51. Change the following sentence as directed in the brackets.

(a) Akbar was one of the greatest kings of India.(Positive)

(b) Who gave you the red pen ?(passive)

(c) The sun sets in the west .(Negative)

(d) I never drink tea .(Interrogative)

(e) Parvin was too poor to buy a chain.(Comparative)

Ans: (a) Very few kings of India were as great as Akbar .

(b) By whom were you given the red pen?

(c) Doesn’t the sun set in the west?/ The sun can’t but set in the west .

(d) Do I ever drink tea?

(e) Parvin was so poor that she could not buy a chain.

52. Change the following sentence as directed in the brackets.

(a) Very few metals are as precious as gold.(Superlative)

(b) He is too weak to walk.( Negative )

(c) The boy did his best .(Negative-Interrogative)

(d) Fie! You are a cheat. (Affirmative)

(e) Pen through the line.(Passive)

Ans: (a) Gold is more precious than most other metals.

(b) He is so weak that he can not walk.

(c) Didn’t the boy do his best?

(d) It is a shame that you are a cheat .

(e) Let the line be penned through .

53. Change the following sentence as directed in the brackets.

(a) Walking is the best of all exercises .(Comparative)

(b) Walking as an exercise is usually taken in the morning or evening.(Active)

(c) An early morning walk gives us fresh vigour and strength. (Negative)

(d) This morning air refreshes the body and mind.(Interrogative)

(e) It is never harmful to our health. (Affirmative) 

Answer: (a) Walking is better than any other exercise .

(b) People usually take walking as an exercise in the morning .

(c) An early morning walk does not  give us weak vigour and strength.

(d) Doesn’t this morning air refreshes the body and mind .

(e) It is always beneficial to our health

54. Change the following sentence as directed in the brackets.

(a) Education is power.(Interrogative).

(b) Education is necessary for every man  (Negative).

(c) We should receive education.(Imperative).

(d) Man is the  best creation  of Allah.(Positive).

(e) Education is very important for man.(Exclamatory).

Answer: (a) Isn’t education power?

(b) Isn’t education necessary for every man?

(c) Let us receive education.

(d) No other creation of Allah is as good as man.

(e) How important education  is for man!

55. Change the following sentence as directed in the brackets.

(a) Honesty is a great virtue.(Interrogative)

(b) Everybody likes an honest boy. (Passive)

(c) No other virtue is as great as honesty. (Superlative)

(d) Honesty is never unrewarded. (Affirmative)

(e) It is greater than any other thing. (positive).

Ans: (a) Isn’t honesty a great virtue?

(b) An honest boy is liked by everybody.

(c) Honesty is the greatest virtue.

(d) Honesty is always rewarded.

(e) No other thing is as great as it.

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