Synthesis, Maharashtra Board, Previous Year's Questions, Practice Exercise


Synthesis

1.         They live in different time zones. (Make it complex)
            They live where there are different time zones.
2.         As this material hardens, it becomes sedimentary rock. (Make it compound)
            This material hardens and becomes sedimentary rock.
3.         I walked straight to the village and bought myself two dozen penny exercise books.                             (Make it simple)
            Walking straight to the village, I bought myself two dozen penny exercise books.
4.         He opened the shop’s weathered door and went inside. (Make it simple)
            Opening the shop’s weathered door, he went inside.
5.         Hearing the sound of hammering from a side street, Reuben had an idea. (Rewrite the                           sentence using ‘and’)
            Reuben heard the sound of hammering from a side street and he had an idea.
6.         Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity hitting India almost every year. (Make         it                complex)
            Floods are the most recurrent natural calamity which hit India almost every year.
7.         The birds arrive at their winter abode inside the bird sanctuary. (Make it complex)
            The birds arrive at the bird sanctuary which is their winter abode.
8.         Seeing the hungry market, Dell placed local advertisement. (Make it compound)
            Dell saw the hungry market and he placed local advertisement.
9.         The milk processing industry is a small one. (Make it complex)
            The industry that processes milk is a small one.
10.       I flung it on the table and set to work again. (Make it simple)
            Flinging it on the table, I set to work again.
11.       Her husband is a media personality who typically arrives home from work past       midnight.              (Make it simple)
            Her husband being a media personality arrives home from work past midnight.
12.       This time Dell made $18000 and bought an expensive car. (Make it simple)
            Having made $18000 this time, Dell bought an expensive car.
13.       This child wakes up at 5 a.m. and studies for an hour. (Make it simple)
            Waking up at 5 a.m., this child studies for an hour.
14.       It was Yamuna who first conveyed it to us at 5 p.m. (Make it simple)
            Yamuna first conveyed it to us at 5 p.m.
15.       I didn’t have a dorm room, so I first slept on the floor in friends’ rooms. (Make it simple)
            Having no dorm room, I slept on the floor in my friends’ rooms.
16.       My wife enters the kitchen to find them scurrying away. (Make it compound)
            My wife enters the kitchen and finds them scurrying away.
17.       This was the cry that would wake me from my slumber two decades ago. (Make it                                simple)
            The cry would wake me from my slumber two decades ago.
18.       A musician discovers joy when he manages to express himself in his music. (Make it                           simple)
            A musician discovers joy after managing to express himself in his music.
19.       The war raged and India was fighting on both fronts. (Rewrite beginning with ‘when’)
            When the war raged, India was fighting on both fronts.
20.       Enticingly served, it comes in four vatis. (Change into a compound sentence)
            It is enticingly served and it comes in four vatis.

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