{"id":76159,"date":"2022-11-12T10:14:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T10:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=76159"},"modified":"2022-11-12T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T10:14:20","slug":"conversion-of-a-simple-sentence-into-a-complex-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/conversion-of-a-simple-sentence-into-a-complex-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion of a Simple Sentence into a Complex Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Conversion of a simple sentence into a complex sentence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>simple sentence <\/strong>has one clause and one finite verb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>complex sentence<\/strong> has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to convert a simple sentence into a complex sentence, you have to expand a word or phrase into a clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She failed <strong>despite working hard.<\/strong> (Simple sentence)<\/li><li>She failed <strong>although \/ though she worked hard. <\/strong>(Complex sentence)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We converted the phrase <strong>despite working hard i<\/strong>nto the clause <strong>although she worked hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Convert the following simple sentences into complex sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. He confessed to his crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He confessed to having stolen the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. He bought his uncle\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. He worked hard to pass the examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. In his childhood, Lincoln could not go to school. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. He confessed <strong>that he had committed a crime<\/strong>. \/ He confessed <strong>that he was guilty. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. He confessed <strong>that he had stolen the money.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. He bought the estate <strong>which belonged to his uncle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. He worked hard <strong>so that he might pass the examination.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>When he was a child<\/strong>, Lincoln could not go to school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conversion of a simple sentence into a complex sentence A simple sentence has one clause and one finite verb. A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. In order&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[3565,3566],"class_list":["post-76159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-10-worksheets","tag-conversion-of-simple-sentence-into-complex-sentence","tag-simple-to-complex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76159","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76160,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76159\/revisions\/76160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}