Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and,
but or so: [4]
(i) He works hard. He has to support his old parents.
(ii) The phone rang. I was cooking dinner.
(iii) The child would have drowned. The porter saved him.
(iv) The room is small. It cannot accommodate all of us.
Answers
Explanation:
The combined sentences without using and, but, so are as follow
1- He works hard because he has to support his old parents
2 - The phone ranged when I was cooking dinner
3- The child would have drowned if the porter had not saved him
4- The room is small therefore it can not accommodate all of us
The given sentences can be joined as shown and explained below:
i) He works hard as he has to support his parents.
or
He works hard in order to support his parents.
or
He works hard so that he can support his parents
ii) The phone rang when I was cooking dinner.
or
When I was cooking dinner, the phone rang.
iii) The child would have drowned if the porter would not have saved him.
or
If the porter had not saved the child, he would have drowned.
iv) The room is too small to accommodate all of us.
Explanation
In order to join the sentences correctly, one must have the following basic knowledge about types of sentences:
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence is made up of only one clause. It has just one subject and one predicate.
Example
Flowers are beautiful.
Compound Sentence
A COMPOUND SENTENCE is a sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses. There are no dependent clauses in it. The independent clauses in a compound sentence are joined by coordinating conjunctions such as ‘or’, ‘and’ or ‘but’. For example, I really wanted to play the match, but I was too sick to stand even.
Example
His bite is bad, but his bark is worse.
Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has one independent and one or more dependent clauses. The clauses in a complex sentence can be in any order. If the dependent clause is first, a comma is usually after it.
Example
I hope that I will pass the test.