Synthesis Of Sentences

Lecture – 35

Synthesis of sentences – combining 2 or more simple sentences into 1 simple

Simple-compound-complex

I. Transform the following sentences as given below:

1. Climbing up the tree, he plucked some mangoes.

Compound 

2.  He was driven by rain and took shelter under a tree.

Simple

3.  Besides being beautiful, she is intelligent.

Compound

4.  He is poor but he is happy.

Simple

5. Being innocent, he never thought of running away.

Compound

6.  Besides being thrown into jail, he was heavily fined.

Compound

7. The old man sat near the fire, smoking.

Compound

8.  By his pleasant manner, the boy became popular.

Compound

9. Besides a house, he gave them some land also.

Simple

10. You must take your medicine, otherwise you cannot get well.

Simple

11. The storm subsided and we continued our journey.

Simple

12. Not only the crops, but cattle and sheep also were destroyed by the flood.

Simple

13. He is rich, yet he is not happy.

Simple

14. He ran away and thus escaped arrest.

Compound

15. He gave them not only a house but some land also.

Compound

II. Transform the following compound sentences into Complex sentences:

1. Search his packet and you will find the watch.
2. He wished to become learned; he studied very well.
3. He is buried near Rome. Myrtles grow round his grave.
4. He aimed to win the prize and worked hard.
5. He put on his hat and went out.
6. Do your best. You will never regret.
7. Be diligent and you will succeed.
8. Do this and you will be punished.
9. Give me the book and I will read it.
10. Take quinine, and your fever will be cured.
11. I tell him to be quite, but he takes no notice of it.
12. Be just, fear not.
13. You called me and here I am.
14.  The master is nearly blind and the boys are sorry for him.
15. Listen and I will tell you all.
16. Be careful in your diet, you will be healthy.
17. He had recovered from illness and I am glad of it.
18. He received a telegram, and he left in taxi.
19. The earth is round and we can prove it.
20. You take rest and you go on with the work.

III. Transform the sentences as directed:

1. I know what you told him. (Compound)
2. We have to live so we have to eat. (Complex)
3. He was very learned and seemed to know everything. (Complex)
4. He failed because he was so rash. (Compound)
5. He was educated in Public school where he learned Latin. (Compound)
6. He work hard and make up the lost time. (Simple)
7. He betrayed his country and this was to his eternal disgrace. (Simple)
8. Besides robbing the poor child, he also murdered the child. (Compound)
9. The children were disobedience so the teacher punished them. (Simple)
10. We must eat to live. (Compound)
11. You must either pay the bill at once or return the goods. (Simple)
12. He must not be late or he will be returned. (Simple)
13. In spite being rich, he is not contented. (Compound)
14. For its big size, it cannot be mine. (Compound)
15. He is very poor, but he does not complain. (simple)
16. He confessed his crime. (Complex)
17. On the arrival of the mails, the steamer will leave. (Complex)
18. I saw a bird that was wounded. (simple)
19. When he was punished, he wept. (Simple)
20. How long I will stay is a doubtful? (Simple)
21. Tell me your address. (Complex)
22. He died in his native place. (complex)
23. The moment that is lost is lost for ever. (Simple)