A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. Common examples of coordinating conjunctions are: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so.A complex sentence has a main clause and one or more dependent clauses. In a complex sentence we use a subordinating conjunction to connect the dependent clause to the main clause. Common examples of subordinating conjunctions are: as, when, while, because, since, after, before, although, though, if, whether, unless and until.
We can change a compound sentence into a complex sentence by replacing the coordinating conjunction with a subordinating conjunction. Study the examples given below.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1The doctor must come at once ............... the patient will die.
Wrong!
2............... the doctor does not come at once, the patient will die.
Wrong!
3Gandhi believed in non-violence ............... some of his followers were extremists.
Wrong!
4............... Gandhi believed in non-violence some of his followers were extremists.
Wrong!
5Search his pockets ............... you will find the stolen watch.
Wrong!
6............... you search his pockets, you will find the stolen watch.
Wrong!
7You must hurry ............... you will miss the train.
Wrong!
8............... you do not hurry you will miss the train.
Wrong!
9He wants to be a scholar, ............... he is studying hard.
Wrong!
10............... he wants to be a scholar he is studying hard.
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers
- The doctor must come at once or the patient will die.
- If the doctor does not come at once, the patient will die.
- Gandhi believed in non-violence but some of his followers were extremists.
- Though Gandhi believed in non-violence some of his followers were extremists.
- Search his pockets and you will find the stolen watch.
- If you search his pockets, you will find the stolen watch.
- You must hurry or you will miss the train.
- If you do not hurry you will miss the train.
- He wants to be a scholar, so he is studying hard.
- As he wants to be a scholar he is studying hard.
