Active and Passive Voice

 Change the following sentences into the passive voice:

1. Ram writes a letter.

Answer 

    Ans. A letter is written by Ram.

2. She sings a song.

Answer 

    Ans. A song is sung by her.

3. The pot contains milk.

Answer 

    Ans. Milk is contained in this pot. 

4. Rahul won a race.

Answer 

    Ans. A race was won by Rahul.

5. Why did you beat him?

Answer 

   Ans. Why was he beaten by you?

6.  I am reading a book.

Answer 

   Ans. A book is being read by me.

7. Is she not cooking food?

Answer 

   Ans. Is food not being cooked by her?

8. What are you looking for?

Answer 

   Ans. What is being looked for by you?

9. They were digging the ground.

Answer 

   Ans. The ground was being dug by them.

10. I have finished the work.

Answer 

 Ans. The work has been finished by me.

11.  He has given me a book.

Answer 

    Ans. A book has been given to me by him.

12.  He had bought a new car. 

Answer 

    Ans. A new car had been bought by him.

13. He will paint the door.

Answer 

    Ans.The door will be painted by him.  

14.  I can lift this box.

Answer 

   Ans. This box can be lifted by me.

15. He will have made a chair.

Answer 

   Ans. A chair will have been made by him.  

16.  Fortune favours the fools.

Answer 

   Ans. The fools are favoured by fortune.

17. Who taught you English?

Answer 

   Ans. By whom were you taught English? 

18. Post this letter.

Answer 

   Ans. Let this letter be posted. or You are requested to post this letter.

19.  Do you know him?

Answer 

   Ans. Is he known to you?

20.  Never tell a lie.

Answer 

 Ans. A lie should never be told.

21. Who stole your book?

Answer 

    Ans. By whom was your book stolen.

22.  Respect your elders. 

Answer 

    Ans. You are advised to respect you elders.

23. Sit down, please.

Answer 

    Ans. You are requested to sit down.  

24. We should take exercise daily.

Answer 

   Ans. Exercise should be taken daily. 

25. Honey tastes sweet.

Answer 

   Ans. Honey is sweet when tasted. 

26.  The police have arrested him.

Answer 

   Ans. He has been arrested.

27. Do not waste your time.

Answer 

   Ans. Let your time not be wasted.

28. It is time to take tea.

Answer 

   Ans. It is time for tea to be taken.

29.  One must do one’s duty.

Answer 

   Ans. Duty must be done.

30.  Rose smells sweet.

Answer 

 Ans. Rose is sweet when smelt.

Ans-Key, 10th-Eng, Half Yearly Exam, Sep-2023

1. Unseen Passage

a) b. by developing the child's latent qualities

b) c. To develop desirable qualities and curb undesirable ones

c) a. Socializing and humanizing pupils

d) c. It plays a vital role in education

e) c. Solitude

2. Unseen Passage

1. Rats and mice

2. Their high rate breeding

3. Grains of all sorts

4. 

5. Field rats, wild rats, house rats

4. Grammar

i) Her father died on 24th June 2004.

ii) should

iii) Would

iv) He said that he did not like coffee.

v) will

vi) a

vii) I tell you, sir, I have read King Lear.

5 Passage

(a) to see his field of ripe corn 

(b) a strong wind began to blow

(c) new silver coins

(d) hailstones

(e) A Letter to God

Stanza

1. The Tiger. He walks in anger.

2. Metaphor

3. A tiger in the zoo. Leslie Norris

4. Quiet rage

5. Quiet rage

Ans-Key, 11th-Eng, Half Yearly Exam, Sep-2023

 

Ans Key

1. Passage

1. (B) There is now more accurate and timely information about impening floods

2. (B) The inability of the earth to absorb concentrated volumes of rain

3. (C) Cutting trees leads to erosion and siltation, causing water to spill over riverbanks

4. (C) Monsoons are predicated to become shorter but with more intense precipitation.

5. Population pressures lead to settlement on riverbanks, which are prone to flooding.

4. Grammar

(i). (b) Verb

(ii).(b) Verb

(iii)(d) some

(iv) (e) an

(v). had read

(vi) practice

(vii) A delicious meal was prepared by the chef.

5. Passage

(i). (d) only in the afternoon

(ii).(b) into fine crumbs

(iii)(c) They create a loud noise of chirruping

(iv) (c) On her legs, shoulders, and even her head 

(v). (c) She smiles and allows themto stay

                  OR

Stanza

(i).  (c) Loud and boisterous

(ii). (c) Sleek

(iii) (c) It creates a buzzing of activity

(iv) (d) The engine of her family

(v). (d) Motionless and calm

9th-Eng, Half Yearly Exam Sep 2023, Paper & Ans.Key

 

Ans Key

1. Unseen Passage

i.  c) A Library with books

ii. b) Adventure stories about pirates

iii c) after school

iv b) it made him a better student

v. c) Writing his own stories

2. Passage

a) Maria enjoyed spending her evening at her grandfather's old bookstore.

b) The shelves of the bookstore were filled with books of all genres

c) The smell of old pages mixed with fresh coffee.

d) Maria found hand witten stories

e) She found these stories were truly magical

4. Grammar

i.  May God bless you!

ii  are playing 

iii an

iv a

v. was cooking

vi Tom said that he would be there the next day.

vii She said that she was reading a book right then.

5. Passage

i)  on March 14, 1879

ii) in the German city of Ulm

iii) his head was too large, he uttered everything twice

iv) He loved mechanical toys

v) Einstein's sister

       OR

i)

ii)

iii)

iv)

v)

Ans-Key, 12th-Eng, Half Yearly Exam 2023-24

1. Unseen Passage

(i)  (d) The Enlightened one

(ii) (a) Siddhartha

(iii)(a) Prince Siddhartha's charioteer

(iv) (b) the life outside his father's palace

(v)  (d) all of the above

2. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it in points only, using abbreviations, wherever necessary. Also, suggest a suitable title. 5
Answer:

1. How to control common cold:

1.1  No cure to control it
1.2 Cure available, for Typhus & Plague
1.3 Cold not yet solved

2. Reasons for cold:

2.1 It is a viral infection
2.2 It is called Rhinoviruses

3. Identifying viruses:

3.1 Smaller than bacteria so can’t be seen with ordinary microscopes
3.2 Cannot be easily cultivated in bacteriologists lab. 

4. No immunity from cold:

4.1 viruses causing cold attacks only on surface & not bloodstream
4.2 cannot be opposed by anti-bodies
4.3 imm. from one virus doesn’t guarantee protection from all

♦ List of Abbreviations

Eff. – effective
& – and
avail. – available
prob. – problem
infec. – infection
lab. – laboratory
Dev. – development
no. – number
imm. – immunver Common Cold 

4. Grammar

i. had started

ii. has been

iii. The old man told that Ashoka (had) believed in justice.

iv. the

v.  A number of things were stolen by the thief.

vi. My sister baked the cake for the party.

vii. can

5. Passage

(i). c. Prussian forces have taken over the region

(ii) c. The Prussians have ordered that only German would be taught

(iii) b. He regrets it

(iv) c. The significance of his French heritage and culture

(v) c. The importance of one's mother tongue and the impact of political changes on education

              OR

i.  b) Beauty brings joy that lasts forever

ii. b) It increases constantly

iii. sweet dreams

iv. b) It is a resting place

v.  b) Dreams, health, and tranquility

Q.6 What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? 

Ans.  Saheb is a ragpicker. He scrounges the garbage dumps for bits of paper, rags, plastic items, etc. These are gold for him. He makes his living by selling these things. 

Q.7 How did the Champaran episode change the plight of the peasants?Ans. The Champaran episode changed the condition of the peasants. The Peasants now gained courage. They saw that they had defenders of their rights. One by one the British planters left their estates. These estates came back to the peasants. Indigo sharecropping disappeared for ever.

Q. 8 What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem 'Keeping Quiet'?

Ans. Man’s sadness is the result of his own thinking and actions. He fails to understand himself. He is always in hurry. He has no time to think over his actions. He has no time for self introspections. That is why he often remains sad.

Q.9 Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?

Ans. Because the late winter’s moon looks very pale and colourless. The poetess’ mother is also old. She looks pale like late winter’s moon. That is why her mother has been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon.’