Question

Transform the following simple sentences into complex or compound sentences.

1. Knocking at the gate, he demanded admission.

2. Blinded by a dust storm, they lost their way.

3. Deceived by his friends, he lost all hope.

4. Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

5. Overwhelmed with grief, the poor widow killed herself.
6. The sea being smooth, we went for a sail.

7. Weather permitting, the match will be held tomorrow afternoon.

Answer 1

Change simple sentence into complex or compound sentence

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In order to transform a simple sentence into a complex sentence, we have to expand a word or phrase into a subordinate clause.

Study the example given below.

Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.

This is a simple sentence because it consists of just one clause.

We can change it into a complex sentence by expanding that participial phrase into a subordinate clause.

The boy woke up when he heard the noise.

We can also transform the given simple sentence into a compound sentence.

A compound sentence consists of two or more main clauses. The clauses in a compound sentence are connected using coordinating conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or, nor, yet, for, so)

The boy heard the noise and woke up.

Exercise

Transform the following simple sentences into complex or compound sentences.

1. Knocking at the gate, he demanded admission.

2. Blinded by a dust storm, they lost their way.

3. Deceived by his friends, he lost all hope.

4. Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

5. Overwhelmed with grief, the poor widow killed herself.

6. The sea being smooth, we went for a sail.

7. Weather permitting, the match will be held tomorrow afternoon.

Answers

1. He knocked at the gate and demanded admission.

2. As they were blinded by a dust storm, they lost their way.

3. As he was deceived by his friends, he lost all hope.

4. Because he was driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bread.

5. As she was overwhelmed with grief, the poor widow killed herself.

6. Because the sea was smooth, we went for a sail.

7. If weather permits, the match will be held tomorrow afternoon.