Sentence synthesis exercise 9

Sentence Synthesis Exercise Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one compound sentence James plays hockey He plays cricket as well He must be asleep There is no light in his room He speaks Hindi He also speaks English Peter is quite sociable His brother is rather reserved There was little hope of success I tried hard He will not spend his money He will not invest it He is a fool He is a madman He has been working hard He will pass I did my best I failed 10 The way was long The wind was cold Answers James plays hockey as well as cricket He must be asleep for there is no light in his room He speaks Hindi as well as English Peter is quite sociable whereas his brother is rather reserved There was little hope of success, nevertheless I tried hard He will neither spend his money nor invest it He is either a fool or a madman He has been working hard, so he will pass I did my best, but I failed 10 The way was long and the wind was cold Notes A compound sentence must have two or more coordinate clauses If we want to combine two or more simple sentences into one compound sentence we have to use a coordinating conjunction like and, but, or, as well as, whereas or neither …nor Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)