Complex Sent - Ex.with Keys
Complex Sent - Ex.with Keys
Complex Sent - Ex.with Keys
Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses
wherever they are needed in the following sentences.
1. The men in question Harold Keene, Jim Peterson, and Gerald Greene deserve awards.
2. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
3. There's no room for error, said the engineer so we have to double check every calculation.
4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article
How Not to Go Camping.
7. Montaigne wrote the following A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
8. The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.
9. Arriving on the 8 10 plane were Liz Brooks, my old roommate her husband and Tim, their
son.
10. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied All the members of
my family are poor spellers. Why not me?
12. He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said No, I don't know.
13. The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars Volkswagens, Porsches, and Mercedes
Benz.
14. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9 19 flight, he came instead on the 10 36 flight.
15. Whoever thought said Helen that Jack would be elected class president?
18. There was a very interesting article entitled The New Rage for Folk Singing in last Sunday's
New York Times newspaper.
19. Whoever is elected secretary of the club Ashley, or Chandra, or Aisha must be prepared to do
a great deal of work, said Jumita, the previous secretary.
20. Darwin's On the Origin of Species 1859 caused a great controversy when it appeared.
Exercise 3: Use subordinating conjunctions (though, if, when, because, etc.) to connect the
sentences into one complex sentence.
1. Henry needs to learn English. I will teach him.
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2. It was raining outside. We went for a walk.
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3. Jenny needs to ask me. I will buy it for her.
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4. Yvonne played golf extremely well. She was very young.
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Exercise 4: Read through the following simple sentences and transform them into
compound sentences by using appropriate coordinating conjunctions.
1. Following the trail, we reached our destination.
5. In the event of you not reaching in time, we will postpone the operation.
6. Despite the train being late, Preetha waited for the train.
7. On account of the new rules and regulations, we were asked to work for an extended period.
Exercise 5: Go through the following simple sentences and transform them into complex
sentences by using suitable subordinating conjunctions.
6. Without accepting your mistakes, you will not be able to move forward in life.
8. Stretching itself, the cat crawled into a comfortable position on the couch.
9. Owing to the lack of financial resources, the construction work will not be complete within the
said time. .
10. In spite of trying multiple times, she could not clear the forty-fifth level.
Exercise 6: Check out the following compound sentences and convert them into complex
sentences by replacing the coordinating conjunction with the most appropriate
subordinating conjunction.
3. Harold is not keeping well, yet he helps his sister out with the household chores.
4. You must practise well, or you will not be able to perform well.
7. Naina was very ill, therefore we had to take Naina to the hospital.
8. Rahul worked at the grocery store and studied French at the college as well.
10. The bell rang and at once the students assembled on the ground according to their sports
houses.