Question

He climbed a wall near him and cried for help. (Rewrite this sentence as a simple one using ing-phrase in place of the first clause. )

Answer 1

The given sentence is a compound sentence having two independent clauses joined by the conjunction 'and'. The sentence can be rewritten as a simple one using -ing phrase in the first clause as shown below:

Climbing a wall near him, he cried for help.

Explanation

A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Simple sentences have one clause; compound sentences have two or more independent clauses; and complex sentences have two or more than two independent and dependent clauses.