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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