In this blog, we are going to learn how to transform compound to simple sentence.

Rules of Transformation

 

We can convert a compound to simple sentence by reducing the number of clauses into one.

 

1. Let us take an example

 

He got up and walked away.
(This is a Compound sentence)

 

Now its corresponding simple sentence will become
Getting up, he walked away.

 

Note, Here we reduced the clause 'He got up' into the participial phrase 'getting up', thereby leaving only one clause in the sentence : �he walked away�.

 

2. Let us take some more examples

 

He gave them not only a house but some land also.
(This is a Compound sentence)

 

Now its corresponding simple sentence will become
Besides a house, he gave them some land also.

 

Here we reduced the clause 'he gave them not only a house� into the prepositional phrase 'besides a house', thereby leaving only one clause in the sentence : �he gave them some land also�.

 

3. Let us take another example

 

He ran away and thus escaped arrest.
(This is a Compound sentence)

 

Now its corresponding simple sentence will become
He ran away in order to escape arrest.

 

Here the clause 'thus escaped arrest' is replaced by the infinitive phrase 'in order to escape arrest', thereby by leaving only one clause in the sentence, �he ran away�.

 

4. Let us take another example

 

He was ill and didn�t attend the party.
(This is a Compound sentence)

 

Now its corresponding simple sentence will become
Being ill, he didn�t attend the party.

 

5. Let us take another example

 

He must run fast or he will not catch the train.
(This is also a Compound one)

 

Now its corresponding simple sentence will become
He must run fast to catch the train.

 

Thus we conclude that to convert compound sentences into simple sentences, clauses have to be reduced to participial, prepositional orinfinitive phrases ,so that there is only one clause left in the sentence.

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