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Choose the right combined sentence from the following options.
She kept on asking. When will her mother return?
She kept on asking when her mother would return.
When will her mother return kept on asking she.
She kept on asking when her mother retun would.
Would her mother return she kept on asking.
Correct Answer :
A. She kept on asking when her mother would return.
Subordinate conjunction when becomes the object of gerund and participle and combine the two noun clauses.
Related Questions
It was midnight. The trains collided then.
The trains collided then it was midnight
In the midnight collided then the trains.
It was midnight when the trains collided.
Midnight trains collided then.
Everybody was pleased to know. She was absent.
Everybody was pleased to know that she was absent.
She was absent everybody was pleased.
Everybody was pleased to know she was absent.
Everybody was pleased she was absent to know.
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.
I met your friend and his wallet was stolen in the market.
As soon as I met your friend, his wallet was stolen in the market.
I met your friend whose wallet was stolen in the market.
I met your friend because his wallet was stolen in the market.
You must be quiet. You must leave the room.
You must be quiet. You must leave the room.
You must leave the room and quiet.
Must you leave and quiet the room
You must be quiet or you must leave the room.
The fact is. Nisha has not qualified the test.
Nisha has not qualified the test is the fact.
The fact, Nisha has not qualified the test.
The fact is that Nisha has not qualified the test.
Nisha is the fact not qualified the test.
It will start working. You give it a kick.
It will start working you give it a kick.
It will start working by giving it a kick.
It will start working when/if you give it a kick.
You give it a kick it will start working.
Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet. He was a good painter.
Rabindranath Tagore was not only a great poet, but also a good painter.
Besides being a great poet, Rabindranath Tagore was a good painter.
Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet as well as a good painter.
Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet and painter.
He has walked five miles. It is possible that he is tired.
He has walked five miles, it is possible that he is tired.
He has walked five miles, so he must be tired.
He has walked five miles therefore it is possible that he is tired.
He has walked five miles and possible that he is tired.
You heat ice. It melts.
If/when you heat ice, it melts.
You heat ice it melts.
It melts heating ice.
Heating ice it melts.
She had many shortcomings. But she was a nice woman.
She had many shortcomings but she was a nice woman.
In spite of having many shortcomings, she was a nice woman.
She was a nice woman had many shortcomings.
She was a nice woman have many shortcomings.
I must finish this novel. There are still few chapters.
I have still few chapters in this novel to finish.
I still have few chapters in the novel before I finish it.
Few chapters are still left for me to finish the novel.
There are still few chapters for me to finish this novel.
Mohan is industrious. He is very particular in his work.
Mohan is very particular in his work as he is industrious.
Mohan is not only industrious but also very particular in his work.
Mohan is industrious and particular in his work.
Mohan is industrious as well as particular in his work.
She was really upset with him. She said nothing.
She was really upset with him she said nothing.
Being she was really upset with him she said nothing
As she was really upset with him, she said nothing.
She said nothing was really upset with him.
Separate: She has failed many times. She still hopes to get success at last.
Combined: In spite of many failures she still hopes to get success at least.
By using a preposition with noun or gerund
By using a Participle
By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
By using an infinitive
He didnt get admission. His grades were not very good.
He didnt get admission, his grades were not very good.
He didnt get admission because his grades were not very good.
His grades were not very good and he didnt get admission.
As his grades were not very good he didnt get admission.
She never believed in his statement. His father is a doctor.
She never believed in his statement that his father was a doctor.
His father is a doctor she never believed statement.
In his statement she never believed his father is a doctor.
His father is a doctor she never believed in his statement.
He went to the market. He saw the latest gadget. He could not, however purchase it.
He went to the market and could not purchase the latest gadget that he saw.
He went to the market and saw the latest gadget but he could not purchase it.
He saw the latest gadget in the market and could not purchase it.
He could not purchase the latest gadget he saw in the market.
I dont know. What is he doing?
I dont know he is doing what?
What is he doing I dont know?
He is doing what I dont know.
I dont know what he is doing.
India will have a good monsoon season this year. The meteorologists expect this.
The meteorologists expect a good monsoon season this year in India.
The meteorologists expect that India will have a good monsoon season this year.
As expected by the meteorologists, India will have a good monsoon season this year.
The meteorologists expect India to have a good monsoon season this year.
You will find it. You look for it.
If you look for it will find it
When you look for it you will find it.
You look for it if you will find it.
You will find it if you look for it.
Sheena will not spend her money. She will not invest it.
Sheena will neither spend her money nor invest it.
Sheena will not spend her money and will not invest it.
Sheena will either spend her money or invest it.
Sheena will not spend her money or will not invest it either.Practice Exercise
Mahatma Gandhi was a great visionary. He realised the danger of communal conflicts. He sacrificed his life to bring about unity.
A great visionary, Mahatma Gandhi realised the danger of communal conflicts and sacrificed his life to bring about unity.
Mahatma Gandhi, a great visionary, He sacrificed his life to bring about unity on realising the danger of communal conflicts.
Mahatma Gandhi sacrificed his life to bring about unity when he realised the danger of communal conflicts.
Having realised the danger of communal conflicts Mahatma Gandhi, a great visionary, sacrificed his life to bring about unity.
Get inside. You may catch cold.
Get inside else you may catch cold.
You may catch cold, get inside.
Get inside, otherwise you may catch cold.
Get inside or you may catch cold.
Separate: The monkey sat on a branch. He gibbered.
Combined : Sitting on a branch the monkey gibbered.
By using an infinitive
By using a noun or a phrase in apposition
By using a pParticiple
By using a preposition with noun or gerund
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.
Seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.
On seeing the police, the burglar took his heels.
As soon as the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.
As the burglar saw the police, he took his heels.
There was little hope of success. She tried hard.
There was little hope of success, still she tried hard.
There was little hope of success, but she tried hard.
She tried hard but there was little scope of success.
There was little hope of success, nevertheless she tried hard.
You must start at once. You will be late.
You will be late must start at once.
You must start at once or you will be late.
You must start at once because you will be late.
You must start at once for you will be late.
Separate: She wanted to educate her son. She sent him to London.
Combined: She sent her son to London to educate him.
By using an adverb or an Adverbial Phrase
By using a Participle
By using an infinitive
By using, Nominative Absolute Construction
She kept on asking. When will her mother return?
She kept on asking when her mother would return.
When will her mother return kept on asking she.
She kept on asking when her mother retun would.
Would her mother return she kept on asking.
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
When we combine two simple sentences by using an adverb or an adverbial phrase, we change the adverb of the sentence into adjective.
Two simple sentences are joined using a participle when they have a common subject.
The conjunction for noun clause in synthesis of complex sentences is that.
Compound sentences are joined using coordinating conjunctions.