Amarnath
Textual Grammar
BIJAN
SIR
Articles and
Prepositions Set
1:
1.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
It was …………. the course of an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens
…………. Achhabal, that the Swami suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath
with …………. pilgrims, and take his daughter …………. him.
Ans: in, at, the,
with
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Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 2:
2.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
And aided thus, as well as …………. the State officer, in charge of
…………. journey, preparations went forward …………. this unique experience.
Ans: by,
the, for
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 3:
3.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
We left Achhabal, and returned …………. our boats at Islamabad,
…………. final arrangements, and everywhere we
saw …………. march of gathering hosts.
Ans: to, for,
the.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 4:
4.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
Two or three thousand people would encamp in …………. field, and
leave it before dawn, …………. no trace of their occupation, save the ashes ………….
their cooking fires.
Ans: a, with, of
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 5:
5.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
The tent of the Tehsildar,-with that …………. the Swami on one
side, and my own on …………. other,-was generally placed near some advantageous
spot for the lighting of the evening fire, and thus his neighbourhood tended
…………. form a social center.
Ans: of, the, to.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 6:
6.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
But, as he told …………. tale of his warm discussions, the foreign
mind could not help, …………. some amusement, noting the paradox that the
Tehsildar himself, and many officers and servants …………. the pilgrimage, had
been Mussulmans.
Ans: the, with, of,
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 7:
7.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
I can remember yet the brilliance………….the lights reflected in
………….clear black waters of the tank that evening, and throngs of pilgrims
proceeding …………. little groups from shrine to shrine.
Ans: of,
the, in
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 8:
8.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
…………. Swami had observed every rite of the pilgrimage, as he
came along. He had told his beads, kept fasts, and bathed …………. the ice-cold
waters of five streams in succession, crossing the river-gravels …………. our
second day.
Ans: The, in, on
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 9:
9.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
But …………. pilgrimage culminates—on the great day ………….
Rakhibandhan, and our wrists were tied with the red and yellow threads ………….
that sacrament.
Ans: the,
of, of
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Articles and Prepositions Set 10:
10.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
And …………. the rest of his life, he cherished …………. memory of how
he had entered a mountain-cave, and come face to face there …………. the Lord
Himself.
Ans: for, the, with,
Amarnath Textual Grammar Active Passive Voice
Set 1:
Active: The
Swami suddenly announced his decision.
Passive: His decision was
suddenly announced by the Swami.
Active: He
would take his daughter with him.
Passive: His daughter
would be taken with him.
Active: We
left Achhabal.
Passive: Achhabal was left
by us.
Active: Two or three
thousand people would encamp in a field.
Passive: A field would be
encamped by two or three thousand people.
Active: The
pitching of tents took place rapidly.
Passive: Tents were
pitched rapidly.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Active Passive Voice Set 2:
Active: The Swami
influenced the monks.
Passive: The monks were
influenced by the Swami.
Active: He had
received the gift from Siva.
Passive: The gift from
Siva had been received by him.
Active: We saw the
last of human dwellings.
Passive: The last of human
dwellings was seen by us.
Active: He
entered the Cave.
Passive: The Cave was
entered by him.
Active: They had
told how they had come upon Mahadev.
Passive: How they had come
upon Mahadev had been told by them.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Active Passive Voice Set 3:
Active: The camp
halted for a day.
Passive: A day was halted
by the camp.
Active: They urged
the Swami to draw attention to the world.
Passive: The Swami was
urged to draw attention to the world by them.
Active: Pilgrims
proceeded in little groups from shrine to shrine.
Passive: Little groups of
pilgrims proceeded from shrine to shrine.
Active: He sat
long silent.
Passive: A long silent
sitting was done by him.
Active: The
Tehsildar came with a group of friends.
Passive: A group of
friends came with the Tehsildar.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Active Passive Voice Set 4:
Active: The
Swami made practical concessions.
Passive: Practical
concessions were made by the Swami.
Active: He had
observed every rite of the pilgrimage.
Passive: Every rite of the
pilgrimage had been observed by him.
Active: He told his
beads.
Passive: His beads were
told by him.
Active: We had a
meal on some high boulders.
Passive: A meal was had by
us on some high boulders.
Active: The Swami
knelt and prostrated.
Passive: Kneeling and
prostration were done by the Swami.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Active Passive Voice Set 5:
Active: They argued
that the soil was drenched with blood.
Passive: It was argued by
them that the soil was drenched with blood.
Active: He
drove his principles home to their minds.
Passive: His principles
were driven home to their minds by him.
Active: They filled
his tent.
Passive: His tent was
filled by them.
Active: The foreign
mind noted the paradox.
Passive: The paradox was
noted by the foreign mind.
Active: Pilgrims
encamped at Pawan.
Passive: Pawan was
encamped by pilgrims.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Active Passive Voice Set 6:
Active: We ascended
the valleys.
Passive: The valleys were
ascended by us.
Active: He knelt and
prostrated two or three times.
Passive: Two or three
times of kneeling and prostration were done by him.
Active: We returned
to our tents.
Passive: Our tents were
returned to by us.
Active: They had
remonstrated with him seriously.
Passive: He had been
remonstrated with seriously by them.
Active: He felt that
he had never been to anything so beautiful.
Passive: It was felt by
him that he had never been to anything so beautiful.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 1:
Do as Directed:
1. The Swami
suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath with the pilgrims.( Rewrite using noun form of ‘announce’)
Ans: The Swami made a
sudden announcement about his plan to go to Amarnath with the pilgrims.
2. We left
Achhabal, and returned to our boats at Islamabad, for final
arrangements.( Turn into simple)
Ans: Leaving Achhabal, we
returned to our boats at Islamabad for final arrangements.
3. It was
in the course of an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens at Achhabal that the
Swami suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath with the pilgrims. ( Turn into Complex)
Ans: During an open-air
meal in the Mogul Gardens at Achhabal, the Swami announced his plan to go to
Amarnath with the pilgrims.
4. The scenery
of Switzerland or Norway is as gentle and lovely as the scenery at Pahlgam. (Change to comparative degree)
Ans: The scenery at
Pahlgam is gentler and lovelier than that of Switzerland or Norway.
5. The story of
the glimpses which I caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly
incomplete.
It contained no mention of his worship of the Mother. (Combine using an appropriate conjunction)
Ans: The story of the
glimpses which I caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly
incomplete unless it contained mention of his worship of the Mother.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 2:
Do as Directed:
1. There was
too much feeling of delighted congratulation within our little party. ( Rewrite using the ‘noun’ form of ‘congratulation’)
Ans: Our little party felt
delighted and congratulated too much.
2. They carried
a bazaar with them, and at each halting place, the pitching of tents took
place. ( Turn into simple)
Ans: Carrying a bazaar
with them, they pitched tents at each halting place.
3. We returned
to our boats at Islamabad for final arrangements, and everywhere we saw the
march of gathering hosts. (Turn into a complex
sentence)
Ans: We returned to our
boats at Islamabad for final arrangements seeing the march of gathering hosts
everywhere.
4. The
organisation appeared to be as instinctive as any other. (Change to comparative degree)
Ans: The organisation
appeared to be more instinctive than any other.
5. He spoke of
Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life. He was constantly
preoccupied with Her. (Combine to form a
complex sentence)
Ans: He spoke of Her as if
she were deeply familiar in the household life, and he was constantly
preoccupied with Her.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 3:
Do as Directed:
1. Preparations
went forward for this unique experience. (Rewrite
using the adverb form of ‘forward’)
Ans: They prepared
forwardly for this unique experience.
2. The Swami
announced his pilgrimage to Amarnath. (Turn into a complex
sentence)
Ans: The Swami announced
that he would go on a pilgrimage to Amarnath.
3. The Swami
made practical concessions of the moment that were expressive of his love for
the brethren. (Turn into a simple sentence)
Ans: The Swami made
momentary practical concessions to express his love for the brethren.
4. The white
veil on the snow-peaks was as beautiful as anything he had seen before. (Change to comparative degree)
Ans: The white veil on the
snow-peaks was more beautiful than anything he had seen before.
5. The
realisation of Brahman was his only imperative. The Advaita philosophy was his
only system of doctrine. The Vedas and Upanishads were his sole scriptural
authority. (Join using a suitable relative pronoun)
Ans: The realisation of
Brahman, which was his only imperative, the Advaita philosophy, his only system
of doctrine, and the Vedas and Upanishads, his sole scriptural authority.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 4:
Do as Directed:
1. Everywhere
we saw the march of gathering hosts. (Rewrite
using ‘noun’ form of”march’)
Ans: We saw hosts
gathering and marching everywhere.
2. He made practical concessions of the moment. (Turn into complex sentence)
Ans: He made concessions that were practical for the moment.
3. As we
ascended this, we had before us the snow-peaks covered with a white veil,
newly-fallen. (Turn into simple sentence)
Ans: We ascended with the
newly-fallen white veil covering the snow-peaks before us.
4. The
conversation between the Swami and the monks was as intense as ever. (Change to comparative degree)
Ans: The conversation
between the Swami and the monks was more intense than ever.
5. He never
checked a struggling thought. He was with him one day when an image of Kali was
brought in. (Join the Sentences)
Ans: He never checked a
struggling thought, and he was with him one day when an image of Kali was
brought in.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 5:
Do as Directed:
1. Organisation
appeared to be instinctive. (Rewrite using
‘adverb’ form of”instinctive’)
Ans: The organisation was
carried out instinctively.
2. Organisation
appeared to be instinctive. (Turn into complex
sentence)
Ans: It appeared that
their organization was instinctive.
3. The
Swami made those practical concessions of the moment that were expressive of
his love for the brethren and drove his principles home to their minds with
greater force and vehemence. (Turn into simple
sentence)
Ans: The Swami made
practical concessions of the moment to express his love for the brethren and
drive his principles home.
4. The purity
and whiteness of the ice-pillar startled him as much as anything could. (Change to comparative degree)
Ans: The purity and
whiteness of the ice-pillar startled him more than anything else could.
5. He was
evidently afraid that my intellectual difficulty would lie where his own must have
done. He did not understand that to us who stood about him, he was himself the
reconciliation of these opposites. (Join to form a
compound sentence)
Ans: He was evidently
afraid that my intellectual difficulty would lie where his own must have done,
yet he did not understand that to us who stood about him, he was himself the
reconciliation of these opposites.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 6:
Do as Directed:
1. He insisted
occasionally on drawing their attention to the world about them.(Rewrite using ‘adjective ‘ form of”insistent’)
Ans: He was insistent
occasionally in drawing their attention to the world about them.
2. The Swami
had observed every rite of the pilgrimage. (Turn
into complex sentence)
Ans: The Swami had
observed every rite that was part of the pilgrimage.
3. The Swami
suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath with the pilgrims and take his
daughter with him. (Turn into simple
sentence)
Ans: The Swami suddenly
announced his trip to Amarnath with the pilgrims and his daughter.
4. The Swami’s
influence appeared to be more magnetic than that of any other monk. (Change to
superlative degree)
Ans: The Swami’s influence
appeared to be the most magnetic of all the monks.
5. He never
checked a struggling thought. Another day, he was going with me to visit the
old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore. (Join using an
appropriate conjunction)
Ans: He never checked a
struggling thought, and another day, he was going with me to visit the old
Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 7:
Do as Directed:
1. They had
remonstrated with him seriously. (Rewrite using
‘noun’ form of”remonstrated’)
Ans: They made serious
remonstrations with him.
2. They swarmed
about him at every halting place. (Turn into complex
sentence)
Ans: They swarmed about
him whenever they halted.
3. As we
ascended this, we had before us the snow-peaks covered with a white veil,
newly-fallen. (Turn into simple sentence)
Ans: We ascended this with
snow-peaks covered with a white veil before us.
4. The
pilgrimage to Amarnath was more beautiful than any other journey he had
experienced. (Change to superlative degree)
Ans: The pilgrimage to
Amarnath was the most beautiful journey he had experienced.
5. He was
constantly saying, “I worship the Terrible!” Once, he spoke about the worship
of the Terrible.
Ans: He was constantly
saying, “I worship the Terrible!” and once he spoke about the worship of the
Terrible.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 8:
Do as Directed:
1. The cave
revealed itself to him as the secret of Kailas. (Rewrite using ‘noun’ form of”revealed’)
Ans: The cave’s revelation
to him was the secret of Kailas.
2. They carried
a bazaar with them at each halting place. (Turn
into complex sentence)
Ans: They carried a bazaar
which they used at each halting place.
3. As he grew
up, he was influenced by his teacher, Sri Ramakrishna, and joined the Brahmo
Samaj, a religious movement that emphasized a formless God. (Turn into simple sentence)
Ans: As he grew up, he was
influenced by his teacher, Sri Ramakrishna, and joined the Brahmo Samaj, a
religious movement that emphasized a formless God.
4. The Swami’s
influence appeared to be the most magnetic of all the monks. (Change to positive degree)
Ans: No other monk’s
influence appeared to be as magnetic as the Swami’s.
5. He entrusted
to a disciple a prayer to Her. The prayer had acted as a veritable charm in his
own life. ( Join the sentences)
Ans: He entrusted to a
disciple a prayer to Her, which had acted as a veritable charm in his own life.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 9:
Do as Directed:
1. The Swami
made practical concessions of the moment.(Rewrite
using the adverb form of ‘practical’)
Ans: The Swami made
concessions practically of the moment.
2. He saw the
moon at sunset. (Turn into complex sentence)
Ans: He saw the moon when
the sun was setting.
3. While
preaching in England and America, he focused on the realization of Brahman and
the Advaita philosophy, which sees everything as one. (Turn into simple sentence)
Ans: He focused on the
realization of Brahman and Advaita philosophy at the time of preaching in
England and America.
4. The
pilgrimage to Amarnath was the most beautiful journey he had experienced. ( Rewrite into positive degree )
Ans: No other journey he
had experienced was as beautiful as the pilgrimage to Amarnath.
5. He was
born a Brahmajnani, as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa frequently insisted. He
developed the power of entering Samadhi when he was only eight years old,
sitting at his play.(Join the sentences)
Ans: He was born a
Brahmajnani, as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa frequently insisted, and he developed
the power of entering Samadhi when he was only eight years old, sitting at his
play.
Amarnath
Textual Grammar Transformation of Sentences Set 10:
Do as Directed:
1. Swadesh and
bidesh were indistinguishable to them.(Rewrite using the
noun form of ‘indistinguishable’)
Ans: Swadesh and bidesh
had no distinction to them.
2. The
villagers saw the holy springs. (Turn into complex
sentence)
Ans: The villagers saw the
springs that were considered holy.
3. Though
initially resistant, he ultimately embraced Mother-worship, believing that the
Divine Mother guided every aspect of his life. (Turn
into simple sentence)
Ans: Initially resistant,
he ultimately embraced Mother-worship, believing the Divine Mother guided his
life.
4. The
ice-pillar was the purest and whitest thing he had seen. (Change to a positive degree)
Ans: Nothing he had seen
was as pure and white as the ice-pillar.
5. He
worshipped the Mother in India. In England and America, he never preached
anything that depended on a special form. (Join
the sentences)
Ans: He worshipped the
Mother in India, yet in England and America, he never preached anything that
depended on a special form.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 1:
Direct
Speech: He said, “Her curse is blessing!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that Her curse was a blessing.
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “Worshippers of the Mother are they from
their birth, in Her incarnation of the sword!”
Indirect Speech: He
remarked that worshippers of the Mother were such from their birth, in Her
incarnation of the sword.
Direct
Speech: He exclaimed, “It is a mistake to hold that with all men
pleasure is the motive. Quite as many are born to seek after pain.”
Indirect Speech: He
exclaimed that it was a mistake to believe that pleasure was the motive for all
men and that many were born to seek pain.
Direct
Speech: He said, “Let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.”
Indirect Speech: He
suggested that they should worship the Terror for Its own sake.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 2:
Direct
Speech: He said, “Fools! They put a garland of flowers round Thy
neck, and then start back in terror, and call Thee ‘the Merciful’!”
Indirect Speech: He
exclaimed that fools put a garland of flowers around the neck and then start
back in terror and call Her ‘the Merciful’.
Direct
Speech: He said, “I worship the Terrible!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he worshiped the Terrible.
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “Make Her listen to you, when you say it! None of
that cringing to Mother! Remember!”
Indirect Speech: He
suddenly added that one should make Her listen when saying it and that there
should be no cringing to the Mother.
Direct
Speech: He exclaimed, “Why not a little blood, to complete the
picture?”
Indirect Speech: He asked
why not add a little blood to complete the picture.
Direct
Speech: He said, “I have always felt that there were two elements
in his consciousness.”
Indirect Speech: He
mentioned that he had always felt there were two elements in Swami’s
consciousness.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 3:
Direct
Speech: He said, “These gods are not merely symbols! They are the
forms that the bhaktas have seen!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that those gods were not merely symbols but the forms that the bhaktas had
seen.
Direct
Speech: He said, “It was an opportunity She made a slave of me. Those
were the very words—‘a slave of you.’”
Indirect Speech: He said
that it was an opportunity where She made a slave of him, and those were the
very words—‘a slave of you.’
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “I believe in Brahman and the gods, and not in
anything else!”
Indirect Speech: He stated
that he believed in Brahman and the gods, and nothing else.
Direct
Speech: He said, “I cannot but believe that there is somewhere a
great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he could not help but believe there was a great Power somewhere that
thought of Herself as feminine and was called Kali, and Mother.
Direct
Speech: He stated, “No, the thing that made me do it is a secret
that will die with me. I had great misfortunes at that time.”
Indirect Speech: He stated
that the thing that made him do it was a secret that would die with him and
that he had great misfortunes at that time.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 4:
Direct
Speech: He said, “The future, you say, will call Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali?”
Indirect Speech: He asked
if the future would call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali.
Direct
Speech: He said, “Yes, I think there’s no doubt that She worked up the
body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he thought there was no doubt that She worked up the body of Ramakrishna for
Her own ends.
Direct
Speech: He said, “You see, I cannot but believe that there is somewhere
a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother.”
Indirect Speech: He said that
he could not help but believe there was a great Power somewhere that thought of
Herself as feminine and was called Kali, and Mother.
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “And I believe in Brahman too.”
Indirect Speech: He
mentioned that he believed in Brahman too.
Direct
Speech: He said, “But is it not always like that? Is it not the
multitude of cells in the body that make up the personality, the many
brain-centres, not the one, that produce consciousness?”
Indirect Speech: He asked
if it was not always like that and if it was not the multitude of cells in the
body that made up the personality, the many brain-centres, not the one, that
produced consciousness.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 5:
Direct
Speech: He said, “Unity in complexity! Just so! And why should it
be different with Brahman? It is Brahman. It is the One. And yet — and yet — it
is the gods too!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that there was unity in complexity and questioned why it should be different
with Brahman, asserting that it was Brahman, the One, and yet it was the gods
too.
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus
dwells here.”
Indirect Speech: He
remarked that the one who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwelt here.
Direct
Speech: He added playfully, “But not in your Vedanta sense,
Noren!”
Indirect Speech: He added
playfully that it was not in the Vedanta sense, Noren.
Direct
Speech: He said, “The impersonal God, seen through the mists of
sense, is personal.”
Indirect Speech: He said
that the impersonal God, seen through the mists of sense, was personal.
Direct
Speech: He said, “How I used to hate Kali! And all Her ways!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he used to hate Kali and all Her ways.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 6:
Direct
Speech: He remarked, “That was the ground of my six years’ fight,—that I
would not accept Her.”
Indirect Speech: He
remarked that the ground of his six years’ fight was that he would not accept
Her.
Direct
Speech: He said, “But I had to accept Her at last!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he had to accept Her at last.
Direct
Speech: He said, “Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dedicated me to Her, and now I
believe that She guides me in every little thing I do, and does with me what
She will!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dedicated him to Her, and now he believed that She
guided him in every little thing he did, and did with him what She willed.
Amarnath Textual
Grammar Narration Change Set 7:
Direct
Speech: He said, “Yet I fought so long!”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he fought for a long time.
Direct
Speech: He said, “I loved him, you see, and that was what held me.
I saw his marvellous purity I felt his wonderful love His greatness had not
dawned on me then.”
Indirect Speech: He said
that he loved him, and that was what held him, as he saw his marvellous purity
and felt his wonderful love, although his greatness had not dawned on him then.
Direct
Speech: He said, “At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby, always
seeing visions and the rest.”
Indirect Speech: He said
that at that time he thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and
the rest.
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