LET'S LEARN GRAMMAR (4)

ANSWERS   (PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT)

1)No sooner did he reach home 🏡 than he was asked to start on another journey.

OR

No sooner had he reached home 🏡 than he was asked to start on another journey.

2)No sooner did the principal come into the hall than the students stood up.

IR

No sooner had the principal come into the hall than the students stood up.

3)No sooner does he finish his work than he starts playing.

4)As soon as we entered the hall, the movie started.

As soon as the girls arrived,we began to dance.

(How have you fared? Let me know.Please leave your comments )

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CHAPTER--3

INTERCHANGE   OF   DEGREES  OF  COMPARISON

OBSERVE  THESE  EXAMPLES 👇

1)Superlative--Jack is the best student .

Comparative-Jack is better than any other student.

Positive--No other student is as good as Jack.

2) Superlative-- Cricket  is  one of the most popular games.

Comparative-  🏏 Cricket is more popular than most other games.

POSITIVE-- Very few games are as popular as cricket.

3) SUPERLATIVE--Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman .

COMPARATIVE---Helen of Troy was more beautiful than any other woman.

POSITIVE--No other woman was as beautiful as Helen of Troy.

☝️☝️The First example...Note that the superlative and comparative degree have the same beginning..

Jack is..

In the positive degree..the beginning in ..No other..........Jack.

(So the subject  is at the end)

👉In  the  second example

Note that the superlative is a bit different from the first example

Cricket ....one  of the  most....

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So is the comparative

Cricket ......more  popular  than.....most other  games (not..any other)

Note the difference in positive degree too

Very  few games(not ..No other game)..are as popular as cricket.

IN INTERCHANGE OF DEGREES 

👉NOTE THAT THERE CANNOT BE ANY SUPERLATIVE DEGREE IF THE COMPARISON IS BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OR PLACES OR THINGS

EXAMPLE...

A  Live  Ass  Is Better Than A Dead 🦁 (comparative)

A Dead Lion Is Not As Good As A Live Ass.(positive)

 (An easy way to get it correct--

Bring the object in front....A dead lion

If the sentence is in affirmative change it to negative ...is not

Now change the degree...as good as.

Lastly..bring the subject to the " end"....a live ass .

Putting them together 

A dead lion is not as good as a live ass.

Another example of the previous type..

Ranch Is Cooler  Than  Kolkata

(Let's follow the example....

Kolkata is not so /as  cool as Ranchi.

Iam sure you have understood it well..and have no more problems..

Now for some  assignments..

1)He is as strong as Hercules.(use ..stronger)

2)No other metal is as  useful as iron.

(Change to SUPERLATIVE DEGREE)

3)Mumbai is bigger than any other town in India.(begin..No other)

4)Akbar was one  of  the wisest  kings.

(Change into positive degree)

5)A sunset 🌇 on the sea is one of the loveliest things in Nature.

(Begin..Very few...)

6)I have never seen so  big a diamond 💎  as this.(Use .. biggest)

7)My pony 🐴 is better trained than yours.

  (Begin-Your pony...)

8)Some flowers are at least as fragrant  as the rose.🌹(use..more fragrant than)

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 HAPPY     SOLVING 😀☝️🙆

 WAIT FOR THE ANSWERS IN MY NEXT POST....🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

ANSWERS

1) Hercules   is   not    stronger   than  he.(not  him)

2)Iron  is  the  most  useful  metal.

3)No  other  town  in  India  is  as  big  as Mumbai.

4)Very  few  kings  were  as  wise  Akbar.

5) Very  few  things  in  nature  are  as  lovely  as  a  sunset  on  the  sea.

6)This  is  the  biggest  diamond 💎 I  have  ever  seen.

7) Your  pony 🐎 is  not  as  well  trained  as my   pony .🐎

8)The  rose 🌹 is  more  fragrant  than  most  other  flowers.

             

(Check and see ☝️ if your answers  are the same).................🙋

LET'S LEARN GRAMMAR (3)

CHAPTER---3

 INTERCHANGE 

NO  SOONER  THAN   AND AS  SOON AS

HOW TO CHANGE ??☝️☹️🙄

STUDY THESE EXAMPLES 👇

a)As soon as the teacher entered the class,the boys stopped shouting.

No sooner did the teacher enter the class than  the boys stopped shouting

b)As soon as he saw the girl,he went to speak to her.

No sooner had he seen the girl than he went to speak to her.

c)As soon as the alarm rings , mother gets up .

No sooner does  the alarm  ring than  mother gets up.

d)No sooner did he write the letter than he posted it.

As soon as he wrote the letter ,he posted it.

👉(In example  'a' the question is in simple past form in As soon as  .In this case there can be two answers

The answer can be in simple past form or past perfect form in No sooner 

Therefore...No sooner did the teacher enter...

Or ..No sooner had the teacher entered....

The same in example 'b' 

No sooner had he seen  the girl...or

No sooner did he see the girl...

example 'c'..The sentence is in present tense thus the answer is also in present tense.

👉No sooner does the alarm ring.....

Example 'd'..The question begins with No sooner....thus the answer  begins with As soon as.

(Note👉No sooner in the beginning bis followed by an auxiliary verb +subject +main verb..

No sooner did  the teacher enter....

or/No sooner had the teacher entered.....

"Than" is an indispensable part of  No sooner .. sentences.)

Now for your assignment.

a)As soon as he reached home 🏡,he was asked to start on another journey.

b)As soon as the principal came into the hall,the students stood up.

c)As soon as he finishes his work,he starts playing.

d)No sooner did we enter the hall than the movie started.

e)No sooner did the girls arrive than we began to dance 

Happy solving😀😄😄

Will be back with the answers in my next post.🙋🙋🙋

ANSWERS

1)No  sooner  did  he  reach  / had  he  reached  home 🏡 than  he  was asked  to  start  on  another   journey.

2)No  sooner  did  the   principal  come  /had  the  principal  come  into  the  room  than  the  students  stood  up.

3)No  sooner  does  he  finish  his  work  than  he  goes  out  to  play.

4)As  soon  as  we  entered  the  hall, the  movie  started.

5)As  soon  as  the  girls  arrived  we  began  dancing.

☝️Check  and  see  if  you  have  got  them  all  correct.

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Let's Practice Grammar...(2)

LET'S  PRACTICE  GRAMMAR

ANSWERS   OF  ASSIGNMENT  1&2

1)She is so proud that she will not confess her guilt.

2)He is so honest that he cannot accept a bribe.

3)I am afraid that the news is so good that it cannot be true.

4)He is so weak that he cannot be promoted to the next class.

5)The sun 🌞 is so hot 🔥 that we cannot go out at present.

6)The milk is so hot that I cannot drink it.

7)He is so honest that he cannot be a successful businessman.

8)He is so ill that he cannot go to the church today.

9)He is so young that he cannot travel alone.

10)He is so stupid tat he will make a mistake.

Assignment  --2 Answers

1)He spoke too low to be heard.

2)She is too young to understand.

3)He is too wise to require any advice.

4)This poem is too difficult for me to understand.

5) Your excuse is too ridiculous to be believed.

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☝️☝️So you have got your answers .

Now check and see how many of your answers are correct ☺️.

Let's Practice Grammar

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (Part-1)

1)Remove -Too or use so...that

2)Begin ..No sooner ...

3) Interchange of degrees of Comparison

4) Interchange one part of speech into the other

5)Voice change

6)Change from Affirmative toNegative   and Negative to Affirmative without changing the meaning.

7)Change one type of sentence to the other.. Assertive to Interrogative

            Interrogative to Assertive

Assertive to Exclaimatory

Exclaimatory to Assertive

   LESSON--1

Remove-Too

How to remove  'too"?🤔🤔

The beggar  is too poor to buy food for himself.

The beggar is so poor that he cannot buy food for himself.

The word too is replaced with "so"and the infinitive  "to"is replaced by three words."that he cannot"

If the subject is a female then ...that she cannot

Or if the subject is neuter gender  then ..that it cannot..

Examples

a)The boy is too weak to walk .👇

The boy is so week that he cannot walk .

b)The man is too clever to be deceived👇

The man is so clever that he cannot be deceived.

c)The girl is too young to cook.👇

The girl is so young that she cannot cook.

Now remember one thing.

If the question is in affirmative ,the answer will be in negative and vice versa.

Example..The boy is too foolish not to be deceived.

The boy is so foolish that he can be deceived.

(If the question  is in past tense, the answer will also be in the past tense)

For example:He was too tired to work.

He was so tired that he could not work.

    Now for your assignment

1)She is too proud to confess her guilt.

2)He is too honest to accept a bribe.

3)l am afraid that the news is too good to be true.

4)He is too weak to be promoted to the next class.

5)The sun is too hot for us to go out at present.

6)The milk is too hot for me to drink.

7)He is too honest to be a successful businessman.

8)He is too ill to go to the church today.

9)He is to young to travel alone.

10)He is too stupid not to make a mistake.

  (Note:There are some sentences where the infinitive 'to' is not there.How to solve them?🤔🙄👇👇

Example:He is too eager for praise.(remove 'too)

He is over eager for praise.

  LESSON--2

INSERT   Too

This is very easy.It is just the other way round of Lesson -1.😄👇

Example:He is so short that he cannot be a soldier.

He is too short to be a soldier.👍

He is so I'll that he cannot move about .👇

He is too ill to move about.

(You must have noticed that  the word  so is removed and  too inserted in its place.

The second change is ... the three words which had been added ..'that he cannot' are removed and the   infinitive '' to ' inserted in their place. )

    LESSON--2

1)He  spoke so low that he could not be heard.

2)She is so young that she cannot understand.

3)He is so wise that he does not require any advice 

4)This poem is so difficult that I cannot understand it.

5)Your excuse is so ridiculous that it cannot be believed.

These are your assignments for 

Chapter -1,of Transformation.

ANSWERS  WILL BE GIVEN BEFORE THE STARING OF CHAPTER --2.

Hope you all have understood  this chapter well.

Please leave your comments .Will be coming up in a day or two with Chapter -2and more exercises .

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The Importance of Act 1,Scene -1 of The Tempest /The Dramatic Significance of Act 1,Scene-1, of The Tempest

                                                 The  Importance Of  Opening  Scene Of   THE TEMPEST

The opening scene of  Shakespeare's  play  THE  TEMPEST  is dramatically significant.The  Tempest begins with a storm or tempest where as in many other plays, the opening scene begins with a conversation.It is the tempest which renders the play its charm and also supplies it with the atmosphere and lends it the scope for the necessary action.The opening scene also provides the play with thrill and is thus successful in catching the attention of the audience.This scene helps the play to shape its intended course.The desire for revenge burning in the heart of  Prospero would not have been satisfied if there had been no tempest in the opening scene.It is the tempest which is instrumental in bringing Prospero's enemies to this uninhabited island.
       
        The play The Tempest, suggestive of its name opens with a storm and the audience finds a royal fleet tossing in the storm.The royal ship,which has on board  many dignitaries ,is in peril.There is a state of complete chaos.The master of the boat issuing orders to his mariners,the boatswain,tense and in a nasty mood is doing his best to save the ship .Alonso, the king of Naples ,Sebastian,his brother,Antonio,the duke of Milan and some high ranking nobles are in the royal ship.The violent tempest has brought them to the deck of the ship.All of them seem to be panic-stricken,Gonzalo a lord or counsellor however seems to have maintained his calm and has not lost his sense of humor even in the face of imminent death.The perilous situation brings out the worst in Sebastian and Antonio as they engage in a verbal duel with the boatswain. Unable to restrain himself,Sebastian curses the boatswain.."A pox o' your throat,you bawling,blasphemous ,incharitable dog.'Antonio uses more abusives as he yells at the boatswain  'Hang cur!Hang,you whore son,insolent noisemaker'
 The panic and pandemonium in the ship heightens to such a level  that the passengers throw themselves into the sea to save their lives.

         The opening scene also throws light on a profound truth that death and calamities are great levellers and bring the prince and the pauper to the same platform.Thus the boatswain doesn't think of the king but himself when he gives his best efforts to save the ship from being wrecked.Thus  he answers Gonzalo..."None that I love more than myself,"when the latter reminds him of the presence of the important persons on the ship.
                 
                            The opening scene is also remarkable for another reason.It again shows the skill and mastery of Shakespeare and his knowledge of the marine terms and the language  used by the mariners.Shakespeare has used his marine vocabulary very aptly and with great accuracy.
         "Heigh my hearts;cheerly,cheerly my hearts!
           Yare,Yare!take in the topsail...."
                     
                              The main drama takes place in this opening scene .Nature does not care for royal personage,thus the boatswain speaks out...
   "What cares these roarers for the name of the King?"

    The skillful use of language and punctuations have made the scene very dramatic. "All lost!To prayers,to prayers" highlighting a great sense of loss and arousing the imaginative powers of the audience to visualise the storm and its effects on the passengers.

        The opening scene with its thunder and lightning,noise and cries of the passengers and mariners,shouts and curses of the peerage have been succesful in capturing the attention of the audience and they are suspense and dying to know what follows....   

Compare Ariel and Caliban

                                                    CALIBAN AND ARIEL

In  Shakespearre's play THE TEMPEST ,we come across a strange creation  CALIBAN,who has been labelled as one of Shakespearre,s masterpiece by critics.

  Caliban has been wonderfully portrayed as a creature of nature,an embodiment of all that is gross and earthy.he is 'freckled,' 'a misshapen knave 'not  honoured with a human shape.He is the son of a wicked witch  Sycorax who had been banished from Algiers for her evil practices.It is said that Caliban had been fathered by the Devil  himself,as such ,he is all that is brutish,evil,ugly and stinking .Trinculo,when he finds Caliban ,calls him"A strange fish...legged like a man"Prospero,his master calls him a tortoise, a fish, and a beast.In Act 5 Scene 1,Prospero calls him "a misshapen knave"

Caliban is  brutal and savage and considers himself to be the rightful heir of this island and regards Prospero as the usurper.He is filled with intense hatred for his master Prospero and even ,conspires to kill Prospero  for treating him cruelly.He is arrogant ,vicious and ungrateful with no print of goodness in him and 'capable of all ill'

    

   Ariel another servant of Prospero on the hand  serves as a perfect contrast to Caliban. Ariel has been regarded as a unique creation of Shakespearre. Ariel is a link between the two worlds--the human and the supernatural,thus he is a perfect blend of the natural and the supernatural.Ariel is a spirit of the air.However ,he is equally at home in all the spheres.He performs incredible tasks promptly  at the orders of Prospero.He can change his shape when needed to perform his tasks,the best example being that of the Harpy(Act 3,Scene3).Though Ariel is a spirit ,he has human qualities.He is devoted to Prospero and is happy on being complimented.However like every living being ,he longs for freedom and thus sulks when Prospero tells him"there's more work..."and  says "Is there more toil?" 

           Caliban and Ariel,  both serve Prospero who is their master but they are poles apart. Caliban is is ugly, a savage ,disobedient and arrogant where as Ariel who is  invisible to all others except Prospero is grateful and servile.There is a marked difference in their relation to their master,Prospero. .Ariel  is faithful and eager to please Prospero. He is the right hand of  Prospero and serves him in the same way as FRIDAY  serves  Robinson Crusoe in Daniel Defoe's novel  "Robinson Crusoe"On the other hand,Caliban hates Prospero as he feels that Prospero has usurped the island which Caliban had inherited from his mother Sycorax. His hatred is so deep rooted that he conspires to get rid of Prospero with the help of Stephano and Trinculo. The only similarity between Ariel  and Caliban is perhaps in their longing to be free.Both Ariel  and Caliban  long for freedom  but their way to achieve it as different as jet and ivory.Ariel hopes to get his freedom by following the orders of Prospero in verbatim where as Caliban tries to get it by hatching a conspiracy .Freedom to Ariel means being his own master where as to Caliban it means a change from one  master to another.Thus Caliban's idea of freedom is as shallow as he himself is.Nature wise also,they  are a stricking contrast to the other.Ariel is intelligent and more human where as Caliban is brutal and beastly.Thus we can conclude by saying that Ariel is symbolic of the goodness and nobility in man,while Caliban stands for all that is wicked and foul.