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Change Simple Paragraphs Into Complex

The document provides examples of transforming simple sentences into compound and complex sentences. It includes questions that ask to change simple sentences into compound sentences and rewrite paragraphs by joining simple sentences into complex and compound ones. The answers demonstrate how to combine sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to form compound and complex sentences.

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Change Simple Paragraphs Into Complex

The document provides examples of transforming simple sentences into compound and complex sentences. It includes questions that ask to change simple sentences into compound sentences and rewrite paragraphs by joining simple sentences into complex and compound ones. The answers demonstrate how to combine sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to form compound and complex sentences.

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Transformation of simplex sentences into compound and

complex.

Q1 –Change the sentence into compound –

Pollution is destroying the environment. Nobody does anything about pollution.

Q2 - Change the sentence into compound –

People don’t speak up about the problem of litter. The council continues to ignore the problem of
litter.

Q3 - Change the sentence into compound –

computers are very important. Computers can be dangerous. We must be careful.

Q4 – Change the sentence into compound –

Computers are used widely in most countries now.They are sign of progress. We must
make sure everyone has access to them.

Q5 - Rewrite the following paragraph by joining simple sentences into complex and
compound ones:
I love living in the city. I have a wonderful view of the entire city. I have an apartment. I can see
the Golden Gate Bridge. I can see many cargo ships pass under the bridge each day. I like the
restaurants in San Francisco. I can find wonderful food from just about every country. I don’t like
the traffic in the city.

Q6 - Rewrite the following paragraph by joining simple sentences into complex and
compound ones:
The music star was young. He was dressed in a red shirt and blue jeans. Everyone looked at
him. He knew they were looking at him. He smiled shyly. He grasped the microphone. He sang
two songs. He wrote these songs himself. His fans were delighted. They greeted him with
cheers and screams.
Q7 - Rewrite the following paragraph by joining simple sentences into complex and
compound ones:

It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was high. The trees waved and crashed against the
caravan. I looked around me. I saw that I wasn’t alone. A man stood behind me. He was tall. He
was mean. He had a knife. It was shining in the moonlight. He reached back. He stabbed with it.
I jumped out of the way. I ran away.

Q8 - Rewrite the following paragraph by joining simple sentences into complex and
compound ones
I sat down gratefully on the bench. I noticed an elderly lady trying to cross the road in front of
me.She had a huge bag slung across her bony shoulders. She was using her umbrella as a
walking stick. She ignored the “no crossing” sign. She tottered unsteadily onto the road. I was
filled with anxiety. I watched her walk slowly across the road. I feared for her safety.
Q9 - Rewrite the following paragraph by joining simple sentences into complex and
compound ones
I turned to my left. I spotted a pint – sized boy. He looked no older than nine. He was
surrounded by two mean -looking older boys. I recognized one of the older boys. He was Mike,
my neighbor. He was roughly pinning the small boy against the wall. I stared in horror at what
was happening. Mike’s friend held a pair of goggles in his hand. He was mocking the young
boy.

Answers -
1- Pollution is destroying the environment, yet nobody does anything about it.

2- Unless people speak up about the problem of litter, the council will continue to ignore it.
If people don not speak up about litter, the council will ignore it.

3- Computers are very important, but they can be dangerous,so We must be


careful.

4- Computers are used widely in most countries now, and they are sign of progress,
so we must make sure everyone has access to them.

5- I love living in the city of San Francisco. I have a wonderful view of the entire city from
my apartment window. In addition, I can see the Golden Gate Bridge under which many
cargo ships pass each day. I also like San Francisco because I can find wonderful
restaurants with food from just about every country; however, I don’t like the traffic in the
city.
6- Everyone looked at the young music star who was dressed in a red shirt and blue jeans.
He knew they were looking at him, so he smiled shyly. When he grasped the
microphone, he sang two songs. He wrote these songs himself. His fans were delighted,
so they greeted him with cheers and screams.

7- It was a dark and stormy night, and the wind was high. The trees waved and crashed
against the caravan. When I looked around me, I saw that I wasn’t alone. A man, who
was tall and mean, stood behind me. He had a knife which was shining in the moonlight.
He reached back and stabbed with it, but I jumped out of the way and ran away.

8- As I sat down gratefully on the bench, I noticed an elderly lady trying to cross the road in
front of me. She had a huge bag slung across her bony shoulders and was using her
umbrella as a walking stick. Ignoring the “no crossing” sign, she tottered unsteadily onto
the road. I was filled with anxiety as I watched her walk slowly across the road, I feared
for her safety.

9- Turning to my left, I spotted a pint – sized boy. He looked no older than nine. He was
surrounded by two mean -looking older boys, and I recognized one of the older boys
who was Mike, my neighbor. I stared in horror as Mike was. roughly pinning the small
boy against the wall. Holding a pair of goggles in his hand, Mike’s friend mocked the
young boy.

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