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Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Prepare a list of subordinating conjunctions.
Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.
| waiting | out | income |
| green | sun | room |
| tax | alarm | dry |
| traffic | wall | house |
| clock | jam | glasses |
| hair | cleaning | cut |
| put | paper |
- Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean __________.
- Tharani had given the sarees for __________.
- The __________ is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
- Never wait for an __________ to wake you up.
- The children were late to school as there was a __________ near the toll plaza.
- The government expects every individual to promptly pay the __________.
- People usually wear __________ during summer.
- The patients were asked to sit in the__________ until the doctor arrived.
- With teamwork we are able to multiply our __________.
- The room was looking bright with the colourful __________.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
You can use a pen ______ a pencil for writing.
Complete the sentence by using the following options.
Charles greeted his_________ and aunt.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
We ______ a wonderful film at the cinema last night. (see)
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Here, we see that the ‘-ing’ form of the verb ‘fight’ is used as a subject in ‘The fighting went on’. It does the work of a noun. When the ‘-ing’ form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund or verbal noun. Read the following examples of gerunds:
- Gardening is an art.
- Cooking is a science.
- I enjoy reading poems.
- I like reading more than writing.
Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
great - ______ - ______
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
loneliness
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
