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Sentences can be changed from one form to another.

Rewrite the following simple sentences as compound sentences.

1. The old man being weak could not walk properly.
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2. His father in spite of being poor is a contended man.

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3. She must work hard to be successful in the examination.
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4. Our teacher is popular among students for his diligence.
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5. But for his faults he would have progressed immensely.
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Let us learn how one type of sentence changes into another.

1. Sentences With or Without the Adverb ‘Too’
G The too…to form is changed to the so/much…that form.

Read the following examples:
1. This rod is too hot touch.to
This rod is hot so that I cannot touch it.

2. Harry Potter was too good movie miss.to

Harry Potter was such a good movie that I did not want to miss it.
G The so/such…that sentence is a complex sentence. The tense in the subordinate
clause depends upon the tense in the main clause.

2. Interchanging Affirmative and Negative Sentences

While changing an affirmative sentence to a negative sentence:
G use a word of opposite meaning after a negative word or use double negatives.

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