Join the sentences by using a Noun or a phrase in Apposition:

Two simple sentences can be joined by placing a noun or phrase in apposition. A noun or phrase that is placed immediately after a noun to make a reference to it is said to be in apposition to it.

Example: Rabindranath was a great poet.He won the Nobel Prize.

Ans: Rabindranath,a great poet,won the Nobel Prize.

                       Practice yourself

i) Satyajit Ray died in 1994. He was a great filmmaker.

ii) Nurul Hasan was the governor of West Bengal. He was a noted historian.

iii) We saw the picture. It is a masterpiece of art.

iv) They went to Kashmir. The valley is known as heaven on earth.

v) Owen died young. He was a poet of great promise.

vi) His brother is an engineer. He lived in America.

vii) Rana Pratap loved Chaitak. It was his faithful horse.

viii) Chandigar is a fine city. It was designed by De Corbusier.

ix) The police arrested the man. He was a notorious extremist.

x) Kolkata is called the city of joy. Many tourists visit this city.

xi) Mozart was a great musician, He composed beautiful music.

xii) I spent two days in London. It is one of the most attractive places in England.

xiii) There goes my brother. He is called Sourabh..

xiv) Yuvraj Singh is a dashing cricketer. He hit sixes in an over.

xv) Mr. Roy is the Principal of our school. He is an MA in English.

xvi) Tagore’s most famous work is Gitanjali. It is a collection of short poems.

xvii) His uncle built this bridge.His uncle was an engineer.

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Do as directed:

1. I was looking for a stag. (Change the voice)
2. She said, "I have your secret here inside my little bag." (Change the mode of narration)
3. I met an old woman there. (Change the voice)
4. She began to cackle and began to quake. (Make it complex)
5. She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake. (Use 'as soon as')
6. She opened up her little bag. I came twice awake. (Use "No sooner than")
7. I was surrounded by a staring tribe. (Use relative clause and rewrite)
8. I was surrounded by a staring tribe. (Change the voice)
9. They said, "We are the oak trees and your own true family." (Change the mode of narration)
10. We are chopped down. (Change the voice).
11. We are torn up. (Change the voice)
12. You do not blink an eye. (Make It interrogative)
13. Unless you make a promise, you are going to die. (Make it negative)
14. You see an oak tree felled. Swear now you will plant two. (Join with Whenever)

 Study the flow-chart and describe how Lemon Squash is prepared.

Collect a number of lemons--Wash them in clean water--Peel off the lemons with a knife---Boil the lemons by adding water in a pan---cool the boiled lemons--Extract the lemon juice by compressing the lemons with hand--strain the juice--Add an appropriate measure of citric acid and sugar--Pour it into bottles-Now lemon squash has become ready for use.

MY OWN TRUE FAMILY 

by 

TED HUGHES

1. Where did the poet creep?

2. What was the poet looking for?

3. Who did the poet meet there?

4. Whom did the poet meet in an oakwood?

5. Where did the poet meet an old woman?

6. How did the old woman look like?

7. What did the old woman say to the poet?

9. What did the old woman do after saying so?

10. What did the poet do when the old woman began to cackle?

11. What did the poet find when he ‘came twice awake’?

12. What does the poet mean by ‘came twice awake’?

13. What did the tribe say?

14. What allegation did the tribe made against the poet?

15. How did they threaten the poet?

16. Who are the own true family of the poet?