Combining multiple sentences into a single simple sentence.

Combining multiple sentences into a single simple sentence.

Solved Exercise:

1. The soldiers were starving. Their ammunition was expended. Their clothes were in rags. Their leaders were dead. The enemy easily defeated them.

A. Having their ammunition being expended and without being their leaders, the starving soldiers in rags were easily defeated by their enemy.

2. Wellington was the greatest of English admirals. Napoleon was the greatest of French soldiers. They were contemporaries. They were the heroes of their respective countries.

A. The two contemporaries, Wellington and Napoleon, being the greatest of English admirals and the French soldiers, were the heroes of their respective countries.

3. The major laughed. He found himself to be richer by a rupee. He saw his adversary outwitted.

A. Finding himself to be richer by a rupee by outwitting his adversary, the major laughed at his opponent.

4. He hardened his heart. He wished to punish the people mercilessly. He wanted to make an example of them once and for all.

A. Having hardened his heart, he wished to punish the people mercilessly to make an example of them once for all.

5. He receives much gratitude. He performs kindly actions. He is not harsh in the execution of his duty. He does not oppress the poor.

A. In addition to being not harsh in the execution of his duty, he performs kindly actions to the poor thereby receiving much gratitude.