ex-89

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Exercise-89

Direction: Turn the following into the passive.

1. He said, “The earth moves round the sun.”

Ans. He said that the earth that moves round the sun.

 

2. The priest said, “Man is mortal.”

Ans. The priest said that man is mortal.

 

3. He said, “I had won the prize.”

Ans. He said that he had won the prize.

 

4. She said to me, “I had been playing with you.”

Ans. She told me that she had been playing with me.

 

5. He said, “I get up early in the morning.”

Ans. He said that he got/gets up early in the morning.

 

6. My son said to me, “I have done my lesson, so I am playing.”

Ans. My son told me that he had done his lesson, so he was playing.

 

7. He said to me, “I did not love you at all.”

Ans. He told me that he had not loved me at all.

 

 

8. The teacher said, “Labour never goes in vain.”

Ans. The teacher said that labour never goes in vain.

 

9. The mother said, “My child is my love.”

Ans. The mother said that her child is her love.

 

10. He said, “sympathy is greater than gold.”

Ans. He said that sympathy is greater than gold.

 

11. My father said, “Work is worship.”

Ans. My father said that work is worship.

 

12. He says to me, “You never helped me, so I will not help you.”

Ans. He tells me that I news helped him, so he will not help me.

 

13. He said to me, “Time and tide wait for no man.”

Ans. He told me that time and tide wait for no me.

 

14. She will say to me, “You have cheated me.”

Ans. She will tell me that I have cheated her.

 

15. She will say, “I could find her.”

Ans. She will say she could find her.

 

16. He said to me, “I know what you did.”

Ans. He told me that he knew what I have done.

 

17. I said, “Iron is more useful than gold.”

Ans. I said that iron is more useful than gold.

 

18. They said, “We can’t live without water.”

Ans. They said that we couldn’t live without water.

 

 

19. He said to me, “I was teaching your son.”

Ans. He told me that he had been teaching my son.

 

20. He said to her, “I had been teaching your son.”

Ans. He told her that he had been teaching her son.