Question

Combine each of the following sentences without using and,but or so:
1) You are very ill. You have to see a doctor.
2) Mona spoke very softly. I could not hear her.
3) Uma reached the town hall. We were to meet there.
4) It rained heavily. We could not play football.

Answer 1

1) You have to see a doctor because you are ill.

2) I could not hear Mona as she spoke very softly.

3) Uma reached the town hall because we were to meet there.

4) We could not play football as it rained heavily.

Explanation:

• Combining two sentences is also known as sentence synthesis.

• It means when two or more simple sentences are combined to make a new sentence.

• The new sentence can be a complex sentence, a simple sentence, or a compound sentence.

Answer 2

1)You are very ill.You have to see a doctor.

• You have to see a doctor because you are ill.

2)Mona spoke very softly.I couldnot hear her.

• I could not hear her as mona speak very softly.

3)Uma reached the town hall.We were to meet there.

• Uma reached the town hall because we were to meet there.

4)It rained heavily.We could not play football.

• We could not play foot ball because it rained heavily.

Know more:-

• A sentence having one clause and therefore a finite is called Simple sentence.
• A sentence containing two main clauses that are join together by a coordinating conjunction is called a compound sentence.
• A sentence having one main clause and at least one subordinate clause is called Complex sentence.