Chapter 5 Indigo
Chapter 5 Indigo
Grammar
Vocabulary
Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/ idioms and rewrite the sentences:
(1) We are en route to your office, please wait a little longer, (close to, on the way, searching for)
-> We are on the way to your office, please wait a little longer.
(2) My father’s friends call upon him every Saturday, (invite, ring up, visit)
-> My father’s friends visit him every Saturday.
(3) She was away for years and in consequence, she has few friends. (because of, however, as a result)
-> She was away for years and as a result, she has few friends.
(4) I want to confer with you on how to handle the problem. (decide, discuss, try out)
-> I want to discuss with you on how to handle the problem.
(5) His late-game goal finally broke the deadlock and put his team in the lead, (made a drastic change, brought an end to stalemate, made a miracle)
->His late-game goal finally brought an end to stalemate and put his team in the lead.
Rectification of Errors
Rectify the errors in the following text:
Question 1.
This settlement adopted unanimously by the commission. Gandhi explained if the amount of the refund was less important than the fact that the landlords had obliged to surrender part of the money.
Answer:
Rectification of Errors
Question 2.
The officials felt powerless with Gandhi’s cooperation. He helped them .regulating the crowd. He was polite and friendly. He was given them concrete proof that their might, hitherto dreadful and unquestioned, could be challenged by Indians.
Answer:
Punctuation
Punctuate the following passage:
Next Gandhi called on the British official! commissioner of the tight division in which the Champaran district lay the commissioner Gandhi reports proceeded to bully me and advised me forthwith to leave that.
Answer:
Next, Gandhi called on the British official commissioner of the Tirhut division in which the Champaran district lay. “The commissioner,” Gandhi reports, “proceeded to bully me and advised me forthwith to leave Tirhut.”
Indirect Speech:
Convert the following into Indirect Speech:
One woman took Kasturbai into her hut and said, “Look, there is no box or cupboard here for clothes. The sari I am wearing is the only one I have.”
Answer:
One woman took Kasturbai into her hut and showed her that there was no box or \ cupboard there for clothes. Then she added that the sari she was wearing was the only one she had.
Transformation of Sentences
Rewrite as directed :
1. Gandhi had never heard of the place. (Change the Voice.)
2. For weeks he never left Gandhi’s side. (Turn into Affirmative.)
3. It was an extraordinary thing in those days. (Turn into Exclamatory.)
4. Muzzafarpur lawyers called on Gandhi to brief him. (Use ‘With a view to’.)
5. I have come to the conclusion that we should stop going to law courts. (Turn into Simple.)
6. The sharecropping arrangement was irksome to the peasants. (Turn into Negative.)
7. Gandhi did not leave. Instead, he proceeded to Motihari, the capital of Champaran. (Join these sentences using ‘instead of’.)
Answer:
1. The place had never been heard of by Gandhi.
2. For weeks he kept by Gandhi’s side.
3. What an extraordinary thing it was in those days!
4. Muzzafarpur lawyers called on Gandhi with a view to briefing him.
5.1 have come to the conclusion to stop going to law courts.
6. The sharecropping arrangement was not gratifying to the peasants.
7. Instead of leaving, Gandhi proceeded to Motihari, the capital of Champaran.
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