2. What does it mean ?
Replacing a piece of
text with other text
with needful changes.
3. Four types of changes
Change of gender
male – female
Change of number
singular – plural
Change of tense
present – past – future
Change of voice
active – passive
4. 1. Change of gender
Male female
He she
Man woman
Gentleman lady
Boy girl
Brother sister
ToTo
Cont….
7. Example
Change of ‘a woman’ in place of ‘a man’
A man was very rich.
He prayed to the God to give
him more wealth. The god
granted him the golden touch.
He himself wanted to test it.
8. Answer
A woman was very rich.
She prayed to the God to
give her more wealth. The
God granted her the
golden touch. she herself
wanted to test it.
9. Exercise - I
Change the following text
Tomorrow my uncle will come
here. He will come by his car.
He himself drives the car. He
will give me his new motorcycle.
Start this way :- Tomorrow my aunt..
10. Exercise - II
Change the following text
I am a soldier. I have a gun in
my hand. Mine is a risky job but I
do not have any fear. People
respect me a lot. I myself do all
the work.
Start this way :- Nilesh is ….
11. 2. Change of number
Singular Plural
I we
He/she they
This these
That those
Child children
A boy boys
ToTo
13. Example
Change of ‘they’ in place of ‘he’
He is a very sincere student.
He respects his elders.
He does all his work himself.
His parents never complain
about him.
14. Answer
They are very sincere students.
They respect their elders.
They do all their work
themselves.
15. Exercise - I
Change the following text
Look at that child. He is very
clever. He himself does all his
work. He has his own library.
Start like this :- Look at those…
16. Exercise - II
Change the following text
Those boys are playing on the
ground. They were sent by
their master. Their games
were praised by him. They are
going to take part in a national
event.
Start like this : That boy ….
17. 3. Change of tense
simple present cont. present
(I am going) (I go)
simple present simple past
(I go) (I went)
simple present simple future
(I go) (I will go)
ToTo
18. Required changes
Present past future
am / is was will be
have / has had --
can could --
shall / will would --
may might --
base – verb ‘ed’ verb will + verb
do not / does not did not will not
19. Example
Change of ‘visited’ in place of ‘will visit’
Rutvik will visit Nal Sarovar
tomorrow. They will leave at
6.00 and reach at 8.00. they
will watch birds. They will take
photographs.
20. Answer
Rutvik visited Nal Sarovar
yesterday. They left at 6.00
and reached at 8.00. They
watched birds. They took
photographs.
21. Exercise - I
Change the following texts
I teach English in class 10th
. I
read a unit twice. I do not
make translation. I always
write difficult words on the
black board.
Start this way :- I am teaching …
22. Exercise - II
Change the following texts
Sanjana does not like movie.
She always reads magazine.
She is interested in reading.
She likes to read the thoughts
of writers.
Start this way :- Sanjana did…..
23. 4. Change of Voice
Active voice passive voice
base verb am/is/are + p.p.
‘ed’ verb was/were + p.p.
do/does not+verb am/is/are +p.p
did not+verb was/were +p.p.
To be + ing to be +being+p.p.
have/has/+p.p. have/has+been+p.p
had+p.p. had+been+p.p.
modal+verb modal+be+p.p.
ToTo
25. Example
Change the following text into passive
We celebrate the teachers’ day
every year. We will celebrate it
next Monday. The student teacher
will run the school. They will teach
different subjects.
26. Answer
The teachers’ day is celebrated
by us every year. It will be
celebrated next Monday. The
school will be run by the
student teacher. Different
subjects will be taught by them.
27. Change the following text.
Trees give us many things. They
provide shelter. We should protect
the trees. We should plant more
trees.
Start like this :- We are given …
Exercise - I
28. Exercise - II
Change the following text.
King Robin invited some princes.
They ate testy dishes. Did the
king allow the princes to dance
with him? The princes did not
enjoy the party.
Start like this :- Some princes…..
29. Home work
Change the following texts.
(1)Trupti always works hard. Her
parents take a lot of care for her.
She is an obedient girl. She never
boast herself for her success.
Start like this:- Tanmay always ….
30. Cont…
(2) Mr. Patel rang the bell.
Nobody answered him. He
himself opened the door. He
saw his clerk with a file.
Start this way :- The bell was….