Do as directed SSC

1. Match the following sentences with their correct question tag:

A	B
The word cereal comes from Ceres,	will you?
Atta is prepacked and milled,	can't you?
You can smell the river in the grain,	isn't it?
Get your Atta freshly ground from a local chakki,	doesn't it?
I was like any other kid	am I?
I am not surprised with these ressults,	don't they?
People shoo birds away,	wasn't I?

Key The word cereal comes from Ceres,doesn't it? Atta is prepacked and milled,isn't it? You can smell the river in the grain,can't you? Get your Atta freshly ground from a local chakki,will you? I was like any other kid,wasn't I? I am not surprised with these ressults,am I ? People shoo birds away,don't they?
2. Complete the following sentences by using passive voice.
1. You can save eight to ten trees every year.
• Eight to ten trees can be saved every year by you.

Your family uses a ton of paper every year.

• A ton of paper is used by your family every year.

He vacated the seat.

• The seat was vacated by him.

Language Study

1. "It's so unfair!"said the boys.(Rewrite as indirect speech.)
• The boys exclaimed that it was very unfair.
2. People are consuming packaged food.(Frame 'wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
• Who are consuming packaged food?
3. One needs to do a little bit of time management and planning.
• What does one need to do ?
4. These medals are bigger than any other awards.(Begin the sentence with "No other award....")
• No other award is as big as these medals.
5. Their expansion was put on hold.(Rewrite using the Present Perfect tense of the underlined verb)
• Their expansion has been put on hold.
6. The true survival rate is not adequate.(Rewrite as an affirmative sentence.)
• The true survival rate is inadequate.
7. Playing for India gave me the opportunity to travel the world, to play on some of the greatest grounds of the world.(Rewrite using 'not only ..... but also)
• Playing for India gave me the opportunity not only to travel the world but also to play on some of the greatest grounds of the world.
8. Virdhawal Khade is the fastest swimmer in the world.(Begin your sentence with 'No other swimmer.....)
• No other swimmer is as fast as Virdhawal Khade.
9. He holds several records.(Begin with 'The several records.....)
• The several records are held by him.
10. She looked across at Geraldine Wong.(Frame 'wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer.)
• Whom did she look across at?
11. She thought wryly. (Frame Yes/No type question.)
• Did she think wryly?

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