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9.  Jeniya is not as intelligent as her brother.

                  10.  Mala is the fairest of all the girls in the group.

                  11.  Very few teachers work as hard as Ms Madhuri Sharma.

                  12.  Rohit is not the best bowler in the team.

                  13.  No other class is as noisy as Class VII C.

                  14.  This is one of the best options for you.

                  15.  No other student in the class is as good as you are.



             3.  By changing the voice of the sentence.

                 y   Active voice: She wrote a letter.
                    Passive voice: A letter was written by her.


                 y   Active voice: They will help you.
                    Passive voice: You will be helped by them.


                 y   Active: Who is taking you to the station?
                    Passive: By whom are you being taken to the station?


                 y   Active: They have built the road.
                    Passive: The road has been built.


                 y   Active: Someone has stolen my purse.
                    Passive: My purse has been stolen.


                 y   (Drop by + agent if the agent is not important or understood.)

             C.  Change the voice.

                 1.  She saw me in the morning.

                 2.  He earned a lot of name and fame as an advocate.

                 3.  I wrote an essay on the causes of cancer.

                 4.  She didn’t open the letter.

                 5.  Hasn’t your homework been finished?

                 6.  A shelf has been fixed to the wall.

                 7.  We were being followed by the crowd.

                 8.  The rioters were dispersed by the police.



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