Join the following sentences
1) Napoleon was a great emperor. The French honour him.
2) This is the man.We were save by his courage .
Answers
The sentences have been joined as follows:
1. The French honoured Napolean who was a great emperor.
2. This is the man whose courage saved us.
- The given sentences are simple sentences.
- The transformed ones are complex sentences where two independent clauses have been joined using determiners( who, whose).
- Sentences can either be in the simple, compound or complex form:
1. Simple sentences have only one independent clause with a single subject and predicate.
2. Compound sentences have two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction or punctuation.
3. Complex sentences have one independent clause and one or more number of dependent clauses.
Simple to complex sentences
Explanation:
Simple sentence:
A simple sentence is a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
Complex sentence:
A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, but a dependent clause even though it has a subject and a verb cannot stand alone.
The given sentences are simple sentences, which can be converted into complex sentences as follows:
1) The French honored Napoleon who was a great emperor.
2) This is the man whose courage saved us.