Textual
English Grammar Upon Westminster Bridge
*bijan sir*
Set 1:
Do as Directed:
1. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so
touching in its majesty. [Change of Voice]
Ans: He, by whom a sight so touching in its majesty, could be
passed by would be dull of soul.
2. Earth has not anything to show more fair. [Use
superlative degree]
Ans: It is the fairest thing that Earth has to show.
3. “Dear God! the very houses seem asleep and all that mighty
heart is lying still,” says the poet. [Change of Narration]
Ans: Addressing God, the poet exclaims
with surprise that the very houses seem asleep and all that mighty heart is
lying still.
4. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so
touching in its majesty. [Use the adjective form of ‘majesty’]
Ans: He who could pass by such a touchingly majestic sight
would be dull of soul.
5. Earth has not anything to show more fair. [Splitting of
Sentences]
Ans: Earth has this to show. It has not anything to show more
fair.
Set 2: Textual English Grammar Upon Westminster Bridge
Do as Directed:
1. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so
touching in its majesty. [Use the adverb form of ‘touching”]
Ans: He who could pass by such a touchingly majestic sight
would be dull of soul.
2. Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first
splendour, valley, rock or hill. [Change of Voice]
Ans: Valley, rock or hill were never more beautifully steeped
by the sun in his first splendour.
3. The poet says, “Never did sun more beautifully steep in
his first splendour, valley, rock or hill.” [Change of Narration]
Ans: “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so
deep!” says the poet.
4. This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
[Use ‘garment’ as a verb]
Ans: The City is now garmented with the beauty of the morning.
5. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight
touching in its majesty
[Split into two simple sentences]
Ans: He could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty, He
would be dull of soul,
Set 3: Textual English Grammar Upon Westminster Bridge
Do as Directed:
1. This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning. [Change of Voice]
Ans: The beauty of the morning is worn like a garment by this
city now.
2. The poet says, “Never did sun more beautifully steep in
his first splendour, valley, rock or hill.” [Change of Narration]
Ans: The poet says that sun never did more
beautifully steep valley, rock or hill in his first splendour.
3. Earth has not anything to show more fair. [Use positive
degree]
Ans: Earth has not anything to show as fair as it.
4. This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning. [Use the adjective form of ‘beauty’]
Ans: The beautiful morning is now like a
garment of this City.
5. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so
touching in its majesty. [Use the noun form of ‘duil‘]
Ans: He who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty
would have dullness in his soul.
Set 4: Textual English Grammar Upon Westminster Bridge
Do as Directed:
1. Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be
of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty. [Join into a
complex sentence]
Ans: Since Earth has not anything to show more fair, he who
could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty would be dull of soul.
2. This City now doth like a garment, wear the beauty of
morning. [Split into two simple sentence]
Ans: This city now doth wear the beauty of the morning. I wear
it like a garment.
3. This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning; silent, bare.[Use the noun forms of ‘silent’ and ‘bare’]
Ans: This city now doth, like a garment,
wear the beauty of the morning full of silence and bareness.
4. This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning; silent, bare. [Change into a complex sentence]
Ans: The City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning which is both silent and bare.
5. Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto
the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. [Change
into a complex sentence]
Ans: Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples which lie open
unto the fields and to the sky, are. all bright and glittering in the smokeless
air.
Textual English Grammar Set 5
Do as Directed:
1. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so
touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment wear the beauty of
the morning. [Join into a complex sentence]
Ans: As this City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of
the morning, he who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty would be
dull of soul.
2. Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto
fields, and to the sky: All bright and glittering in the smokele air [Split
into two or more simple sentence]
Ans: Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples are all bright
and glittering in the smokeless air. They lie open unto the fields and also to
the sky.
3. Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto
the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. [Use
the verb form of “glittering”]
Ans: Ships, towers, domes theatres and temples, lying open unto
the fields and to the sky, glitter brightly in the smokeless air.
4. Never did the sun more beautifully steep in his first
splendour, valley, rock or hill.[Change into an affirmative sentence]
Ans: This time the sun steeped valley, rock or hill in his
first splendour most beautifully.
5. Never did the sun more beautifully steep in his first
splendour, valley, rock or hill. [Use positive degree]
Ans: Never did the sun steep valley, rock
or hill in his first splendour as beautifully as this.
Textual English Grammar Set 6
Do as Directed:
1. Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! [Make it
assertive]
Ans: This was the first time when I saw and felt a calm so
deep.
2. The river glideth at his own sweet will. [Change into a
complex sentence]
Ans: It is at his own sweet will that the river glideth.
3. This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the
morning; silent, bare, ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto
the fields. [Join into a complex sentence]
Ans: As ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open
unto the fields the city now doth, like a garment, wear the silent, bare beauty
of the morning.
4. Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendor
valley, rock or hill. [Split into two or more simple sentence]
Ans: It was the sun’s first splendour. It steeped valley, rock
or hill. It never did steep more beautifully than this.
5. The very houses seem asleep. [Change into a complex
sentence]
Ans: It seems that the very houses are asleep.
Textual English Grammar Set 7
Do as Directed:
1. The very houses seem asleep. [Change into a
negative sentence]
Ans: The very houses do not seem to be awake.
2. Ne’er saw 1, never felt, a calm so deep! [Split
into two simple sentence]
Ans: I never saw a calm so deep. I never felt it either
3. And all that mighty heart is lying still. [Change
into a complex sentence]
Ans: And all that heart which is mighty is lying still.
4. The beauty of the morning, silent, bare, __________ the
fields, and to the sky. [Fill in the Blanks with Prepositions]
Ans: in
5. Never did the sun more beautifully steep. [Change
into future perfect tense.]
Ans: Never will the sun have steeped more beautifully.
