Question

he opend this and gazed fondly at the finest set of burglar's tools in the east (simple)​

Answer 1

On opening this, he gazed fondly at the finest set of burglar's tools in the east.

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• A simple sentence has connectives like in order to , on account of, being, on being, despite, in spite of, instead of, besides or make the verb finite by using - ing or use infinitives 'too' to the verb .

• Examples -

1. On my friend's arrival, we went to Mc'Donalds.
2. On account of being busy, he didn't called.
3. Being a difficult puzzle, Suraj managed to solve it.
4. On being published yesterday, the book got good market in UK.

Answer 2

▪ Question -

Change into Simple Sentence.

▪ Answer -

On getting frightened to hear word of police, Sidda vanished at night.

▪ Additional Info -

• Simple sentences are called as Assertive or Declarative sentence.

• It uses Infinitives or Finite Verbs.

• Eg - I was sleeping.