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Combine the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction from the given options.

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My mother attended the wedding. My father attended the wedding.

A. My mother and father attended the wedding.

B. My mother attended the wedding also my father.

C. Both my mother and father attended the wedding.

D. My father, mother attended the wedding.

Correct Answer :

C. Both my mother and father attended the wedding.


Correlative Conjunctions both, and combines the two sentences in a perfect manner.

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I cannot say. Will he come tomorrow?

A. I cannot say he will come tomorrow.

B. I cannot say if/whether he will come tomorrow.

C. He will come tomorrow I cannot say.

D. Will he come tomorrow I cannot say.

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Separate: Anita was scolded. Her uncle scolded badly.
Combined: Anita was badly scolded by her uncle

A. By using a preposition with noun or gerund

B. By using, Nominative Absolute Construction

C. By using a noun or a phrase in apposition

D. By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase

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I say it. He is a good man.

A. I say he is a good man.

B. He is good man I say

C. I say that he is a good man.

D. I say he is good man it.

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Mohan is industrious. He is very particular in his work.

A. Mohan is very particular in his work as he is industrious.

B. Mohan is not only industrious but also very particular in his work.

C. Mohan is industrious and particular in his work.

D. Mohan is industrious as well as particular in his work.

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Get inside. You may catch cold.

A. Get inside else you may catch cold.

B. You may catch cold, get inside.

C. Get inside, otherwise you may catch cold.

D. Get inside or you may catch cold.

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Separate: She wanted to educate her son. She sent him to London.
Combined: She sent her son to London to educate him.

A. By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase

B. By using a Participle

C. By using an infinitive

D. By using, Nominative Absolute Construction

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Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using an adjective clause?
Separate: I met your friend. His wallet was stolen in the market.

A. I met your friend and his wallet was stolen in the market.

B. As soon as I met your friend, his wallet was stolen in the market.

C. I met your friend whose wallet was stolen in the market.

D. I met your friend because his wallet was stolen in the market.

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Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using an adverb clause?
Separate: The burglar saw the police. He took his heels.

A. Seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.

B. On seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.

C. As soon as the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.

D. As the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.

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Which of the following statement is incorrect?

A. When we combine two simple sentences by using an adverb or an adverbial phrase, we change the adverb of the sentence into adjective.

B. Two simple sentences are joined using a participle when they have a common subject.

C. The conjunction for noun clause in synthesis of complex sentences is that.

D. Compound sentences are joined using coordinating conjunctions.

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The prisoner fell down on his knees. He begged for mercy.

A. The prisoner fell down on his knees, he begged for mercy

B. The prisoner fell down on his knees and begged for mercy.

C. The prisoner begged for mercy felling down on his knees.

D. He begged mercy the prisoner felling down on his knees.

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Sheena will not spend her money. She will not invest it.

A. Sheena will neither spend her money nor invest it.

B. Sheena will not spend her money and will not invest it.

C. Sheena will either spend her money or invest it.

D. Sheena will not spend her money or will not invest it either.Practice Exercise

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Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using an adjective clause?
Separate: I saw a car. It was black in colour.

A. I saw a car in black colour.

B. I saw a black coloured car.

C. I saw a black car.

D. I saw a car which was black in colour.

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You will find it. You look for it.

A. If you look for it will find it

B. When you look for it you will find it.

C. You look for it if you will find it.

D. You will find it if you look for it.

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He paid the subscription fee. His membership was renewed.

A. He paid the subscription fee his membership was renewed.

B. His membership was renewed as he paid the subscription fee.

C. He paid the subscription fee so his membership was renewed.

D. His membership was renewed by paying subscription fee.

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He didnt get admission. His grades were not very good.

A. He didnt get admission, his grades were not very good.

B. He didnt get admission because his grades were not very good.

C. His grades were not very good and he didnt get admission.

D. As his grades were not very good he didnt get admission.

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India will have a good monsoon season this year. The meteorologists expect this.

A. The meteorologists expect a good monsoon season this year in India.

B. The meteorologists expect that India will have a good monsoon season this year.

C. As expected by the meteorologists, India will have a good monsoon season this year.

D. The meteorologists expect India to have a good monsoon season this year.

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I will get money for you. Dont go till then.

A. Dont go till then I will get money for you.

B. I will get money for you, dont go.

C. Dont go I will get money for you.

D. Dont go until I get money for you.

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She stood on tip-toe. She reached for the mangoes on tree.

A. She reached for the mangoes on tree by standing tip-toed.

B. She reached for the mangoes on tree when she stood on tip-toe.

C. Standing on tip-toe she reached for the mangoes on tree.

D. She reached the mangoes on tree standing on tip toe.

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The servant mopped the room; she found a wallet lying in the corner.

A. The servant found a wallet while mopping the corner of the room.

B. The servant founded a wallet lying in the corner while mopping the room.

C. The servant mopped the room and found a wallet lying in the corner.

D. While mopping the room, the servant found a wallet lying in a corner.

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It was midnight. The trains collided then.

A. The trains collided then it was midnight

B. In the midnight collided then the trains.

C. It was midnight when the trains collided.

D. Midnight trains collided then.

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The hope is. She will return tomorrow.

A. The hope is that she will return tomorrow.

B. The hope is that she will return tomorrow.

C. She will return tomorrow is the hope.

D. That she will return is the hope.

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Please listen. Your teacher is telling something.

A. Please listen what your teacher is telling you.

B. Please listen to what your teacher is telling.

C. Your teacher is telling something to listen.

D. Please listen your teacher to telling something.

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Given are two simple sentences, decipher which of the following is correctly combined complex sentence by using a noun clause?
Separate: She has failed. The reason is her illness.

A. The reason of her failure is that she is ill.

B. She was ill and thus failed.

C. She failed because of her illness.

D. The reason behind her failure is her illness.

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Her younger brother is in Canada. He is a lecturer at a prestigious University.

A. Her younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious University in Canada.

B. Her younger brother, who is in Canada, is a lecturer at a prestigious University.

C. Her younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious Canadian University.

D. Her Canada based younger brother is a lecturer at a prestigious University.

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Mahatma Gandhi was a great visionary. He realised the danger of communal conflicts. He sacrificed his life to bring about unity.

A. A great visionary, Mahatma Gandhi realised the danger of communal conflicts and sacrificed his life to bring about unity.

B. Mahatma Gandhi, a great visionary, He sacrificed his life to bring about unity on realising the danger of communal conflicts.

C. Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed his life to bring about unity when he realised the danger of communal conflicts.

D. Having realised the danger of communal conflicts Mahatma Gandhi, a great visionary, sacrificed his life to bring about unity.

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I must finish this novel. There are still few chapters.

A. I have still few chapters in this novel to finish.

B. I still have few chapters in the novel before I finish it.

C. Few chapters are still left for me to finish the novel.

D. There are still few chapters for me to finish this novel.

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Which of the following statement about synthesis of sentence is incorrect?

A. Synthesis means combining two or more simple sentences in one sentence.

B. Synthesis is opposite of transformation of sentences.

C. Synthesis leads to the formation of either aa simple, complex or compound sentence.

D. All are correct.

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She kept on asking. When will her mother return?

A. She kept on asking when her mother would return.

B. When will her mother return kept on asking she.

C. She kept on asking when her mother retun would.

D. Would her mother return she kept on asking.

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We visited the Golden Temple. Gurunanak Devji preached his first sermon here.

A. We visited the Golden Temple wherein Gurunanak Devji preached his first sermon.

B. We visited the Golden Temple because Gurunanak Devji preached his first sermon.

C. We visited the Golden Temple where Gurunanak Devji preached his first sermon.

D. Gurunanak Devji preached his first sermon at the Golden Temple.

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You must start at once. You will be late.

A. You will be late must start at once.

B. You must start at once or you will be late.

C. You must start at once because you will be late.

D. You must start at once for you will be late.