Question

Combine any one of the following as directed :
i) The examination will begin next week. It will be held in the examination hall. (Into a Simple sentence)
ii) The train ran down the incline. The train attained great speed. (Into a Simple sentence)

Hint:

To combine sentences into a simple one, look for ways to reduce one sentence into a smaller grammatical unit like a prepositional phrase (`with great speed`), a participle phrase (`Running down...`), or an appositive.

Answer 1

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
The task is to combine two separate sentences into a single simple sentence. A simple sentence has only one independent clause (one main verb). We can achieve this by converting one of the sentences into a phrase.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
The first sentence tells us the what and when: "The examination will begin next week." The second sentence tells us the where: "It will be held in the examination hall." We can convert the second sentence into a prepositional phrase indicating the location ("in the examination hall") and add it to the first sentence.
Combined Sentence: The examination will be held in the examination hall next week.
Solution (for ii):
Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Similar to the first part, we need to merge two sentences into one simple sentence. We can use a participle or a prepositional phrase to express the action of the second sentence.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
The two actions are "ran down the incline" and "attained great speed." These actions happened simultaneously or one caused the other.

Method 1 (Using a prepositional phrase): We can change "attained great speed" into the phrase "with great speed".
Combined Sentence: The train ran down the incline with great speed.

Method 2 (Using a participle): We can change the first verb into a present participle phrase.
Combined Sentence: Running down the incline, the train attained great speed.

Both methods result in a correct simple sentence.