Something was not known to people in ancient times. The earth moves around the sun. Convert to complex sentences.
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Join each pair of simple sentences into a complex sentence by using a noun clause
2. Something was not known to people in ancient times. The earth moves to
A
noves round the
sun.
3.
4.
5.
The idea is absurd. Raman has stolen the books.
I know that place. She was born.
It seems amazing. A man can swim for forty eight hours without stopping
I want to ask him. I can get some sugar.
Answer:
A Complex Sentence consists of one principal clause and any number of subordinate clauses.
A Noun Clause is a subordinate clause which does the work of a noun in a complex sentence.
In this case,
Option C is correct. The subordinate clause That the Earth is round acts as the subject of the verb is known in the principal clause. The subject is always either a noun or a pronoun. Henceforth, That the Earth is round is a subordinate noun clause as it behaves as a noun.
Option A is incorrect as the sentences have been joined by a subordinate adjective clause where the noun The Earth is being described.
Option B is incorrect as the sentences have been joined by a subordinate adverb clause which modifies the verb 'knows' in the principal clause.
Option D is incorrect as it's a simple sentence.
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