Exercise 69 1.  What a horrible night it is! 2.  How base of him to desert you in your time of need! 3.  How hard to believe that he did such a deed! 4.  If only I had met you ten years ago! 5.  How stupid of me to forget your name! 6.  What an unhappy life he leads!                                                 *****************

Exercise 68 1. I would give anything to see you happy. 2. It was a wonderful sight there. 3. Man is a wonderful piece of work. 4. Great things might be done if men were wise. 5. An elephant is a wonderful creature. 6. He manages his sword very awkwardly. 7. I wish we two were playing like infants. 8. I wish I had the wings of a dove. 9. It is quite a large nose. 10. I wish I had a good horse. 11. I wish I were safe at home. 12. It was a great fall, my countrymen. 13. It was a very delicious meal. 14. A quiet life affords very sweet delight. 15. The camel is quite well fitted for the work he has to do. 16. You are very cold. 17. This is a very beautiful scene. 18. These mangoes have a very delicious flavour. 19. It is quite shameful of you to use a poor cripple so. 20. I wish I knew more people. 21. You have grown quite big.                       xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...

Do as directed 1. The water dripping from his face, the boy looked at her. (Split) A. i) The water was dripping from the boy's face. ii) He looked at her. 2. They recognized me and wounded me. ( Change the voice.) A. I was recognized and wounded by them. 3.She said, "I didn't know anyone else was there." ( Turn indirect) A. She said that she hadn't known any one else had been there. 4. They all answered his question differently. (Use the adjective from of  'differently' ) A. They all gave different answers to his question. 5. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed everyday. ( Turn affirmative) A. I forgot the exact number of people she fed everyday. 6. I cannot continue the discussion as my heart is palpitating. (Split) A. i) My heart is palpitating. ii) So I cannot continue the discussion.

Do as directed 1. I am the most unhappy of men. (Change into positive degree) A. No other man is as unhappy as I. 2. I have nothing to forgive you for.(Turn complex) A. I have nothing for which I can forgive you. 3. "Good night ! Behave yourself, boy" she said. (Indirect) A. She bade the boy good night and advised him to behave himself. 4. All the birds are faint with the hot sun. (Use verb form of 'faint') A. All the birds faint with the hot sun. 5.My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. (Voice) A. People widely regarded my patents as an ideal couple. 6. This is not a correct approach. ( Turn affirmative) A. This is an incorrect approach.

Do as directed 1. The poetry of earth is never dead. ( Turn assertive) A. The poetry of earth is ever alive. 2. They fill the hollow full of light. ( Voice) A. The hollow is filled full of light by them. 3. "Do you need somebody to go to the store?" asked the boy. A. The boy asked if the lady needed somebody to go to the store. 4. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. (Turn complex) A. Adversity always presents opportunities which are needed for introspection. 5. He takes the lead in summer luxury. (Use 'lead' as verb) A. He leads in summer luxury. 6. She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it. (Split) A. i) She was a large woman. ii) She had a large purse. iii) The purse had everything in it.

Do as directed 1. She was silent.(Turn it negative) A. She did not say any word. 2. My mother's lineage was more distinguished than my father's. A. My father's lineage was not as distinguished as my mother's. 3. The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie. (Split) A. i) A man had entered the compartment. ii) He had broke into my reverie. 4. I cannot help you. ( Use an infinitive) A. I am unable to help you. 5. What more do I want? (Voice) A. What more is wanted by me? 6. " You have already been answered." said the hermit to the Tsar. A. The hermit told the Tsar that he had already been answered.

A. Do as directed 1. I didn't know anyone else was there. (Change into affirmative) Ans. I thought it was empty. 2. " If I turn you loose, will you run?" (Change the voice) Ans. " If you are turned loose by me, will you run?" 3. It grows slowly.(Use the noun form of growth) Ans. Its growth is slow. 4. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?(Turn into assertive sentence) Ans. I shall not compare thee to a summer's day. 5. I cannot continue this discussion as my heart is palpitating.(split into simple sentences) Ans. i) My heart is palpitating. ii) I cannot continue this discussion. 6. "Why don't you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?" I asked my father.( Turn into indirect speech) Ans. I asked my father why he did not say that to the people who come to him for help and advice.

The poem "Meeting at Night" describes the journey of a lover to meet his beloved. The lover sets out in a boat at sea at night. The sea is grey and the land is long and black. The moon in the sky is yellow, half, large and low. The boat startles the sleepy little waves awake and leap in fiery ringlets. The boat reaches the bay on the other side and stops in the slushy sand. The lover then walks a mile along the sea-scented beach and across three fields until he approaches the cottage of his beloved. He gives a tap on the window pane to let his beloved know of his presence and at once with a sudden sharp scratch a match is lit inside with a blue spurt. Then a whisper of the beloved that comes out of her joys and fears, is heard. The voice is less loud than the beatings of the two hearts caused by the deep excitement of their union.

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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept 3, 1802 William Wordsworth Summary While crossing over the Westminster Bridge in an early morning the poet discovers the majestic beauty of the city of London. It seems to him to be the most beautiful scene of the planet. He declares that you’d have to be someone with no spiritual sense and no taste for beauty to pass over the bridge without stopping to marvel the sight that is so touching in its majesty. The city is wearing the beauty of the morning like a garment. It is so early in the morning that everything around is very quiet and bare. Towers, domes, theatres, temples and ships that form the vast open landscape visible from the bridge, stand before him in all their grandeur in the soft morning light. There is no fog in the air to obscure the view. The valley, rock and hill shine brightly. The river is flowing undisturbed. The poet expresses his gratitude to god for his benign gift. The city is still blissfully asleep and soon it ...

8. What news did the messenger bring Macbeth about Birnam wood? How did Macbeth react to it? Was Birnam wood really moving? Why did Macbeth lose his confidence? What realization did Macbeth have while fighting with Macduff? Why did he rather prefer to be killed than to be imprisoned? How was he finally killed?             A messenger, pale and shaking with fear came to Macbeth and reported that he had just noticed Birnam woods to be moving.             At this, Macbeth roared in anger and called him a liar. He warned the messenger that if it came out false, he would hang him alive. But he himself began to doubt the prophesy of the witches that he would never be vanquished until Birnam woods advanced towards Dunsinane. However he decided that they should put on their armour and go out to Battle .             So...

7. Why did Lady Macbeth commit suicide? Why did Macbeth grow careless of life?             Lady Macbeth, the queen had been the sole partner of Macbeth in all his wickedness. But evil is repaid with evil. Unable to bear the remorse of guilt, the queen had begun to suffer terrible nightmares. She suffered from somnambulism that ultimately led her to commit suicide.             The queen died and Macbeth was left alone without anyone to care for him. Now he had no one with whom he could share his wicked plans. As a result Macbeth grew careless of life and even longed for death.

6. Why did Macbeth kill Macduff’s wife and children? Why did he begin to envy the condition of Duncan ?             Macbeth left the witches cave and soon he heard that Macduff, the thane of Fife had fled to England to join the army which was formed against him under the leadership of Malcolm. This enraged Macbeth so violently that he mercilessly killed Macduff’s wife and children.             Macbeth lost all his nobility and had become a tyrant and a murderer. The whole kingdom began to hate him and his rule. Nobody loved or honoured him any more. Moreover, many fled to England to join Malcolm and Macduff. This filled Macbeth with despair and made him restless. So he began to envy the dead Duncan who was sleeping undisturbed in his grave. Treason had done its worst to him but now neither sword nor poison, no domestic malice or foreign enemies could heart him any l...

5. Why did Macbeth visit the heath once more? What did he see there? What did the witches say to Macbeth and what did Macbeth asked them about Macduff? What happened when Macbeth asked them about Banquo?             The assassins appointed by Macbeth killed Banquo but his son Fleance somehow escaped. Now Macbeth and his wife found no peace thinking that Fleance would be the father to a line of kings in Scotland . So Macbeth decided to visit the heath once more in search of the three weird sisters to know his final outcome.             Macbeth reached a cave near the heath where some witches were engaged in preparing their charms. In a huge cauldron, they were boiling a number of awful things like toads, bats, serpents, the eye of a newt and so many others. [Book] Macbeth boldly demanded them to call the three witches. The three witches then appeared one by one. Th...

4. What did Malcolm and Donalbain do when they heard of the murder? Why was Banquo killed and what happened to his son? What happened to Macbeth in the banquet?             When it was discovered that Duncan was murdered, his two sons fled immediately. Malcolm, the elder son fled to England while Donalbain, the younger fled to Ireland .             Duncan was murdered and Macbeth became the king of Scotland . Macbeth and his wife still could not forget the prophesy of the weird sisters that the children of Banquo, not of Macbeth, would be the kings after him. This thought rankled within them and they decided to kill Banquo and his son Fleance to nullify the prediction. So they arranged a banquet and invited Banquo and his son . Macbeth had appointed some assassins who attacked Macbeth and his son on their way to the banquet. They killed Banquo but Fleance somehow m...

3. What were the strong reasons against the murder that Macbeth thought? Why did Lady Macbeth accuse Macbeth of cowardice and fickleness?   How did Macbeth attempt to kill Duncan and finally kill him? What did Macbeth hear while coming back to his room after murdering Duncan ? What did Lady Macbeth do with the blood stained dagger?             Macbeth thought that there were strong reasons against the murder. Macbeth was not only a subject but also a close relative to Duncan . Besides, he had been a host to the king, so his duty would be to protect the king from the threat of murderers, not to bear the dagger himself. Moreover, Duncan was so greatly loved and honoured by his subjects that his murder would surely stain Macbeth’s high reputation.             Conflicts of Macbeth’s mind were preventing him from executing the murder of Duncan . But Lady Macbeth had ...

2. How did Macbeth and his wife get the opportunity to fulfill their plan to murder Duncan ? How had Lady Macbeth developed the art of camouflaging? When and why did Lady Macbeth herself take the charge to murder Duncan ? How did her attempt fail?             Returning home, Macbeth told her wife about the predictions of the three witches and also its partial accomplishment. Lady Macbeth was an extremely ambitious woman. She encouraged Macbeth and they together thought that murdering Duncan could be the only way to the fulfillment of the prophesy that Macbeth would be the king of Scotland . The opportunity itself came along. It happened that at that time Duncan came to visit Macbeth’s castle to honour Macbeth for his triumph against the rebels.             Lady Macbeth had already thought of murdering Duncan and was looking for an opportunity. Yet while treating Du...

1. Who were Duncan & Macbeth? When did the two Scottish Generals meet the witches? How did the witches look? What did they say? What did miraculously correspond to the prediction made by the second witch? What was Macbeth’s reaction to that? What was Banquo’s opinion about the predictions made by the witches?             Duncan was the king of Scotland . He was a meek king.             Macbeth was a brave General who lived in Scotland . He was the thane of Glamis. He had great valour and skill in wars. He was also a close relative of the old king Duncan.             Two Scottish Generals, Macbeth and Banquo were returning from a great battle. On the way they met three witches.             The three witches looked like women, except that they had b...

LEELA’S FRIEND R. K. NARAYAN 1. a) When did Mr. Sivasanker subject Sidda to a scrutiny and what observation did he make? b) What did Sivasanker inquire of Sidda and what did Sidda reply? c) Why did Sivasanker call his wife and what observation did she make? d) “ and that decided it” – What was decided and how? e) On what conditions Sidda was appointed? a)          Sidda was hanging about the gate when Mr. Sivasanker was standing in the front veranda of his house. Sivasanker was brooding over the servant problem. As Sidda told him that he was looking for a job of a servant, Sivasanker asked him to come inside the gate and subjected him to a scrutiny.             To Mr. Sivasanker, Sidda didn’t seem to be a bad sort at any rate and he also looked tidy. b)          Sivasanker asked Sidda where he had been before, what his master’s name ...