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V. a) Connect each pair of sentences into a complex sentence with a S-clause.

Choose the conjunctive by the underlined element, otherwise use “that”.

Model: We shall meet in the park. Something must be decided now. Where we shall meet must be decided now.

1. She may be against it. It never occurred to me.

It never occurred to me that she may be against it.

2. She said it. It was absolutely true.

She said that it was absolutely true.

3. They were going to manage it somehow. It seemed of no importance.

It seemed of no importance that they were going to manage it somehow.

4. He suggested many things. It is always accepted.

It was always accepted that he suggested many things.

5. She might come back any time. It doesn’t concern me any more.

It doesn’t concern me any more that she might come back any time.

b) Connect two sentences into a complex sentence with a P-clause. Choose the conjunctive by the underlined element, otherwise use “that”, “if”, “whether”, “as if (though)”.

1. He was about to say something. He looked…

He looked as if he was about to say something.

2. He will cope with the task somehow. Is the difficulty…?

Is the difficulty that he will cope with the task somehow?

3. I could get tweed for a jacket somewhere. The matter is…

The matter is weather I could get tweed for a jacket somewhere.

4. We want just these data for the report. The data seem…

We want just these data for the report whether the data seem.

5. They may be willing to share the responsibility with us. The question is…

The question is if they may be willing to share the responsibility with us.

 

c) Connect two sentences into a complex sentence with an O-clause. Choose the conjunctive by the underlined element, otherwise use “that”, “if”, “whether”.

1. He promised something. I depended on…

I depended whether he promised something.

2. His words were doubted for some reason. She wondered…

She wondered if his words were doubted for some reason.

3. The outdoor activities should be planned in this way. The teacher spoke of…

The teacher spoke of whether the door activities should be planned in this way.

4. He develops films somewhere. Can you think of…?

Can you think that he develops films somewhere?

5. He always says all manner of things. People are always eager to listen to…

He always says all manner of things if people are always eager to listen to.

 

d) Connect two sentences into a complex sentence with an A-clause. Use the conjunctives “who”, “whom”, “which”, “that”, “when”, “where”, “why”, “such…as”, “the same…as”, “whose”.

1. They were at the age. They ought to act wisely at the age.

They ought to act wisely at the age such as they were at the age.

2. She showed me the same photo of her son. She shows the same photo of her son to everybody.

She showed me the same photo of her son the same as she shows the same photo of her son to everybody.

3. The man looked funny. The man’s hair was close-cropped.

The man whose hair was close cropped , looked funny.

4. The tower clock struck the hour. That changes the train of his thoughts.



That changes the train of his thought when the tower clock struck the hour.

5. All the books were sent to the little girl. The books had pictures in them.

All the books, that had pictures in them were sent to the little girl.

 


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