Rewrite the following compound sentences as Complex sentences :
1. Waste not, want not.
2. Do not eat too much or you will put on weight.
3. It is not cold, yet he is wearing a sweater.
4. We were late, so we could not enter the hall.
5. He heard a loud noise and looked around.
6. Search her purse and you will find the money.
7. She saw the danger and ran away.
8. Be good, and everyone will respect you.
9. Life is short, yet we waste our time.
10. He received the message and left the office.
11. She may not be dishonest but she is selfish.
12. Laugh and the world will laugh with you.
Answers
Explanation:
1. The thief ran away because he was afraid of the police.
●The thief was afraid of the Police, and so he ran away.
2. You make so many mistakes because you write fast.
●You write fast and so you make many mistakes.
3. If you do not eat well, you will be weak.
●Eat well or you will be weak.
4. Unless you keep quiet, you will be punished.
●Keep quiet or you will be punished.
5. He worked hard so that he might get good grades.
●He desired to get good grades, so he worked hard.
6. I shall not come for the function unless I am invited.
●I am invited or I shall not come for the function.
7. When the sun set we came back to the hostel.
●The sun set, and then we came back to the hostel.
8. As soon as I heard the news I left the place.
●I heard the news and left the place very soon.
9. She found the packet that she had lost.
●She had lost the packet and found it.
10. Though you try hard, you may not succeed.
●You try hard but may not succeed.
11. If you are honest, you will be respected.
●Be honest or you will not be respected.
12. I shall not accept their proposal unless I am paid well.
●I am paid well or I shall not accept their proposal.
13. The game began when everyone had arrived.
●Everyone had arrived and then the game began.
14. Had you come in time, I would have helped you.
●Come in time and I would have helped you.
Explanation:-
●A sentence with one main clause and one or more sub clause is a complex sentence. Here the clauses are joined with binders (wh words, that, because etc.)
●A sentence containing more than one main clause is called a compound sentence. It contains more than one finite verb and the clauses will be joined with linkers (and, so, or, but etc.)
●To make each complex sentence into compound, simply replace the binders with linkers keeping the tense and sense of the sentence unchanged.