Sentence Transformation Exercises for Class 9 CBSE With Answers
Sentence Transformation:
Read the following conversations and complete the passages:
Question 1.
Raj : What are you angry about?
Mother : Everything you do.
Raj : Could you be a little more specific?
Mother : You should know by now.
Raj (a) _________ his mother (b) _________. She replied that she was (c) _________. Raj asked (d) _________ be a little more specific for which she retorted that (e) _________.
Answer:
(a) asked
(b) what she was angry about he did
(c) angry about everything he did
(d) if she could
(e) he should have known it by then
Question 2.
Bela : Will you attend Bitu’s birthday party?
Rohit : My father will not permit me.
Bela : But why?
Rohit : He wants me to prepare for tomorrow’s test.
Bela asked Rohit (a) _______. Rohit replied (b) ______. On being (c) ______. Rohit told Bela (d) __________ his father (e) _______.
Answer:
(a) if he would attend Bitu’s birthday party
(b) that his father would not permit him
(c) asked further
(d) that
(e) wanted him to prepare for the next day’s test.
Question 3.
Father : We have to pay the toll tax here.
Son : What is toll tax?
Father : This is paid by the people for the maintenance of roads.
Son : We should not pay it as the road is very bumpy.
Father told that (a) ______ . Son asked (b) ________. Father told him (c) ________ the people for the maintenance of roads. Son said that (d) ____ as the road (e) ______ .
Answer:
(a) they had to pay the toll tax there.
(b) what toll tax was.
(c) that was paid by
(d) they should not have paid it
(e) was very bumpy
Question 4.
Sonu : Have you heard about the organ donation camp?
Neena : No, what is that?
Sonu : In organ donation one can donate body parts after death to save the life of others.
Neena : I will also join this organ donation.
Sonu asked Neena (a) ______about the organ donation camp. She replied (b) ________ and asked (c) _______. Sonu informed (d) _______ one can donate body parts after death to save the life of others. Neena said (e) ______ also join that.,organ donation.
Answer:
(a) whether she had heard
(b) in the negative
(c) what that was
(d) that in organ donation
(e) that abe would
Question 5.
Mainte : Where are you going?
Joy : I am going to the market to purchase some grocery items.
Mamta : Will you bring a notebook for my son?
Joy : Yes, I will bring it as the stationery shop is on the way.
Manita was sitting outside ber home thinking how to get a notebook for her son as it was raining. Suddenly she saw Joy on the road and asked him (a) . He told that (b) . Mamta (c)______ a notebook for her son. Joy (d) ________ that he (e) ______ as the stationery shop was on the way.
Answer:
(a) where he was going.
(b) he was going to the market to purchase some grocery items.
(c) requested him to bring
(d) replied in the affirmative
(e) would bring it
Question 6.
An 80 year old man went to his doctor foe a pre-surgery check-up.
Doctor : Open your mouth. Are your teeth original’
Patient : What?
Doctor : Do your teeth belong to you?
Patient : Yea, I have paid for them, now they are mine.
An 80 year old man went to his doctor for a pre-surgery check’.up. The doctor (a) _______ his mouth and asked him (b) . The patient didn’t seem to understand. So the doctor asked him (c) ________. The patient gave (d) ________ and said (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) told him to open
(b) if his teeth were original
(c) if his teeth belonged to him
(d) a positive response
(e) that he had paid for them, and that they were hie then
Question 7.
Child : I want a balloon, which I can release into the air.
Vendor : Which colour balloon do you want?
Child : Which colour balloon will take me up with it?
Vendor : It is not the colour of the balloon, it is what is inside that makes it go up.
A child (a) _________ a balloon vendor that (b) _________. The vendor (c) _______. The child (d) _______ colour balloon would take him up. The vendor replied (e) _________ .
Answer:
(a) told
(b) he wanted a balloon that he could release in the air.
(c) asked the child as to what colour balloon he wanted.
(d) then asked which
(e) that It was not the colour of the balloon but it was what was inside that made it go up.
Question 8.
Reporter : Why have you been personified?
Mirror : I behave like a human being.
Reporter : How are you a little god?
Mirror s I always reflect the truth.
The Reporter asked the Mirror (a)_____ The Mirror replied (b)_____ like a human being. The Reporter further asked (c) ______ The Mirror gladly (d) ________ that he always (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) why it had been personified
(b) that it behaved
(c) how it was a little God?
(d) answered
(e) reflected the truth
Question 9.
Father : Have you done your work?
Son : Yes, T have completed my work.
Father : Can you go and post the letter?
Son : I will post it but you have to hand over the keys of the car and allow me to go by your car.
Father asked his son (a) _______. The son replied in the affirmative that (b) ________. Father asked (c) _______ and post the letter. The son said (d) ______ post it but he (e) ________ of the car.
Answer:
(a) if he had done his work
(b) he had completed his work
(c) ifhe could go
(d) that he would
(e) would have to hand over the keys
Question 10.
Mother : Dear, have you finished your homework?
Daughter : Yea, mom.
Mother : Are you free now?
Daughter : Yes, mom. Do you want me to help you with something?
Mother : Yes. Can you help me surf the net?
Speaking to her daughter affectionately, mother (a) _______. The daughter (b) _______. The mother (c) _______. The daughter replied affectionately and asked (d) ________. The mother desired time available to her (e) _______.
Answer:
(a) asked her if she had finished her homework
(b) replied affirmatively
(c) asked her if she was free them
(d) if she wanted her help her mother with something
(e) in surfing the net
Question 11.
Oscar : Will you go to attend the party?
Bunny : Ravi ha not invited me.
Oscar : I am afraid to go because he has not invited many friends.
Bunny : He is a miser you have been called, you go and enjoy.
Oscar asked Bunny (a) _______ to attend the party. Bunny told him that (b) _______. Oscar was afraid to go because (c) ________. Bunny told him that Ravi was a miser, he (d) ________ called so (e) ________ go and enjoy.
Answer:
(a) if she would go
(b) Ravi had not invited her
(c) Ravi had not invited many friends
(d) had been
(e) he should
Question 12.
Shivani : Where are my bike keys?
Shreyaa : I think ¡ saw them in the kitchen shelf.
Shivani : Can you bring them for me?
Shreya. : No, you get it yourself.
Shivani was ready for college but could not find her bike keys, She asked Shreyas (a) ________. Shreyas replied that (b) ______ kitchen shelf. Shivaxu asked her (c) ________. Shreyaa (d) ________ and asked her (e) ________
Answer:
(a) where her bike keys were
(b) he had seen them in the kitchen shelf
(c) if he could bring them for her
(d) answered negatively
(e) to get it herself
Question 13.
Sheetal : I want to change many things in India.
Madhu : You want to fight corruption and crime?
Sheetal : Yes, but I don’t know how to remove them from India.
Madhu : You have a chance to do it by joining the youth parliament.
Sheetal told Madhu (a) ________ many things in India. Madhu asked (b) ________ to fight corruption and crime. She (c) _______ in the affirmative but she (d) _____ remove them from India. Madhu replied that (e) ______ by joining the youth parliament
Answer:
(a) that she wanted to change
(b) if she wanted
(c) replied
(d) didn’t know how to
(e) she had a chance to do so
Question 14.
Wife : Dear, the servant has run away.
Husband : Is there anything missing?
Wife : My gold watch is not there.
Husband : Where did you keep it?
The wife (a) ________ her husband (b) ________. The husband asked her (c) __________. The wife (d) _______ that her gold watch was not there. The husband enquired (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) affectionately told
(b) that the servant had run away.
(c) if anything was missing.
(d) told him
(e) where she had kept it
Question 15.
Student : I want to complete my higher studies abroad. What is the dress code in the campus?
Facilitator : The dress code in most of the campuses is usually informal.
Student : Where can I stay?
FacIlitator : You can stay on campus or rent an apartment.
A student plans to study abroad (a) _______ the facilitator what (b) _____ in the campus. The facilitator replied that (c) ________. The student further enquired (d) ________ The facilitator replied that be (e) ________ or rent an apartment.
Answer:
(a) and inquiries
(b) the dress code was
(c) the dress code in most of the campuses is usually informal.
(d) where he could stay.
(e) could stay on campus
Question 16.
Doctor : Your husband must have rest and peace. I am going to prescribe some sleeping pills.
Patient’s wIfe : Thank you, doctor. When do I give them to him?
Doctor : I don’t mean to give them to him. I want you to take them yourself.
The doctor (a) ________ the patient’s wife that (b) . The patient’s wife (c) ________ the doctor and asked (d) _________. The doctor clarified that (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) told
(b) her husband must have rest and peace and that he was going to prescribe some sleeping pills.
(e) thanked
(d) him when she should give them to him.
(e) he didn’t mean to give them to him and said that he wanted her to take them herself.
Question 17.
Student : What are the vaccines that T have to take before going to the US?
Tour incharge : You need to take the MMR vaccine at least twice since your birth.
Student : How much weight is allowed by the airlines?
Tour incharge : You can carry 46 kilos with you in two bags.
A student plane to study abroad and (a) _______ the tour incharge (b) ________ that he had to take before going to the US. The tour incharge (c) _____ to take the MMR vaccine at least twice since his birth. The student wanted to know how much weight (d) _______ by the airline. The tour incharge replied (e) _______ with him in two bags.
Answer:
(a) Inquires from
(b) what the vaccines were
(c) informed him that he had
(d) was allowed
(e) that he could carry 46 kilos
Question 18.
Varun : Why do you look so sad?
Jira : I lost my Nike studs.
Varun : Don’t worry, just put a notice on the notice board.
Jiva : Okay. Thanks for the idea.
Varun asked Jiva (a) ______ Jive (b) ________ that he (c) ________ his Nike studs. Varun asked him not to worry and (d) _______. Jive (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) why he looked so sad
(b) replied
(c) had lost
(d) put a notice on the notice-board
(e) thanked Varun for the idea.
Question 19.
Sonu : I went to Jaipur with my parents last week.
Neena : How was your journey?
Sonia : It was a bumpy ride but I enjoyed my stay in the Pink City.
Neena : I also like the palaces of Pink City.
Sonia told Neena that (a) __________ parents the previous week. Neena asked (b) ________. Sonu (c) _______ was a bumpy ride (d) ________ his stay in the Pink City Neena (e) _______ the paisoes of the Pink City.
Answer:
(a) he had gone to Jaipur with his
(b) him how his journey had been
(c) replied that it
(d) but he had enjoyed
(e) shared that she also liked
Question 20.
Mother : Why are you so upset’
Sunita : I didn’t go to the party.
Mother : You were so excited, what happened, why didn’t you attend the party’
Sunita : I had a fight with faena so I decided not to attend the party.
When Sunita returned from school, she seemed to be very upset. Her mother enquired why (a) ________. Sunita replied that she (b) ________. Mother was (c) ________ because she was very excited to attend the party and enquired why he had not attended the party. She told she (d) _______ with faena (e) ______ attend the party.
Answer:
(a) she was so upset.
(b) had not gone to the party.
(c) very surprised
(d) had a fight
(e) so she had decided not to
Question 21.
Bunny : How will you survive in India?
Foreigner : I will sing and earn money.
Bunny : Where will you stay?
Foreigner : I am planning to stay on the flstpath.
A foreigner came to India to understand its culture. Bunny asked (a) ______ survive in India. He replied (b) ______ and earn money. Bunny further (c) _______ he would stay. To that he (d) _______ that (e) ______ to stay on the footpath.
Answer:
(a) how he would
(b) that he would sing
(c) enquired where
(d) replied
(e) he was planning
Question 22.
Mahesh: Can you come to my house today?
Sathish : Sorry, Mahesh, ¡ can’t make it today.
Machash: Do you have any other program for the day?
Sathlsh : No, actually my dad is coming from America today and ¡ need to go to the airport to pick him up.
Mahesh asked Sathish (a) ________. Sathish replied (b) ________. Mahesh asked him (c) _______ any other program (d) ________. Satish replied (e) ________.
Answer:
(a) if he could come to his house that day
(b) that he could not make it that day
(c) whether he had
(d) for that day
(e) in the negative and added that his dad was coming from America that day and he needed to go to the airport to pick him up.
Question 23.
Sheetal : Have you heard about the youth parliament?
Meenu : Yes, I have applied online to be a part of it.
Sheetal : What is the procedure to apply?
Meenu : You can apply online giving personal details and a three minute video showeasing your debating skills.
Sheetal asked Meenu (a) ______ about the youth parliament. Meenu replied in (b) _______ she had applied online to he a part of it. Sheetal (c) ________. Meenu told that (d) _____ giving personal details and a three minute video showcasing (e) _______.
Answer:
(a) if she had heard
(b) the affirmative that
(c) asked Meenu what the procedure to apply was
(d) she could apply online
(e) her debating skills.