Grammar: Re-ordering & Transformation of Sentences — Class 11 MCQs with Answers
Class 11 CBSE English · Chapter 22
30 practice questions · 30 Medium · Updated
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Grammar: Re-ordering & Transformation of Sentences — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 11 English)
2 solved questions from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. Tap an option to check yourself.
- Q1Medium
Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I am busy today.'
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Answer: He said that he was busy that day.
Explanation: After a past reporting verb the present shifts to past, 'I' becomes 'he' and 'today' becomes 'that day'.
- Q2Medium
Change to a complex sentence: 'He is too weak to walk.'
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Answer: He is so weak that he cannot walk.
Explanation: 'Too... to' becomes 'so... that... cannot', which introduces a subordinate clause and makes the sentence complex.
Key concepts: Grammar: Re-ordering & Transformation of Sentences (Class 11 English)
This chapter covers the second half of the grammar section: rearranging jumbled words into sentences, and transforming sentences without changing their meaning. Both reward knowing a small number of fixed patterns.
- Re-ordering method
- Find the verb first, then its subject, then attach objects and modifiers. English word order is subject-verb-object, with adverbs of frequency between the auxiliary and the main verb.
- Adverb placement
- 'We should never lose hope' — never sits between the modal and the main verb, not before the modal and not at the end.
- Active to passive
- The object becomes the subject, the verb becomes 'be + past participle' in the same tense, and the old subject follows 'by'. An indefinite agent such as 'someone' is normally dropped.
- Passive of continuous and perfect
- Present continuous becomes 'is/are being + past participle'; present perfect becomes 'has/have been + past participle'. The tense never changes in transformation.
- Passive of imperatives and questions
- 'Open the door' becomes 'Let the door be opened'. 'Who broke the window?' becomes 'By whom was the window broken?'
- Direct to indirect: three changes
- Shift the tense back, change the pronouns to fit the reporter, and change the time and place words: today to that day, tomorrow to the next day, here to there.
- Reported questions
- Keep statement word order and drop the auxiliary: 'Where do you live?' becomes 'She asked me where I lived.' Use 'asked', not 'said to'.
- Reported commands and exclamations
- Commands take an infinitive — 'told him to', 'forbade him to'. Exclamations take 'exclaimed that' with the exclamatory form turned into a statement using 'very'.
- Universal truths do not shift
- 'He said that the sun rises in the east.' A general truth keeps the present tense even after a past reporting verb.
- Simple, compound, complex
- Simple has one finite verb; compound joins two main clauses with and, but, so or or; complex has a main clause plus at least one subordinate clause.
- Common transformation pairs
- 'Too… to' becomes 'so… that… cannot'. 'In spite of' becomes 'Though'. A purpose clause becomes an infinitive to make a sentence simple.
- Degrees of comparison
- Superlative to positive: 'No other boy is as tall as Ravi.' Superlative to comparative: 'taller than any other boy.' Note that 'any other' is required, not 'any'.
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What are the key concepts in Class 11 English Grammar: Re-ordering & Transformation of Sentences?+
This chapter covers the second half of the grammar section: rearranging jumbled words into sentences, and transforming sentences without changing their meaning. Both reward knowing a small number of fixed patterns. Key ideas include Re-ordering method, Adverb placement, Active to passive, Passive of continuous and perfect, Passive of imperatives and questions, Direct to indirect: three changes.
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It has 30 NCERT-based MCQs on "Grammar: Re-ordering & Transformation of Sentences": 30 Medium. Together they make 3 timed quizzes, and you never get the same set twice. Every question has an instant explanation. They help you prepare for CBSE Board exams.
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