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Combine the following sentences into
Simple sentences. You may combined them in any way you like. Note : A Simple
sentence has only one Finite Verb. |
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Examples :
I am not an optimist,
I am not a pessimist. I am a realist.
I am neither an
optimist nor a pessimist but a realist. |
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She read a book. She read a newspaper. She went to bed. |
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He has a shave. He has his
breakfast. Then he goes out to work. |
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We played a game. We had a rest. The game was interesting. |
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She heard a noise. She was
frightened. She ran into the room. |
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He declined to open his door to these visitors. He gave no
reason for his refusal. |
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The accused had the right to
challenge the jury. He insisted on this right. |
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The men made very little profit. Their industry was useless. |
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The people crowded the streets to
see him. His progress was very much impeded. |
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He was an eloquent speaker. He was
also a successful man of business. |
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Being very sad we traveled along in
silence. we never exchanged even a single word. We never got up
from our seats till the journey's end. |
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We liked the show. Nobody else
liked it. |
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I know you. He knows you. She does
not know you. |
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You take a book. You can take a
pen. You cannot take anything. |
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He fell ill last week. He is still
ill |
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I did not do it. She did not do it.
You did it. |
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Answers |
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After reading a book and a newspaper, she went to bed. OR
Reading a book and a newspaper, she went to bed. |
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After having a shave and his
breakfast, he goes out to work. OR He goes out to work
after having a shave and his breakfast. |
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We had a rest after playing an interesting game. |
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Frightened, after hearing a noise,
she ran into the room. |
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He declined to open his door to these visitors, giving no reason
for his refusal. |
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The accused insisted on his rights
to challenge the jury. |
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Making very little profit, the men found their industry useless. |
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The people crowded the streets to
see him, impeding his progress very much. |
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He was an eloquent speaker and a
successful man of business. |
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Being very sad we traveled along in
silence, never exchanging even a single word or getting up from
our seats till the journey's end. |
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Except us, nobody else like the show. |
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Both he and I know you, but not she. |
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You can ( either ) take a book or a pen, but nothing else. |
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He has been ill since last week. |
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Neither I nor she, but you did it. |
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