{"id":75386,"date":"2021-09-20T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=75386"},"modified":"2021-09-20T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T17:01:27","slug":"transformation-of-a-simple-sentence-to-a-complex-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/transformation-of-a-simple-sentence-to-a-complex-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformation Of A Simple Sentence To A Complex Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rewrite the following sentences as <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/complex-sentence.htm\">complex sentences<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Subordinate clauses are clauses introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/subordinating-conjunctions.htm\">subordinating conjunctions<\/a>. Common subordinating conjunctions are: <em>as, since, because, though, although, even though, even if, as if, as though, if, whether, unless, before, after, that, as soon as, until <\/em>etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. The man looked at the baby and smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He went to the school to talk to the manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The tea was too hot for me to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Seeing the beggar, the child started crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. He lives in a very large city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. The bell rang and the children rushed out of the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. I read a novel based on the life of holocaust victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. He delivered the messages and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. I waited for hours but I could not talk to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. She worked hard but she could not pass the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. The man smiled as he looked at the baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He went to the school so that he could talk to the manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The tea was so hot that I could not drink it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. When the child saw the tiger, she started crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. He lives in a city which is very large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. As soon as the bell rang the children rushed out of the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. I read a novel which was based on the life of holocaust victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. He left after he had delivered the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. Though \/ Although I waited for hours I could not talk to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Though she worked hard she could not pass the test. (Though is a subordinating conjunction whereas but is a coordinating conjunction. When we connect two clauses with though, we get a complex sentence and when we connect two clauses with but, we get a <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/compound-sentence.htm\">compound sentence<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rewrite the following sentences as complex sentences. A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Subordinate clauses are clauses introduced by subordinating conjunctions. Common subordinating conjunctions are: as,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[3234,3233,2011],"class_list":["post-75386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-8-worksheets","tag-rewrite-as-complex-sentences","tag-transform-simple-sentence-to-complex-sentence","tag-transformation-of-sentences-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75388,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75386\/revisions\/75388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}