Sunday, 31 July 2016

Series ---How to improve marks in ENGLISH paper Of IBPS PO -31July



 Conversion of Simple sentences to Compound .


PRACTICE QUESTIONS:
  A Simple sentence can be converted into a Compound one by enlarging a word or a phrase into a Co-ordinate clause.
 Simple. -- He must work very hard to make up for the lost time. 
Compound. -- He must work very hard and make up for the lost time.
 Simple. -- To his eternal disgrace, he betrayed his country.
 Compound. -- He betrayed his country, and this was to his eternal disgrace. 
Simple. -- Besides robbing the poor child, he also murdered her.
 Compound. -- He not only robbed the poor child but also murdered her. 
Simple. -- He must work very hard to win the first prize. 
Compound. -- He must work very hard, or he will not win the first prize. 
Simple. -- He must not attempt to escape, on pain of death.
 Compound. -- He must not attempt to escape, or he will be put to death.
 Simple. -- Notwithstanding his hard work, he did not succeed.
 Compound. -- He worked hard, yet did not succeed. 
Simple. -- Owing lo ill-luck, he met with a bad accident on the eve of his examination. Compound. -- He was unlucky and therefore met with a bad accident on the eve of his examination.
 Simple. -- The teacher punished the boy for disobedience.

 Compound. -- The boy was disobedient, and so the teacher punished him.

Exercise   Rewrite the following Simple sentences as Compound (Double) ones:- 

1. In this tower sat the poet gazing on the sea. 
2. To everyone's surprise, the project completely failed. 
3. Seeing the rain coming on, we took shelter under a tree.
 4. Besides educating his nephew, he also set him up in business. 

5. The fog being very dense, the steamer sailed at less than half 




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