Exercise-3 SYNTHESIS OF SENTENCES (Contd.)

Exercise

Combine each set of Simple sentences into one Complex sentence containing an Adverb

clause:-

1. The nurse must be very tired. She had no sleep last night.

2. A gentleman may call. Please ask him to wait.

3. He ran so quickly. He soon overtook me.

4. I will get ready. Do not go till then.

5. He spoke in a very low voice. Nobody could hear him.

6. I wound my watch this morning. It has stopped.

7. It was very stuffy last night. I could not sleep.

8. The monsoon may break this month. Otherwise the wells will run dry.

9. I may help you. I may not help you. You are sure to lose the game.

10. The fireman came out of the house. The roof collapsed that very moment.

11. Success attends hard work. Failure attends bad work.

12. You must hurry. You will miss the train otherwise.

13. The delegates arrived. The discussion was resumed.

14. He is very old. He enjoys good health.

15. No more funds are available. The work has been stopped.

16. He saw me coming. He immediately took to his heels.

17. I may be blunt. I am at least honest.

18. He was contradicted. He was annoyed.

19. He bled profusely. He died.

20. This may be true of some. It is not true of all.

21. He ran quickly. He soon overtook me.

22. I had left home. Your letter arrived afterwards.

23. He saw us. He disappeared immediately.

24. He will not go out in the rain. He is afraid of getting wet.

25. The bandits fought desperately. They could not bear the idea of being taken alive.

26. The sailors cast anchor. They did so to prevent the ship from drifting on the rocks.

27. You make a good deal of noise. I cannot work.

28. We may sail to-morrow. It depends on the weather.

29. It is very simple. Even a child can understand it.

30. He was returning from school. He was caught in a shower.

31. Robinson Crusoe discovered the print of a foot on the sand. He was puzzled.

32. He finished the work. Just then the clock struck five.

33. He is being lionized. He still keeps a level head.

34. Why do you keep your eye on me like this? Have you turned detective?

35. We travelled together as far as Kolkata. We parted company there.

36. He is a rich man. No other man in our community is equally rich.

37. You may wish to do the work. You may not wish to do the work. You must still do it.

38. He was sick. He remained at home.

39. You have tears. Prepare to shed them now.

40. He may slay me. I will trust him.

41. He saw me. He ran away then.

42. He came to my house. I was out.

43. His father died. He has been very poor from that time.

44. He grew weaker and weaker. He died.

45. We take off our clothes. We go to bed.

46. He was hanged. He had committed murder.

47. All will respect you. Your being honest is a condition.

48. He is old. He cannot walk.

49. He won the race. He was the swiftest.

50. Life lasts a certain time. Let us be honest during that time,

51. The wolf is larger. The jackal is smaller.

52.Arjun is clever. His cleverness equals Rama's.

94. Carefully study the following sentences:-

1. He had read Milton. He had read it in a prose translation. He had read it when he was

fourteen. He told us this.

He told us that he had read Milton, in a prose translation, when he was fourteen.

2. A bachelor may be surrounded with all sorts of luxuries. In spite of that he will always

find his happiness incomplete. He must have a wife and children.

With whatever luxuries a bachelor may be surrounded, he will always find his happiness

incomplete, unless he has a wife and children.

3. Pope professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden. Through his whole life he

praised him with unvaried liberality. He did so whenever an opportunity was presented.

Pope professed to have learned his poetry from Dryden, whom, whenever an opportunity

was presented, he praised through his whole life with unvaried liberalilty.

4. Milton did not educate his daughters in the languages. He said that one tongue was

enough for a woman.

Milton said that he did not educate his daughters in the languages, because one tongue

was enough for a woman.

5. I sank into the water. I felt confused. Nothing can describe that confusion.

Nothing can describe the confusion of thought which I felt when I sank into the water.

6. We had in this village an idiot boy. I well remember that boy. From a child he showed

a strong propensity for bees. This was some twenty years ago.

We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who

from a child showed a strong propensity for bees.