Class 9

Rewrite as directed:

d) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each
sentence.

(i) Study hard now or you will regret it.(Begin: Unless.....)

Ans: Unless you study hard, you regret it.

(ii) The boy asked, 'Why are you lying on the road in this manner?'.(Begin: The boy
asked why he.......)

Ans: The boy asked why he was lying on the road that manner.

(iii) Megha is too tall to crawl under the table.(Begin: Megha is so.......)

Ans: Megha is so tall that she cannot crawl under the table.

(iv) He arrived in school on time even though he stopped for a bite on the way.(Use
'in spite of' instead of even though)

Ans: In spite of stopping for a bite on the way, he arrived in school on time.

(v) She open the kitchen door and Cockroach ran out. (End with 'Cockroach')

Ans: She open the kitchen door and out ran a Cockroach.

(vi) Arjun was better speaker than his brother.(Begin: His brother......)

Ans: His brother was not as good speaker as Arjun.

(vii) Asha missed examination because of her illness.(Begin: Her illness.....)

Ans: Her illness caused Asha to miss her examination.

(viii) As soon as the curtain came down the applause rang out.(Begin: No sooner......)

Ans: No sooner did the curtain come down than the applause rang out.

(d) Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given after

each. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the
meaning of each sentence.
(i) This horse is better trained than yours. (Begin:Your........)
Ans. Your horse is not well trained as this.

(ii) The children will sit out in the garden, if the weather is cool.
(Begin: The children won't................)

Ans: The children won't sit out in the garden, if the weather is hot.

(iii) The thief ran so fast that the police could not catch him. (Rewrite using:too.)

Ans: The thief ran too fast to be caught by the police.

(iv) Her attitude often annoys me. (Rewrite using:annoyance)

Ans: Her attitude is often the cause of my annoyance.

(v) The child disappeared as soon as the bus stopped. (Begin:Hardly......)

Ans: Hardly had the bus stopped when the child disappeared.

(vi) There is no success without effort. (Begin:Whenever........)

Ans: Whenever there is effort, there is success.

(vii) "Please teach me to cycle"she asked her brother.(Rewrite in indirect form.........)

Ans: She requested her brother to teach her to cycle.

(viii) The peasants regarded him as a thief and called him a villain.(End:.........the peasants)

Ans:He was regarded as the thief and called a villain by the peasants.
(d) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Make
other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of each sentence.

(i) Unless Rita take care of her health, she will not be able to look after her family. (Begin:Rita
must.....)

Ans: Rita must take care of her health or she will not be able to look after her family.

(ii) His arrogance was the cause of his losing the election. (Rewrite the sentence using
"arrogant")

Ans: He lost the election because he was arrogant.

(iii) If you are not a member you can not borrow books.(Begin:Only......)

Ans: Only if you are a member you can borrow books.

(iv)It is pity our vacation is not longer.(Begin: i wish.......)

I wish our vacations were longer.

(v) Raju did not complete exercise on time.(Rewrite the sentence adding a question tag.)
Ans: Raju did not complete exercise on time, did he?

(vi) Rohan was so terrified of being left alone in the house that he started screaming.
(Begin:So.....)

Ans: So terrified was Rohan of being left alone in the house that he started screaming.

(vii) The teacher asked, "How many of you think the answer is correct?"

Ans: The teacher asked how many of them thought the answer was correct.

(viii) Sunil is the fastest runner in the school.(End........as Sunil)

Ans: No other runner in the school is so fast as Sunil.