Combine each set of simple sentence into one complex sentence containing an adverb clause.
Notes
A simple sentence contains one main clause. A complex sentence contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
1I waited for my friend ............... he arrived.
Wrong!
Use "until" to show that the waiting continued to the time he arrived.
2He hid ............... his pursuers could not find him.
Wrong!
Use "where" to introduce an adverb clause of place.
3I am as intelligent ............... you are.
Wrong!
In the comparison pattern "as... as", the second word is "as".
4............... he was not there, I left a message with his mother.
Wrong!
Use "As" to mean because at the beginning of a reason clause.
5We eat ............... we may live.
Wrong!
Use "so that" to introduce the purpose of eating.
6She was ............... tired that she could barely stand.
Wrong!
Use "so" before an adjective in the result pattern "so... that".
7............... you eat too much, you may fall ill.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce a possible condition and its result.
8............... he started early, he finished late.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to show contrast between starting early and finishing late.
9............... you do not tell me everything, I will not be able to help you.
Wrong!
Use "If" because the negative condition is already expressed by "do not".
10Do not go ............... I get ready.
Wrong!
Use "until" to mean that you should wait to go until the speaker is ready.
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- I waited for my friend until he arrived.
- He hid where his pursuers could not find him.
- I am as intelligent as you are.
- As he was not there, I left a message with his mother.
- We eat so that we may live.
- She was so tired that she could barely stand.
- If you eat too much, you may fall ill.
- Though he started early, he finished late.
- If you do not tell me everything, I will not be able to help you.
- Do not go until I get ready.