Zither’s gun from its holster and let fly.
(Rewrite using the ‘-ing’ form of the word ‘grabbed’)

3. Ans: Grabbing Zither’s gun from its holster, grandfather let fly.
13. I had put on one of mother’s blouses, not being able to find anything else.
(Rewrite using ‘since’.)
Ans: I had put on one of mother’s blouses, since I had not been able to
find anything else.
14. Over his third cup of coffee, he glared at Herman .
(Rewrite beginning with ‘While’.)
Ans: While he was having his third cup of coffee, he glared at Herman.
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