We can combine two or more simple sentences into one large sentence – simple, compound or complex. This process is called synthesis.
Two or more simple sentences can be combined into a single simple sentence. Study the following examples.
- I am going to the market. I need to buy some fruits.
These two simple sentences can be combined into one using a to-infinitive.
- I am going to the market to buy some fruits.
- He is very clever. He cannot be deceived.
- He is too clever to be deceived.
Participles can also be used to combine two sentences.
- She lost her ring. She started crying.
- Having lost her ring she started crying.
- The monkey sat on a branch. He gibbered.
- Sitting on a branch the monkey gibbered.
Note that participles and infinitives can be used only when both sentences have the same subject.
Join each of the following pairs of simple sentences into a single simple sentence.
1. The crow heard a noise. The crow flew away.
2. I believed the man to be honest. I lent him ten thousand pounds.
3. The constable was bitten by a snake. He died.
4. He finished breakfast. He went to office.
1. Hearing a noise the crow flew away.
2. Believing the man to be honest, I lent him ten thousand pounds.
3. Having been bitten by a snake, the constable died.
4. Having finished breakfast, he went to office.