CBSE Class 11 English Transformation of Sentences Worksheet Set 01

Transformation of Sentences

Question. Read the dialogue between Shabnam and her mentor, Sara, regarding her summer internship programme. Report Sara’s dialogue by choosing the correct option.
Sara: Why did you choose to participate in this internship programme?
Shabnam: Ah! I am convinced that this programme has the potential to enhance my abilities.
Sara asked Shabnam ___________________ in that internship programme. Shabnam sighed and exclaimed that she was convinced that that programme had the potential to enhance her abilities.
(a) why to choose to participate
(b) to choose participation
(c) about her choice to participate
(d) with her choice in participating
Answer: (c) about her choice to participate

Question. Read the dialogue between Charlie and Patty, about Santa Claus. Report the dialogues by choosing the correct option.
Charlie: Dear Santa, here is a list of what I want. How do you suppose Santa Claus can afford to give away all those toys?
Patty: Promotion! Don’t kid yourself. Everything these days is promotion! I will bet if the truth were brought about, you will find that he’s being financed by some big eastern chain.
While making the list of what Charlie wanted from Santa Claus, he asked Patty how (i) ____________ all those toys. She said that (ii) ____________ and that it was possible as Santa (iii) __________ big eastern chain.

Question. (i)
(a) Santa Claus could afford to give away
(b) Santa Claus will give away
(c) Santa Claus gave away
(d) Santa Claus is giving away
Answer: (a) Santa Claus could afford to give away

Question. (ii)
(a) everything these days were promotion
(b) everything these days was promotion
(c) everything those days was promotion
(d) everything these days was going to be promotion
Answer: (c) everything those days was promotion

Question. (iii)
(a) was financing by some big eastern chain
(b) had been financed by some big eastern chain
(c) was being financed by some big eastern chain
(d) will be financed by some big eastern chain
Answer: (c) was being financed by some big eastern chain

Question. Read the dialogue between Shruti and Aksa. Report the dialogues by choosing the correct option.
Shruti: Your dress is very pretty!
Aksa: My mother gave it to me on my birthday.
Shruti: When does your birthday fall?
Shruti told Aksa (i) __________. Aksa informed her (ii) ___________. Shruti enquired (iii) ________.

Question. (i)
(a) that your dress is pretty
(b) that her dress is pretty
(c) that your dress was pretty
(d) that her dress was pretty
Answer: (d) that her dress was pretty

Question. (ii)
(a) that my mother had given it on her birthday
(b) that her mother had given it on her birthday
(c) that her mother had given it on my birthday
(d) that her mother has given it on her birthday
Answer: (b) that her mother had given it on her birthday

Question. (iii)
(a) when her birthday fell on
(b) when your birthday falls on
(c) when your birthday is on
(d) when your birthday was on
Answer: (a) when her birthday fell on

Question. Report the dialogue between Shailaja and Ms. Ankita, by completing Shailaja’s sentence:
Shailaja : Ma’am, when will you return my Geography project file?
Ms. Ankita : It is yet to be checked, child. And I am not keeping well these days.
Shailaja rang up her teacher Ms. Ankita and asked ______________ project file. Shailaja, in response to her question, replied that it was yet to be checked and further added that she was not keeping well those days.

Question. Read the dialogue between Doctor and Sagar, regarding morning walk. Report the dialogues by choosing the correct option.
Doctor: Do you go for a morning walk?
Sagar: I don’t have enough time in the morning.
Doctor: But morning walk is very essential for you.
Sagar: I walk many miles a day during the course of my work.
The doctor asked Sagar (i) _______________. Sagar told him (ii) ______________ enough time in the morning. The doctor insisted that (iii) __________. Sagar told him that he walked many miles a day during the course of his work.

Question. (i)
(a) if you went for a morning walk
(b) if he went for a morning walk
(c) if you go for a morning walk
(d) if he goes for a morning walk
Answer: (b) if he went for a morning walk

Question. (ii)
(a) that I do not have
(b) that I did not have
(c) that he did not have
(d) that he does not have
Answer: (c) that he did not have

Question. (iii)
(a) morning walk had been very essential for him
(b) morning walk has been very essential for him
(c) morning walk was very essential for him
(d) morning walk is very essential for him
Answer: (d) morning walk is very essential for him

Question. Read the dialogue between Alba and Gulab, regarding his grandfather. Report the dialogues by choosing the correct option.
Alba: Where are you going now?
Gulab: I am going to look for my grandfather.
Alba: What happened to him?
Gulab: He was suffering from high fever.
Alba asked Gulab (i) __________________. Gulab replied that (ii) ______________. Alba further asked him (iii) _______________. Gulab told him that he had been suffering from high fever.

Question. (i)
(a) where I am going now
(b) where he was going then
(c) where I was going then
(d) when he is going then
Answer: (b) where he was going then

Question. (ii)
(a) he is going to look for his grandfather
(b) I am going to look for my grandfather
(c) he was going to look for his grandfather
(d) he was going to look for my grandfather
Answer: (c) He was going to look for his grandfather

Question. (iii)
(a) what was happening to him
(b) what is happened to him
(c) what has happened to him
(d) what had happened to him
Answer: (d) what had happened to him

Question. Select the correct option to report the conversation between Sahil and his uncle.
Sahil : I need some cash before I leave for the trip.
Uncle : You can ask for some from your teacher, if required. I have already spoken to her.
Sahil said that he needed some cash before he leaves for the trip. His uncle responded that __________________. He had already spoken to her.
(a) he can ask for some cash from your teacher, if required
(b) he could asked for some cash from your teacher, if required.
(c) he could be asked for some cash from your teacher, if required.
(d) he can ask for some cash from his teacher, if required.
Answer: (d) he can ask for some cash from his teacher, if required.

Question. Select the correct option to report the conversation between Ayush and Alisha.
Ayush : What did you think about the question paper?
Alisha : I didn’t think it was very difficult.
Ayush : I found the writing section very interesting.
Ayush asked Alisha ___________________________. Alisha replied that she didn’t think it was very difficult. Ayush added that he found the writing section very interesting.
(a) what she thought about the question paper
(b) what did you think about the question paper
(c) what you thought about the question paper
(d) what she think about the question paper
Answer: (a) what she thought about the question paper

Question. Read the dialogue between mother and daughter. Report the dialogues by choosing the correct option.
Mother: Why don’t you clean up your study table, dear?
Daughter: I don’t have time, Mama.
Mother: How can you study in this mess?
The mother lovingly asked her daughter (i) _______________. The daughter replied (ii) _____________. Expressing her surprise, the mother asked her (iii) ____________.

Question. (i)
(a) why don’t you clean up your study table
(b) why you did not clean up your study table
(c) why she didn’t clean up her study table
(d) why she does not clean up her study table
Answer: (c) why she didn’t clean up her study table

Question. (ii)
(a) that I don’t have time
(b) that she don’t have time
(c) that she does not have time
(d) that she didn’t have time
Answer: (d) that she didn’t have time

Question. (iii)
(a) how she could study in that mess
(b) how she can study in this mess
(c) how can you study in this mess
(d) how you could study in that mess
Answer: (a) how she could study in that mess

Question. Report the dialogue between a vendor and his customer, by completing the sentence.
Vendor: It is nice to see you, Sir.
Customer: Yes, indeed! Unlike last month, I have been away for quite some time this month.
The vendor greeted his customer respectfully and mentioned that he was pleased to see him. The customer answered in the affirmative and explained that ____________________.
Answer: unlike the previous month, he had been away for quite some time that month.

Question. Report the dialogue between Mr Gupta and Raman, by completing Mr Gupta’s sentence:
Mr Gupta : Can you manage the post of a public relations executive? It will involve some degree of stress too.
Raman : I’m sure I will be able to do the job competently.
Mr Gupta asked Raman ________________________. Raman assured Mr Gupta that he would be able to do the job competently.
Answer: if he could manage the post of a public relations executive