English
Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary EducationHSC Science Class 12

Change the following sentence into Passive Voice. The crowd expected their leader to arrive early in the morning.

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.

The crowd expected their leader to arrive early in the morning.

One Line Answer
Advertisements

Solution

The leader was expected to arrive early in the morning.

shaalaa.com
Grammar
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Grammar- Active and Passive Voice [Page 77]

APPEARS IN

Samacheer Kalvi English Class 12 TN Board
Chapter 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Grammar- Active and Passive Voice | Q 1 b. | Page 77

RELATED QUESTIONS

Read the lines below.

  1. 'To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds'.
    The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something non - human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called ‘Personification’.
  2. ‘To believe is to know that
    Everyday is a new beginning’.
  3. To believe is to know ______ life is a gift
    Lines in poetry, such as the above, state a general truth and can be used as sayings or quotes etc. They contain the Figure of Speech called Epigram.
    Epigram closely resembles a proverb.

Find from the poem three other examples of Epigram.

  1. ______________________________
  2. ______________________________
  3. ______________________________

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Tenali Raman was a poet scholar and jester in Vijaynagar in Krishnadevarayas court. (Punctuate)


Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :

  1. clause
  2. sentence

Underline the main clause in the following sentence.

There are a few people in every village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the year.


What is Transitive and intransitive verbs and give some example.


Identify the preposition in the given sentence and underline them.

Prabhu was hiding behind the door when his sister came looking for him.


Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.

_________ she ________ (watch) TV?


It was ________ unforgettable experience.


Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.

Our first complete silence in months!


Complete the sentence in present tense form.

Arun a ______ eagerly ______ (wait) to meet her friend since morning.


Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(visit the Tajmahal)


Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.

Sudha fell over during the basketball match.


Lithisha was praised ______ her father.


Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.

After her evening prayers, my grandmother went to the temple.


Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

This is my pen.


Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.

I returned home _______ the bus had started.


Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

You ______ (take) leave.


Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column

  1. kindly
  2. soft
  3. sweet
  4. everywhere
  5. bright
  6. constanly
  7. few
  8. then
  9. huge
  10. loudly
Adverb Adjective
   

Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.

The train will be arriving on 2nd platform.


Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.

Is this bottle empty?
No, it is _____.


Match the rhyming words.

soft week
blow know
grow hot
seek flow

Fill in the blank

He _______ all the money within an hour. (spend)


Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.

I had gone to my grandma’s home.


Read the following passage and correct the error you come across.

Rajan slowly settle down in his retired life. His pension plus what his wife bring from the household work she does helped them to meet their requirements. Life is easy until one Sunday. His granddaughter Madhu come crying. The clay doll in her hand had broken into two. Rajan pacify her and promise to mend it. This small repair work become the founding stone of a very prosperous venture into making clay dolls which earn him great respect.


Fill in the blank in the following sentence with appropriate preposition.

The nearest hospital ______this place is ______a distance of twenty kilometers. You can reach it either ______car or ______a bicycle.


Do you know what happened to the Titanic, the largest ship to sail then? She hit an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Now choose the right word and complete the paragraph. Read the paragraph aloud.

The wreck (1) ______(up/of) the RMS Titanic lies (2) ______( in/at)a depth of (3) ______(about/ above) 12,500 feet about 370 miles south east (4) ______(of/off) the coast of Newfoundland. It lies (5) ______(in/on) two main pieces about a third (6) ______(of/off) a mile apart. The bow is still largely recognizable (7) ______(with/ within) many preserved interiors, despite the damage it sustained hitting the sea floor. A debris field (8) ______(of/for) the wreck contains thousands (9) ______(on/ of) items spilled (10) ______(from/of) the ship as it sank. She sank (11) ______(in/at) the year 1912.


Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.

Elambrathi has a second-hand car.


Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

Deva forgot ______the letter.


Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.

______ information that she gave proved false.


Write compound word using the pictures.

  +
______

Complete the slogan, by filling in the blank with the correct option.

Your plastic contribution ______ causing ocean pollution.


Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×