Joining of sentences
There are 93 days more before the MP Examinations for the academic year 2015-16 begin. As they say 'it is knocking at the door'. This is the most important examination of the student's life for more than one reasons. He/she is very young and immature. And a bit nervous too. A student needs proper guidance and advice at this stage. If he/she can keep his/her nerve and fare well in this examination it will do him/her a world of good. He/she will get a tremendous boost up if he/she does well. He/she will feel confident that he/she can crack any examination if he/she applies his/her mind to it. On the other hand if he/she fail to achieve good grades it will dampen his/her spirit and his/her self-confidence will take a nose-dive. My friendly advice would be not to think about the outcome. Just treat is as another class test and study normally as you have been doing so far. Don't waste your time and the result will take care of itself. For the next few days let us brush up our grammar lessons once again. Let us start with joining of sentences.
- Th e boy was lazy. He was punished. ( Single)= The boy was punished for being lazy. (simple) or The boy was punished as /because he was lazy.
- He was a famous man. His fame spread throughout the world. ( Join with a nominal compound) = He was a world famous man.
- The little children saw the giant. He was playing in the garden. (use a relative clause) = The little children saw the giant who was playing in the garden. { The children saw the giant playing in the garden.= simple }
- I borrowed a book from the library. I have the return it today. (Relative clause)= Today I have to return the book which i borrowed from the library.
- He gave me a pen. It was green in colour.. (Relative clause )= He gave me a pen which was green in colour.
- Shakespeare was a great playwright. He wrote Othello. ( relative clause )= Shakespeare who wrote Othello was a great playwright. or Shakespeare who was a great playwright, wrote Othello.
- Have you seen my brother? He is an MA in English. ( single) Have you seen my brother who is an MA in English?
- Mahatma Gandhi was a true son of the soil. It is known to all. ( single) = It is known to all that Mahatma Gandhi was a true son of the soil.
- My parents went to Shillong. It is a beautiful hill-town.( single)= My parents to Shillong which is a beautiful hill-town.
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