English Grammar

When we want to tell somebody else what another person said, we can use either direct speech and reported speech.

When we use direct speech, we use the same words but use quotation marks, For example: Scott said, “I am coming to work. I will be late because there is a lot of traffic now.”

When we use reported speech, we usually change the verbs, specific times, and pronouns. For example: Scott said that he was coming to work. He said that he would be late because there was a lot of traffic at that time.

Reported Speech Exercises for Class 8 CBSE With Answers Pdf

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Fundamentals:
The art of reporting the words of a speaker is called Narration. It is of two types:-

1. Direct Speech: We quote the actual words of the speaker in inverted commas: He said to me, “I am playing.”
2. Indirect Speech: We quote the words or speech of the speaker in our own words, without inverted commas: He told me that he was playing.

In narration a sentence has two parts:-

• Reporting verb: He said to me,
• Reported speech: “I am playing.”

Rules of Changing Pronouns

1. The pronoun of First Person is changed according to the subject of Reported speech.
2. The pronoun of Second Person is changed according to Object
3. The pronoun of Third Person is not changed at all. (The formula to change pronoun is 123/SON.)
   SON: S – subject, O – object, N – no change

Persons: There are three types of persons:-

1. First Person (I, we, my, me, our)
2. Second Person (You, your)
3. Third Person (He, she, it, his, they, them etc.)

Part-I (Assertive Sentences in Present or Future)

Rules
1. If Reporting Verb is in Present or Future Tense the tense of Reported speech is not changed.
2. (” “) inverted commas are replaced with the conjunction ‘that’.
3. Say to is replaced with tell, says to with tells and said to with told.

Examples:-

• The boys say, “We have learnt the lesson”.
  The boys say that they have learnt the lesson.
• Reena will say, “I am going to America”.
  Reena will say that she is going to America.
• The servant says to me, “The manager will come in the evening”.
  The servant tells me that the manager will come in the evening.
• He has said to them, “You were playing cricket yesterday.”
  He has told them that they were playing cricket yesterday.

Part-II (Assertive Sentences in Past)

Rules:-
1. ‘said to’ is changed into ‘told’.
2. Use conjunction ‘that’ to connect
3. If Reporting Verb is in Past Tense the tense of the Reported Speech is changed according to the rules given below: –

• Present Indefinite changes to Past Indefinite
• Present Continuous changes to Past Continuous
• Present Perfect changes to Past Perfect
• Present Perfect.Continuous changes to Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Indefinite changes to Past Perfect
• Past Continuous changes to Past Perfect Continuous
• Will/Shall changes to Would/Should
• Can changes to Could
• May changes to Might

In Reported Speech words showing nearness changes into words showing distance:-

• This becomes That
• These becomes Those
• Now becomes Then
• Today becomes That day
• Tonight becomes That night
• Yesterday becomes The previous day
• Last night becomes The previous night
• The next day becomes The following day
• Here becomes There
• Ago becomes Before

Examples:

• He said, “I am going to college today.”
  He said that he was going to college that day.
• Sunny said to me, “You will get good marks in this test.”
  Sunny told me that I would get good marks in that test.
• She said to her mother, “My teacher awarded me yesterday.”
  She told her mother that her teacher had awarded her the previous day.
• Rajani said to her friends, “You were shopping in the market.”
  Rajani told her friends that they had been shopping in the market.
• I said, “Ritu, you will learn very fast.”
  I told Ritu that she would learn very fast.
• “I may go to London next month,” he said.
  He told that he might go to London the following month.

Note: If Reported Speech has an explanation of Universal Truth, Habitual Fact or Historical Fact its Tense is not changed at all.
Examples:-

• He said, “The earth moves round the sun.”
  He.said that the earth moves round the sun.
• She said to me, “Mohan plays with left hand.”
  She told me that Mohan plays with left hand.
• The teacher said to the students, “India became independent in 1947.”
  The teacher told the students that India became independent in 1947.

Part-III (Interrogative Sentences)
Rules:
1. In Interrogative sentences said or said to of reporting verb are replaced with asked or enquired.
2. If the interrogative (question) begins with Helping Verb or Modal (is, am, are, do, does, was, were, has, have, had, will, shall, would, can, could, should, may, might, must, etc.) the inverted commas (” “) are replaced with the conjunction if or whether.
3. If the interrogative (question) begins with WH-family (Why, what, which, when, whose, who, whom, how, etc.) the inverted commas (” “) are not replaced with any conjunction at all.
4. If there are no interrogatives (questions) in indirect speech we place helping verb or modal after the subject.

Examples:-

• The teacher said to us, “Have you completed your home work?”
  The teacher asked us if we had completed our home work.
• He said to me, “Did you finish your work yesterday?”
  He asked me if I had finished my work the previous day.
• Rocky said, “Meena, do you want to go to Shimla?”
  Rocky asked Meena if she wanted to go to Shimla.
• I said to him, “Will you return tomorrow?”
  I asked him if he would return the next day.
• Ravi said to him, “What have you learnt?”
  Ravi asked him what he had learnt.
• She said, “Which train will go to Jaipur?”
  She enquired which train would go to Jaipur.

Interrogative Sentences in present or future:

• She says to them, “Have you taken the money?”
  She asks them if they have taken the money.
• He will say to me, “What can I do for you?”
  He will ask me what he can do for me.

Part-IV (Imperative Sentences)
Rules:
1. In Imperative sentences said to is replaced with ordered, commanded, advised, suggested, proposed, persuaded, warned, etc.
2. Inverted commas (” “) are replaced with ‘to’. The first form of verb is applied after ‘to’.
3. In Negative sentences ‘said’ to is replaced with ‘forbade’ or ‘do’ is replaced with ‘not’.

Examples:-

• She said to me, “Work hard”.
  She advised me to work hard.
• I said to my friend, “Please give me your car for two hours.”
  I requested my friend to give me his car for two hours.
• She said to Meena, “Do not make a noise”.
  She forbade Meena to make a noise. (or She ordered Meena not to make a noise.)
• The general said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  The general commanded the soldiers to march forward.
• Ramesh said to him, “Let me do my home work.”
  Ramesh requested him to let him do his home work.
• The manager said to the peon, “Let the visitors come in.”
  The manager ordered the peon to let the visitors come in.
• He said to me, “Let us go on picnic this Sunday”.
  He proposed/suggested me that we should go on a picnic that Sunday. (or He proposed me to go on a picnic that Sunday.
• He said, “Thank you, doctor.”
  He thanked the doctor.
• Dinkar said to me, “Beware of such politicians.”
  Dinkar warned me against such politicians.

PART-V (Exclamatory Sentences)

Rules:
1. Use conjunction ‘that’ to connect the speech with reporting verb.
2. Change tenses according to the rules learnt in PART-II.
3. ‘Said’ is mostly changed into ‘exclaimed’ (sometimes ‘applauded saying’)
4. Replace ‘what’ or ‘how’ with ‘very’ (sometimes ‘big’ or ‘great’).
5. Replace exclamatory words as follows: AH!, Alas!…. with sorrow; Aha!, Ha!, Hurrah! ….with joy; Oh with surprise; Pooh! ….with contempt; Sorry! with regret, Bravo! with applauded saying.

Examples:

• The child said, “What a bitter medicine!”
  The child exclaimed that the medicine was very bitter.
• He said, “How big the train is!”
  He exclaimed that the train was very big.
• Vikas said, “Alas! I have lost my wallet.”
  Vikas exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his wallet.
• Rajani said to her friend, “Pooh! You have cheated me.”
  Rajani exclaimed with contempt that her friend had cheated her.
• The captain said to the players, “Bravo! You played well today.”
  The captain applauded his players saying that they had played well that day.

PART-VI (Optative Sentences)

Rules:
1. Such sentences indicate greeting & wishes (good morning, good noon, good day, would that, etc.), and prayer (may, may God). Therefore ‘said’ is mostly replaced with ‘wished’ or ‘prayed’.
2. In case of good bye, farewell, good night (when parting company) ‘said’ is replaced with ‘bade’.
Examples:-

• He said, “Good morning uncle!”
  He wished his uncle good morning.
• Ranjita said, “Good bye friends!”
  Ranjita bade her friends good bye.
• My grandmother said to me, “May you live long.”
  My grandmother prayed me that I might live long.
• Montu said, “Would that I were a minister!”
  Montu wished that he had been a minister.

Indirect Speech of two or more sentences:

• She said to me, “I am going to the market. Do you want to go?”
  She told me that she was going to the market and asked if I wanted to go.
• The manager said to the clerk, “You may leave now. Don’t forget to keep these files in the file cabinet.”
  The manager told the clerk that he might leave then and ordered not to forget to keep those files in the file cabinet.
• The doctor said to the patient, “Why didn’t you come yesterday. You have a high fever.”
  The doctor asked the patient why he hadn’t come the previous day as he had a high fever was high.
• I said to Rocky, “Don’t abuse others. It is a bad habit. How will you feel if others abuse you?”
  I advised Rocky not to abuse others because it is a bad habit and asked how he would feel if others abused him.

Reported Speech Solved Examples Exercises for Class 8 CBSE

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks
(i) She looks pretty sick. I think she _____________ go to a doctor.
(a) should
(b) can
Answer:
(a) should

(ii) You’ve been driving all day. You _____________ be exhausted!
(a) should
(b) must
Answer:
(b) must

(iii) You _____________ smoke so much. It’s bad for your health.
(a) can’t
(b) shouldn’t
Answer:
(b) shouldn’t

(iv) Hey I’m lost _____________ you help me?
(a) can
(b) should
Answer:
(a) can

(v) You have such a beautiful voice. You _____________ sing for us!
(a) should
(b) can
Answer:
(a) should

(vi) I know he speaks five languages, but _____________ he speak Arabic?
(a) should
(b) can
Answer:
(b) can

(vii) That looks very expensive. It _____________ have cost a fortune!
(a) should
(b) must
Answer:
(b) must

(viii) I _____________ believe that you failed your test!
(a) can’t
(b) shouldn’t
Answer:
(a) can’t

(ix) I’m on my way. I _____________ be there in about 10 minutes.
(a) should
(b) can
Answer:
(a) should

(x) I _____________ afford that.
(a) can’t
(b) shouldn’t
Answer:
(a) can’t

Question 2.
Complete the sentences.
(i) Jacob: “I work in an office.”
Jacob told me (that) _____________ worked in an office.

(ii) Ryan and Lucas: “We play football.”
Ryan and Lucas told me (that) _____________ played football.

(iii) Victoria: “I like my cat.”
Victoria told me (that) _____________ liked _____________ cat.

(iv) Henry: “Can you see me?”
Henry asked me if _____________ could see

(v) Julian: “I will have to borrow your pencil.”
Julian told me (that) _____________ would have to borrow

(vi) Melanie: “My father is Jamaican.”
Melanie told me (that) _____________ father is Jamaican.

(vii) Emma and Doris: “Can we use your camera?”
Emma and Doris asked me if _____________ could use _____________ camera.

(viii) Leah: “How is your journey?”
Leah’ asked me how _____________ journey was.

(ix) Isabella and Ella: “We love our pets.”
Isabella and Ella told me (that) _____________ loved _____________ pencil.

(x) Grandmother: “Please bring me a cup of my tea.”
Grandmother told me to bring _____________ a cup of _____________ tea.
Answer:
(i) he
(ii) they
(iii) she, her
(iv) I, him
(v) he, my
(vi) her
(vii) they, my
(viii) my
(ix) they, their
(x) her, her.

Question 3.
Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say’, or ‘tell:
(i) “Don’t do it!”
She _____________

(ii) “I’m leaving tomorrow”
She _____________

(iii) “Please get me a cup of tea”
She _____________

(iv) “She got married last year”
She _____________

(v) “Be quick!”
She _____________

(vi) “Could you explain number four, please?”
She _____________

(vii) “Where do you live?”
She _____________

(viii) “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant”
She _____________

(ix) “I’ll come and help you at twelve”
She _____________

(x) “What are you doing tomorrow?”
She _____________
Answer:
When I used ‘said’ you can also use ‘told me’)
(i) She told me to do it.
(ii) She said (that) she was learning tomorrow. (the next day).
(iii) She asked me to get her a cup of tea.
(iv) She said (that) she got married last year.
(v) She told me to be quick.
(vi) She asked me to explain number four.
(vii) She asked me where I lived.
(viii) She said (that) they went (had been) to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant.
(ix) She said (that) she would come and help me at twelve.
(x) she asked me what I was doing tomorrow (the day after).

Reported Speech Practice Examples Exercises for Class 8 CBSE

Question 1.
Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say, or “tell:
(i) “Don’t go!”.
She _____________

(ii) “Do you work in London?”
She _____________

(iii) “Could you tell me where the post office is?”
She _____________

(iv) “Come here!”
She _____________

(v) “I’ve never been to Wales”
She _____________

(vi) “Have you ever seen ‘Lord of the Rings?”
She _____________

(vii) “I don’t like mushroom”
She _____________

(viii) “Don’t be silly!”
She _____________

(ix) “Would you mind waiting a moment please?”
She _____________

(x) “How often do you play sport?”
She _____________

Question 2.
Write here, that day, the day before, the next day, the week before, according to the sentences.

1. Anita (a week ago): “Tanya and I are going to a concert tomorrow.”
You (today): Anita said she and Tanya were going to a concert ________
2. Jyoti (two days ago): “I’ve only been in England since yesterday.”
You (today): Jyoti said he had only been in England since ________
3. Nitin (a week ago): “I’m meeting my friend at the airport later today.”
You (today): Nitin said he was meeting his friend at the airport later ________
4. Mohan (in the street): “I’ll see you at the coffee bar.”
You (at the coffee bar): Mohan said he would see me ________
5. Pawan (a month ago): “The festival was in the last week.”
You (today): Pawan told me the festival had been ________

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Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs Class 6 Format, Examples, Topics, Exercises

Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs Solved Examples Exercises for Class 6 CBSE

Question 1.

Answer:
Once there lived a dog. He was very hungry. He wandered here and there in search of food. He got a juicy bone from a butcher’s shop. He felt very happy. He took the bone and ran away. He reached on a bridge of a river. He saw his own shadow in the water. He thought that there was another dog with a juicy bone in his mouth. His mouth watered and he wanted to snatch that bone from him. He started barking on him and as he opened his mouth, the bone fell down from his mouth into the river.

Question 2.

Answer:
Once there lived a hare and a tortoise in a jungle. Both of them were fast friends. The hare was very proud of his swiftness, but the tortoise walked slowly. The hare always taunted the tortoise for its slow pace.

The tortoise angry and felt insulted every time. Once it asked the hare to run a race. The hare accepted the challenge.

The next day the race started from a particular place. They were to reach the bank of the river. The hare took a few leaps and was much ahead of the tortoise he looked back and saw that the tortoise was at a great distance. He decided to take a nap. But he slept for a long time. The tortoise had reached the goal. The hare ran very fast but the tortoise had already reached. The hare realized that slow and steady wins the race.

Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs Practice Examples Exercises for Class 6 CBSE

Question 1.

Question 2.

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Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs  Solved Examples Exercises for Class 7 CBSE

Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs On The Mongoose and the Brahmin’s Wife

A brahmin, his wife, and his baby boy lived in a small village. They had a pet mongoose that lived with them. One day, when the brahmin was out of chores, his wife left the baby in the cradle and went to fetch a pot of water. She asked the mongoose to take care of the baby while she is away. As the mongoose guarded the baby, it saw a snake crawling into the house. It soon attacked the snake and killed it.

As soon as the brahmin’s wife entered with the pot of water, the mongoose happily welcomed her with blood all over it mouth. The lady was terrified at the sight and assumed that the mongoose had killed the baby. Furious, the lady dropped the pot of water on the mongoose and beat it to death with a stick. Then she went inside and found the baby happily playing in the cradle. The lady realized what she had done and repented for acting without thought.

Moral: Do not act in haste without understanding the situation.

Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs Four friends and A Hunter

A deer, a turtle, a crow and a rat were friends. They lived happily in a jungle. One day, the deer was caught in a hunter’s trap and the friends made a plan to save him. The deer struggled as if it was in pain and then it lie motionless, with eyes wide open, as if it were dead.

The crow and the other birds then sat on the deer and started poking it as they do to a dead animal. Right them, the turtle crossed the hunter’s path to distract him. The hunter left the deer, assuming it dead, and went after the turtle. Meanwhile, the rat chew opens the net to free the deer while the crow picked up the turtle and quickly took it away from the hunter.

Moral: Team work can achieve great results.

Story Writing Based on Visual Inputs Practice Exercises for Class 7 CBSE

Questions for

1. Grapes Are Sour

2. Beauty and the Beast

When to use Active Voice:
When the focus is on an agent, the sentence is used in active mode.

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Active And Passive Voice Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE Pdf

‘Voice’ is a grammatical category that applies to sentences. Voice in English expresses the relationship of the subject to the action.

Voice has two values:

• Active: the subject does the action
• Passive: the subject receives the action

The active voice is the ‘normal’ voice – the one that we use most of the time. In the active voice, the object receives the action stated by the verb.

The passive voice is less common. In passive voice, the subject receives the action stated by the verb.

See how the object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice.

Active Voice

Cats eat mice:
The active voice is the “normal” voice of an English sentence. Intransitive verbs (verbs with no direct object) are always in active voice. Transitive verbs are usually in active voice.

In active voice, the subject is the person or thing responsible for the action described by the verb.

All tenses are possible in the active voice, as well as all sentence types, positive, negative or interrogative.

Use of Active
The active voice is the “default” voice in English. All intransitive verbs can only be in the active voice, and all transitive verbs usually are active voice – unless we deliberately make them passive.

The active voice is:

• direct and specific
• uses fewer words – which is usually good thing
• dynamic

Except on occasions when passive voice is more useful, active voice is the voice of choice.

Passive Voice
Mice are eaten by cats:
Although passive voice is less common than active voice, there are several good reasons to sometimes use passive voice. On the next page we look at how to construct sentences in passive voice and when and why to use it.

How do we make a sentence in passive voice?
The basic structure of a passive clause is very simple:

The auxiliary be is conjugated in all tenses. The main verb is always the past participle. The agent is the original “doer” of the action.

Look at some examples.

Note that:

• auxiliary be can be conjugated for all persons and tenses.
• main verb is invariable: past participle
• if there is an agent {Apple, Head Office), it is introduced by ‘by’.

Agentless passive
The subject of an active sentence ‘does’ the action. In a passive sentence, we express the doer (or agent) through a ‘by’ phrase (the long passive) or, very often, we remove the agent completely (the short passive). In the following example, the agent is ‘the Allies’:

The short passive is also known as the “agentless passive”. Soon you will see how useful it can be.

Negatives and questions
The table below shows examples of passive voice in negative sentences, question sentences and negative-question sentences:

Note that:

• position of auxiliary be or first auxiliary for questions
• possible positions of not, n’t, never to create negation

Use of the passive
When and why do we use passive voice?
There are several times when passive voice is useful, and usually the decision has to do with the “doer” (agent) or the “receiver” of the action. For example, we use passive when:

1. We want to emphasise the receiver of the action.

• President Kennedy was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald,
• cf: Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy.

2. We don’t know who did the action (the agent):

• My wallet has been stolen.
• cf: Somebody has stolen my wallet.

3. We think the agent is not important or interesting:

• Our house is being painted.
• cf: XYZ Company is painting our house.

4. The agent is obvious.

• I am paid weekly.
• cf: My company pays me weekly.

5. We are making general statements or announcements.

• Passengers are reminded to fasten their seatbelts.
• cf: The captain reminds passengers to fasten their seatbelts.

6. The agent is everyone.

• The emergency services can be called by dialing 999.
• cf: The public can call the emergency services by dialing 999.

7. When writing formal or scientific texts.

• Potassium was added and mixed in. The solution was heated to 80°C and then allowed to cool.
• cf: The observer added potassium and mixed it in. The observer heated the solution to 80°C and then allowed it to cool.

8. We want to avoid responsibility for our own actions (typically found in government reports):

• Mistakes were made and unfortunately never rectified.
• cf: The Prime Minister made mistakes and unfortunately never rectified them.

Look at this sentence.

He was killed with a gun:
Normally we use by to introduce the agent. But the gun is not the original doer of the action. The gun did not kill him. He was killed by somebody with a gun. In the active voice, it would be: Somebody killed him with a gun. Somebody is the agent. The gun is the instrument.

The get-passive
Although we normally construct the passive with be + past participle, it is also possible (in informal language) to use get + past participle. So if France beat England at football, we could turn this to passive and say “England were beaten by France” (de-passive) or “England got beaten by France” {get-passive). And we might also add: “But France will get thrashed by Russia.”

For formal English and exams you should use the be-passive, but in informal language people sometimes use the gef-passive.

Forms of passive
The passive voice is not a tense itself. But for transitive verbs each tense, as well as other verb forms such as infinitives and participles, can be produced in the passive voice. Some of the more complicated tenses (mostly perfect continuous) are rarely used in the passive, but they are possible.

Here are some examples of passive voice with many of the possible forms using the verb sing:

Active and Passive Examples
The table below shows example of sentences in active and passive voice for the basic tenses as well as various other verb forms, including infinitives and participles.

Passive Voice in Interrogative Sentences

• The question words when, why, where, how and what do not change their position at the beginning of the sentence when the active voice is changed into the passive voice.
• Note that who changes to by whom and whom into who.

Examples

1. What did he say? (Active Voice)
   What was said by him? (Passive Voice)
2. Whom did you invite? (Active Voice)
   Who was invited by you? (Passive Voice)
3. Who wrote this book? (Active Voice)
   By whom was this book written? (Passive Voice)

Passive Voice in Imperative Sentences

• These are the sentences in which we express commands, order, advice and requests.
• Passive Imperative Sentence Formation:-
• Lets + object + be/not be +past participle or 3rd form.
• For sentences containing requests advice and orders, we use you are requested to, advised to and ordered to.
• Always remove ‘please’ and ‘kindly’ if they are given in the sentence.

Examples

To make passive voice, we use the following rules.

1. Change the object into subject. If as an object, we have a pronoun than we convert it as follows:

2. Change the subject into object. And use ‘by’ before the object. If as a subject, we have a pronoun of nominative then we convert it as follows:

An imperative sentence is changed from active to passive voice according to the message contained in the sentence. For this purpose words used are as follows:

If ¡t contains an order or a command: – You are ordered to or You are commanded to
If it contains a request: – You are requested to
If it contains advice: – You are advised to
If it contains a negative order: – You are forbidden to
If it contains ‘Let us’: – It is suggested that we should or It is proposed that we should
It is time to (verb first form) – It is time for (object) to be (verb third form)

Active And Passive Voice Exercises Solved Examples for Class 8 CBSE

Question 1.
Change the following sentences into passive voice.
(i) The principal has forbidden smoking on the campus.
(ii) The principal has forbidden students to smoke on the campus.
(iii) I advise consulting a good doctor.
(iv) I advise you to consult a good doctor.
(v) They don’t allow parking in front of their gate.
(vi) They don’t allow people to park in front of their gate.
(vii) We advise early booking.
(viii) We advise passengers to book their tickets early.
(ix) They made her repeat the whole story.
(x) We don’t advise pregnant women to go on a diet.
Answer:
(i) Smoking has been forbidden on the campus.
(ii) Students have been forbidden to smoke on the campus.
(iii) Consulting a good doctor is advised.
(iv) You are advised to consult a good doctor.
(v) Parking in front of their gate is not allowed.
(vi) People are not allowed to park in front of their gate.
(vii) Early booking is advised.
(viii) Passengers are advised to book their tickets early.
(ix) She was made to repeat the whole story
(x) Pregnant women are not advised to go on a diet.

Question 2,
Change the voice.
(i) Ms. Sullivan teaches us grammar.
(ii) The teacher praised him.
(iii) The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
(iv) An earthquake destroyed the town.
(v) The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
(vi) The fire damaged the building.
(vii) Who taught you French?
(viii) The manager will give you a ticket.
(ix) Spectators thronged the streets.
(x) Everyone will blame us.
(xi) The wind blew down the trees.
(xii) The police caught the thieves.
(xiii) Alice posted the letter.
(xiv) The hostess received us.
(XV) They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
(xvi) The people welcomed the minister.
(xvii) They found him guilty of murder.
(xviii) John Mathews built this house in 1991.
Answer:
(i) We are taught grammar by Ms Sullivan.
(ii) He was praised by the teacher.
(iii) The injured were taken to the hospital by the fireman.
(iv) The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
(v) The teacher was pleased with the boy’s work.
(vi) The building was damaged by the fire.
(vii) By whom were you taught French?
(viii) You will be given a ticket by the manager.
(ix) The streets were thronged with spectators.
(x) We will be blamed by everyone.
(xi) The trees were blown down by the wind.
(xii) The thieves were caught by the police.
(xiii) The letter was posted by Alice.
(xiv) We were received by the hostess.
(xv) The snake was killed with a stick.
(xvi) The minister was welcomed by the people.
(xvii) He was found guilty of murder. See
(xviii) This house was built by John Mathews in 1991.

Question 3.
Test your knowledge of active and passive voice with this grammar exercise. Each sentence given below is in the active voice. Change it into a passive voice.
(i) He sings a song.
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(ii) The boy killed the spider.
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(iii) Help him.
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(iv) Farmers sow maize in the rainy season.
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(v) Are you writing a letter?
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Answer:
(i) A song is sung by him. (Active verb – sings; passive verb – is sung)
(ii) The spider was killed by the boy. (Active verb – killed; passive verb – was killed)
(iii) Let him he helped. (imperative sentences in the passive voice begin with let.)
(iv) Maize is sown in the rainy season. (Active verb – sow; passive verb – is/are sown)
(v) Is a letter being written by you? (Active verb – is/are writing; passive verb – is/are being written)

Active And Passive Voice Exercises Practice Examples for Class 8 CBSE

Question 1.
Change into passive voice

1. Lata sings lovely songs.
2. We did not grow rice.
3. What do you want?
4. They will run a race.
5. Tom is building a house.
6. I was writing a letter.
7. Someone has stolen my purse.
8. She had finished her work.
9. People will admire him.
10. Did no one help you?
11. Will she deliver the message?
12. Respect your elders.

Question 2.
Fill in the blanks using the most suitable passive form of the verbs given in brackets. The first one has been done for you.

1. There’s somebody behind us. I think we are being followed (follow).
2. A mystery is something that ____________ (can’t/explain).
3. We didn’t play football yesterday. The match ____________ (cancel).
4. The television ____________ (repair). It’s working again now.
5. The church tower ____________ (restore). The work is almost finished.
6. ‘How old is the tower?’ ‘It ____________ (believe) to be over 600 years old.’
7. If I didn’t do my job properly, I ____________ (would/sack).
8. A: I left some papers on the desk last night and I can’t find them now.
B: They ____________ (might/throw) away.
9. I learnt to swim when I was very young. I ____________ (teach) by my mother.
10. After ____________ (arrest), I was taken to the police station.
11. ____________ (you/ever/arrest) ?’ ‘No, never.’
12. Two people ____________ (report) to ____________ (injure) in an explosion at a factory in Surat early this morning.

Question 3.
Change the following sentences into passive voice. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am sure they will take care of the child properly
I am sure that the child will be taken care of properly.

2. Someone is conducting research into the private life of that great sculptor.
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3. People consider him to be the richest man in the country.
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4. They say that these herbs are good for rheumatism.
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5. We think that she is the most understanding and patient teacher in the school.
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6. We shall have to deal with these problems one at a time.
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7. They took down the old notice, but they put up another one in its place.
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8. The teacher ordered Suresh out of the classroom because he was making too much noise.
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9. We understand that his invention is of the greatest importance and secrecy.
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10. The family left the hall lights on in case they decided to come back that night.
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Rearrange Jumbled Sentences Exercises For Class 7 Format, Examples, Topics, Exercises Pdf

Format:
Integrated Exercises should be written in the following format:

Rearrange Jumbled Sentences Solved Exercises With Answers for Class 7 CBSE

Question 1.
Arrange the words in the correct order to form meaningful sentences.
(i) dog / Rahul / with his / Pet / Playing / enjoys.
(ii) to / the company / goods / Vietnam /exports.
(iii) every / delicious / father cooks / evening / Pasta.
(iv) Brother/ an/ wants /be/my/ astronaut /to.
(v) Everything / will / sense / make / perfect / someday.
Answer:
(i) Rahul enjoys playing with his pet dog.
(ii) The company exports goods to Vietnam.
(iii) Father cooks delicious pasta every evening.
(iv) My brother wants to be an astronaut.
(v) Someday everything will make perfect sense.

Question 2.
Rearrange these words to make meaningful sentences.
(i) ship / violently / the storm / rocked / the
(ii) masterpiece / artist / painstakingly / the / his / worked at
(iii) gift / free / a/Dad / offered / firm/ by the /was.
(iv) I read / paper / in the / burglar / been / caught / had / the / that.
(v) nightfall / began / crikceters / the / at / thier piercing calls.
(vi) wore / a hat/he/ of coconut / made / fiber/his / on / heard.
(vii) parts / many / coffee / popular in /world/ the / is / very / of.
(viii) cave / could / explore / not/they/torch /the / without/a.
(ix) the storm /shed / damaged / the /was / during.
(x) the dog / James / talking / sat next to / himself to.
Answer:
(i) The storm rocked the ship violently.
(ii) The artist painstakingly worked at his masterpiece.
(iii) Dad was offered a free gift by the film.
(iv) I read in the paper that the burglar had been caught.
(v) The cricketers began their piercing calls at nightfall.
(vi) He wore a hat made of coconut fiber on his head.
(vii) Coffee is very popular in many parts of the world.
(viii) They could not explore the cave without a torch.
(ix) The shed was damaged during the storm.
(x) James sat next to the dog talking to himself.

Rearrange Jumbled Sentences Practice Exercises for Class 7 CBSE

1. Arrange the words / phrases / clauses given in the given in the brackets in the right order and make meaningful sentences.
(i) Please ________ (complaining / stop)
(ii) I ________ (everything / believed / that he said)
(iii) Mr. Gupta ________ (his son / a good job / has found)
(iv) I ________ (what to say / know I don’t / about his conduct)
(v) Woollen clothes ________ (in winter, keep, warm, us)

2. Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences:
(i) below right / children / not / are / allowed
(ii) would / no/ like / sight / one /to/ such / see / a
(iii) boys / succeed / always / hard working
(iv) kind very/is/it/to/me/help/you/ of
(v) grew/up/he/wisely (vi) his / belief / Gandhiji’s / greatest / was / in / strength / God
(vii) dress / on/this / beautiful / looks / you
(viii) assistants /shop / required / salesman/ and / are
(ix) had / wish / left /home/I/ never /I
(x) money / you/me/ lend / can/ some?