Textual Grammars with Answers on The Model Millionaire By PKG SIR
Textual Grammars with Answers on The Model Millionaire
Textual Grammars with Answers on The Model Millionaire By PKG SIR
A. Identify the Clause (State the clause and its type)
1. Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.
Clause: Unless one is wealthy
Type: Adverbial Clause of Condition
2.When they were married Alan Trevor was the best man.
Clause: When they were married
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
3. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised.
Clause: which Hughie Erskine never realized
Type: Adjective (Relative) Clause
4. He lived on two hundred a year that an old aunt allowed him.
Clause: that an old aunt allowed him
Type: Adjective (Relative) Clause
5. The girl (whom) he loved was Laura Merton.
Clause: (whom/that) he loved
Type: Adjective (Relative) Clause
6. ...who had lost his temper and his digestion in India...
Clause: who had lost his temper and his digestion in India
Type: Adjective (Relative) Clause
7. Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own.
Clause: when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
8. As he was on his way to Holland Park, he dropped in to see Alan Trevor.
Clause: As he was on his way to Holland Park
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
9. ...Holland Park, where the Mertons lived...
Clause: where the Mertons lived
Type: Adjective (Relative) Clause
10. When he took up the brush he was a real master.
Clause: When he took up the brush
Type: Adverbial Clause
11. The only people a painter should know are people who are bête and beautiful.
Clause 1: (that) a painter should know — Adjective Clause
Clause 2: who are bête and beautiful — Adjective Clause
12. After he got to know Hughie better, he liked him quite as much for his bright buoyant spirits.
Clause: After he got to know Hughie better
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
13. When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a picture.
Clause: When Hughie came in
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
14. ...while with the other he held out his battered hat for alms.
Clause: while with the other he held out his battered hat for alms
Type: Adverbial Clause of Time
15. I suppose, to you painters, his face is his fortune.
Clause: (that) his face is his fortune
Type: Noun Clause
16. The servant told Trevor that the frame maker wanted to speak to him.
Clause: that the frame maker wanted to speak to him
Type: Noun Clause
17. He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie could not help pitying him.
Clause: that Hughie could not help pitying him
Type: Noun Clause
18. He felt in his pockets to see what money he had.
Clause: what money he had
Type: Noun Clause
19. What you call rags I call romance.
Clause: What you call rags
Type: Noun Clause
B. Change the Mode of Narration
1. 'Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,' the Colonel used to say.
Answer : The Colonel used to tell his boy to come to him when he had got ten thousand pounds of his own, and they would see about it.
2. 'What an amazing model!' whispered Hughie.
Answer : Hughie whispered (with astonishment) that it was an amazing model.
3. 'How much does a model get for sitting?' asked Hughie.
Answer : Hughie asked how much a model got for sitting.
4. 'A shilling an hour,' replied Trevor.
Answer : Trevor replied that it was a shilling an hour.
5. 'And how much do you get for your picture, Alan?' asked Hughie.
Answer :Hughie asked Alan how much he got for his picture.
6. 'Well, I think the model should have a percentage,' cried Hughie, laughing.
Answer :Hughie laughed and remarked that he thought the model should have a percentage.
7. 'Don't run away, Hughie,' he said, 'I will be back in a moment.'
Answer :He forbade Hughie to run away and promised that he would be back in a moment.
8. 'Thank you, sir,' the beggar said.
Answer :The beggar respectfully thanked him.
9. 'Well, Alan, did you get the picture finished all right?' he said.
Answer :He asked Alan if he had got the picture finished all right.
10. 'My dear Alan,' cried Hughie, 'I shall probably find him waiting for me when I go home.'
Answer :Hughie addressed Alan affectionately and cried that he would probably find him waiting for him when he went home.
11. 'Alan,' said Hughie seriously, 'you painters are a heartless lot.'
Answer :Hughie told Alan seriously that painters were a heartless lot.
12. 'You told that old beggar all my private affairs?' cried Hughie.
Answer :Hughie cried out in dismay asking whether he had told that old beggar all his private affairs.
13. 'Have I the honour of addressing Monsieur Erskine?' said the old gentleman.
Answer :The old gentleman asked respectfully whether he had the honour of addressing Monsieur Erskine.
14. 'I beg, sir, that you will offer him my sincerest apologies,' stammered Hughie.
Answer :Hughie stammered and politely begged him to offer the Baron his sincerest apologies.
C. Change the Voice
1. His father had bequeathed him his cavalry sword.
He had been bequeathed his cavalry sword by his father. (or: His cavalry sword had been bequeathed to him by his father.)
2. An old aunt allowed him two hundred a year.
He was allowed two hundred a year by an old aunt. (or: Two hundred a year was allowed him by an old aunt.)
3. Hughie hung the sword over his looking glass.
The sword was hung over his looking glass by Hughie.
4. Laura adored him.
He was adored by Laura.
5. The Colonel would not hear of any engagement.
Any engagement would not be heard of by the Colonel.
6. People eagerly sought after his pictures.
His pictures were eagerly sought after by people.
7. Over his shoulders was flung a coarse brown cloak.
He flung a coarse brown cloak over his shoulders.
8. Trevor was putting the finishing touches to a wonderful lifesize picture.
The finishing touches to a wonderful lifesize picture were being put by Trevor.
9. He slipped the sovereign into the beggar's hand.
The sovereign was slipped into the beggar's hand by him.
10. You have made a conquest.
A conquest has been made by you.
11. He buys all my pictures.
All my pictures are bought by him.
12. He gave me a commission a month ago to paint him.
I was given a commission a month ago by him to paint him. (or: A commission was given to me a month ago by him to paint him.)
13. The Baron has commissioned me to bring you this letter.
I have been commissioned by the Baron to bring you this letter.
D. Identify Participle, Gerund, or Infinitive
1. "There is no use in being a charming fellow."
being — Gerund (acting as the object of the preposition 'in')
2. "He had every accomplishment except that of making money."
making — Gerund (acting as the object of the preposition 'of')
3. "He dropped in to see a great friend of his."
to see — Infinitive (expressing purpose)
4. "When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a picture."
putting — Present Participle (used as an object complement)
5. "The beggar was standing on a raised platform."
standing — Present Participle (used in forming past continuous tense); raised — Past Participle (used as an adjective modifying 'platform')
6. "His thick boots were patched and cobbled."
patched, cobbled — Past Participles (used as predicate adjectives)
7. "Hughie could not help pitying him."
pitying — Gerund (used as object of the idiom 'could not help')
8. "He walked home, feeling very unhappy."
feeling — Present Participle (modifying the subject 'He')
9. "I can understand your kissing a pretty model."
kissing — Gerund (preceded by the possessive determiner 'your')
10. "He extended a sealed envelope."
sealed — Past Participle (used as an adjective modifying 'envelope')
E. Transformation of Sentences
1. Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. (Turn into a Compound sentence)
One must be wealthy, or else there is no use in being a charming fellow.
2. The poor should be practical and prosaic. (Rewrite using the noun forms of 'practical' and 'prosaic')
The poor should possess practicality and prosaicness.
3. He had every accomplishment except that of making money. (Turn into a Negative sentence)
He had no accomplishment except that of making money.
4. They were the handsomest couple in London. (Change into Positive degree)
No other couple in London was as handsome as they.
5. He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie could not help pitying him. (Rewrite using 'too...to')
He looked too forlorn and wretched for Hughie not to pity him.
6. Model millionaires are rarer still. (Change into Comparative degree)
Model millionaires are rarer than any other human beings (or: rarer than most other people).
7. Ultimately he became nothing. (Turn into an Interrogative sentence)
Did he become anything ultimately?
8. I wouldn't paint him in a frockcoat for anything. (Turn into an Affirmative sentence)
I would refuse to paint him in a frockcoat for anything.
