---
title: "Edit text: Monna Marianna"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
key: "semester_5/communication_english:edit-text-aboard-again-monna-marianna"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_5/communication_english/edit-text-aboard-again-monna-marianna
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Edit text: Monna Marianna

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2075 Chaitra, 5 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

Edit the following text:
'aboard again monna marianna? take care you may be kill and nobody bother search for the culprit...

## Short answer

Abroad again, Monna Marianna? Take care. You may be killed, and nobody will bother to search for the culprit...

## Answer

#### Edited text
"Abroad again, Monna Marianna? Take care. You may be killed, and nobody will bother to search for the culprit..."

#### Corrections made
- Opening quotation mark and capital letter at the start of the speech.
- "aboard" changed to "abroad" (out of doors, in the streets), and "Marianna" capitalised.
- A full stop after "care" and a capital "You".
- "kill" changed to "killed" (passive).
- "bother search" changed to "will bother to search" (future tense and infinitive).
- A comma added before "and".

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. 'aboard again' is corrected to 'Abroad again' because:
   A. 'Abroad' means out of doors or in the streets here
   B. 'Aboard' is not a word
   C. Abroad means on a ship
   D. Both mean the same
   Answer: A. The sense is out and about; aboard means on a vehicle. (Key point: Abroad vs aboard)

2. 'you may be kill' becomes:
   A. you may be killed
   B. you may kill
   C. you may be killing
   D. you may been kill
   Answer: A. After 'be' the passive needs the past participle. (Key point: Passive)

3. 'nobody bother search' becomes:
   A. nobody will bother to search
   B. nobody bothers search
   C. nobody is bother searching
   D. nobody bother to searched
   Answer: A. Future tense 'will bother' is followed by the to-infinitive. (Key point: Future and infinitive)

4. What is done with 'Take care you may be killed'?
   A. A full stop after 'care', capital 'You'
   B. Nothing
   C. A colon after 'you'
   D. A question mark
   Answer: A. They are separate sentences. (Key point: Sentence punctuation)

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