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Synthesis of Sentences — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. Synthesis of sentences means —
    1. breaking a sentence into clauses
    2. combining several sentences into one
    3. changing active into passive
    4. correcting errors
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    Answer: (B) combining several sentences into one

    Synthesis means putting together; analysis breaks apart.

  2. Combine into a SIMPLE sentence: He heard the noise. He ran out.
    1. He heard the noise and ran out.
    2. Hearing the noise, he ran out.
    3. When he heard the noise, he ran out.
    4. He ran out because he heard the noise.
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    Answer: (B) Hearing the noise, he ran out.

    A participle keeps it to one finite verb and no conjunction.

  3. Combine into a SIMPLE sentence: He was tired. He sat down.
    1. He was tired, so he sat down.
    2. Being tired, he sat down.
    3. Because he was tired, he sat down.
    4. He was tired and sat down.
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    Answer: (B) Being tired, he sat down.

    Only the participle gives a simple sentence.

  4. Combine into a SIMPLE sentence: The weather was fine. We went out.
    1. The weather was fine and we went out.
    2. The weather being fine, we went out.
    3. As the weather was fine, we went out.
    4. Since it was fine, we went out.
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    Answer: (B) The weather being fine, we went out.

    An absolute construction — noun plus participle.

  5. Which of these is a COMPOUND sentence?
    1. Being ill, he stayed at home.
    2. He was ill, so he stayed at home.
    3. Because he was ill, he stayed at home.
    4. In spite of his illness, he came.
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    Answer: (B) He was ill, so he stayed at home.

    Two main clauses joined by the illative so.

  6. "He is poor but he is honest" uses which kind of conjunction?
    1. cumulative
    2. adversative
    3. alternative
    4. illative
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    Answer: (B) adversative

    But sets one statement against another — adversative.

  7. "He was ill, therefore he did not come" uses which kind?
    1. cumulative
    2. adversative
    3. alternative
    4. illative
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    Answer: (D) illative

    Therefore draws an inference — illative.

  8. Combine into a COMPLEX sentence using a noun clause: He is honest. I know it.
    1. I know him to be honest.
    2. I know that he is honest.
    3. He is honest and I know it.
    4. Knowing his honesty, I agree.
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    Answer: (B) I know that he is honest.

    The noun clause that he is honest is the object of know.

  9. Combine using an adjective clause: I met a man. He was blind.
    1. I met a blind man.
    2. I met a man who was blind.
    3. I met a man and he was blind.
    4. Meeting a man, I found him blind.
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    Answer: (B) I met a man who was blind.

    An adjective clause describes the noun man.

  10. Complete: No sooner had he arrived ___ it began to rain.
    1. when
    2. then
    3. than
    4. that
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    Answer: (C) than

    No sooner … than; hardly and scarcely take when.

  1. Complete: Hardly had she left ___ the phone rang.
    1. than
    2. when
    3. then
    4. that
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    Answer: (B) when

    Hardly … when.

  2. Which is correct?
    1. Walk carefully lest you should not fall.
    2. Walk carefully lest you should fall.
    3. Walk carefully lest you will fall.
    4. Walk carefully lest you fall not.
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    Answer: (B) Walk carefully lest you should fall.

    Lest already carries the negative, and it takes should.

  3. Which sentence balances "not only … but also" correctly?
    1. He not only failed but also his brother.
    2. Not only he but also his brother failed.
    3. He not only came but also his sister.
    4. Not only he failed but his brother also.
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    Answer: (B) Not only he but also his brother failed.

    The two halves must join the same part of speech — here, two subjects.

  4. Combine into a simple sentence: He wants to pass. He works hard.
    1. He wants to pass and works hard.
    2. He works hard to pass.
    3. He works hard so that he may pass.
    4. Because he wants to pass, he works hard.
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    Answer: (B) He works hard to pass.

    An infinitive of purpose keeps it simple.

  5. Which is a SIMPLE sentence?
    1. He came and told me everything.
    2. When he came, he told me everything.
    3. On coming, he told me everything.
    4. He came, so he told me everything.
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    Answer: (C) On coming, he told me everything.

    One finite verb, no conjunction.

  6. Combine using apposition: This is Mr Rao. He is our new teacher.
    1. This is Mr Rao and he is our new teacher.
    2. This is Mr Rao, our new teacher.
    3. This is Mr Rao who is our new teacher.
    4. Mr Rao being our new teacher, this is he.
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    Answer: (B) This is Mr Rao, our new teacher.

    A noun phrase in apposition gives the simplest answer.

  7. If the question does not say which kind of sentence to produce, the safest answer is —
    1. simple
    2. compound
    3. complex
    4. compound-complex
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    Answer: (C) complex

    A complex sentence can express every relation precisely.

  8. Which answer contains a dangling participle?
    1. Hearing the noise, he ran out.
    2. Hearing the noise, the door was opened.
    3. When he heard the noise, he ran out.
    4. He heard the noise and ran out.
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    Answer: (B) Hearing the noise, the door was opened.

    The door did not hear the noise.

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