if anybody give me a clear concept of simple,complex,compound sentence transferation?
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Answer:
There are three types of Transformation of sentences. Those are –
Simple Sentences
Complex Sentences and
Compound Sentences
Explanation:
When in a sentence that has one independent clause it is called simple sentence.
Example: He confessed his illegal act.
Complex Sentence:
When in a sentence that has one clause and one or more subordinate clauses it is called a complex sentence.
Example: He confessed that he was guilty of his illegal act.
Compound Sentence:
When in a sentence that has more than one main clause it is called the compound sentence.
Example: I went to watch a movie named Justice League, but the movie was already houseful.
Transforming Simple Sentences into Complex Sentences:
Converting Simple Sentences into Complex Sentences can be done easily. And this can be done by simply expanding a word or a phrase into a clause. Moreover, we can do the same thing when we want to change the Complex Sentences into Simple Sentences. And this can be done by eliminating a clause into a word or a phrase.
Few examples are given below to understand the concept and conventional rules of transforming between Simple Sentence and Complex Sentences:-
Rule: 1:
“Present participle” in a simple sentence, to convert into complex sentences by adding “since/as/when” at the first half of the sentence.
Simple Sentence: Closing the door, I went back to school.
Complex Sentence: When I closed the door, I went back to school.
Rule: 2
“Being/ Verb+ing” in a simple sentence, to convert into a complex sentence by adding “as/when/since” at the first half of the sentence.
Simple Sentence: After winning a beauty contest she cried.
Complex Sentence: As she won the beauty contest, she cried.
Rule: 3
“Too…to” in a simple sentence, to convert into a complex sentence by adding “so…that (negative)”.
Simple Sentence: He is too weak to carry the box.
Complex Sentence: He is so weak that he cannot carry the box.
Rule: 4
“To” in the simple sentence, to convert into a complex sentence by adding “so that” in the sentence.
Simple sentence: We eat to live.
Complex Sentence: We eat so that we can live.
Rule: 5
In the simple sentence “in spite of/ despite”, to convert into the complex sentence by adding “though/ although” in the sentence.
Simple Sentence: In spite of being rich, she is hard working.
Complex Sentence: Though she is rich, she is hard working.
Rule: 6
“Because of” in the simple sentence, to convert it to the complex sentence by adding “since” at the beginning of the sentence.
Simple Sentence: Because of his illness, he could not join the meeting.
Complex Sentence: Since he was ill, he could not join the meeting.
Rule: 7
“Subject + verb + object + present participle” type of simple sentence, to convert it to the complex sentence by “subject + verb + object + relative pronoun of the object + be verb according to relative pronoun and tense + rest of the sentence”.
Simple Sentence: I saw a bird flying.
Complex Sentence: I saw a bird which was flying.
Rule: 8
In the simple sentence starts with “without”, by adding “if/ in case” is converted into the complex sentence.
Simple Sentence: Without adding the sugar the dish will taste bad.
Complex Sentence: If you do not add sugar the dish will taste bad.
Rule: 9
In the simple sentence “at the time” will be converted into “when” in the complex sentence.
Simple Sentence: She woke up at the time of load shedding.
Complex Sentence: She woke up when it was load shedding.
Rule: 10:
In the simple sentence, “adjective” will be converted into “that/which” in the complex sentence.
Simple Sentence: It was a blue shirt.
Complex Sentence: It was a shirt which was blue.
Answer:
In the simple sentence “in spite of/ despite”, to convert into the complex sentence by adding “though/ although” in the sentence
- Simple Sentence: In spite of being rich, she is hard working.
- Simple Sentence: In spite of being rich, she is hard working.Complex Sentence: Though she is rich, she is hard working.