This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Transformation of Sentences – Conversion of Complex Sentences to Simple Sentences – Adjective Clause”.
1. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
She had no food that she could offer the poor lady.
a) There was no food that she could offer to the poor lady
b) No food was offered by her to the poor lady
c) She had no food to offer the poor lady
d) The poor lady could not be offered any food by her
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Explanation: The following complex sentence in the question consists of the adjective clause ‘that she could offer the poor lady’. The adjective clause is replaced by the phrase ‘to offer the poor lady’. It is done so to convert the complex sentence in the question into a simple sentence.
2. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
They were looking for the house which was mine.
a) They were looking for my house
b) They were looking for the house that was mine
c) They were in search of the house which was mine
d) They were in search of my house
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Explanation: The adjective clause in the given question statement is ‘which was mine’. The adjective clause in this sentence begins with the relative pronoun ‘which’. The word ‘which’ can be used either as a determiner (followed by a noun) or as a pronoun (without a following noun). In the answer statement, it is simply replaced by the phrase ‘my house’ to convert it into a simple sentence.
3. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
She finally found her jewels which were stolen.
a) She finally recovered her jewels which were stolen
b) The jewels that were stolen were found by her
c) Her stolen jewels were finally found
d) She finally found her stolen jewels
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Explanation: The complex sentence in the given question contains the adjective clause ‘which were stolen’. An adjective clause is also known as a relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, which connects them to the words they describe. Hence this adjective clause is replaced by adjective phrase ‘stolen jewels’ in the answer statement.
4. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
This cat belonged to the lady who died.
a) This cat is of the dead lady
b) This was the dead lady’s cat
c) The lady who died had this cat
d) The dead lady was the owner of this cat
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Explanation: The adjective clause mentioned in this question statement is ‘belonged to the lady who died’. The relative pronoun used in this question is ‘who’. This word can be used either as a relative pronoun ‘referring back to a person and starting a relative clause’ or as a question pronoun ‘introducing a direct or indirect question’. Note that the word ‘who’ can be used as the subject or object of a verb or preposition.
5. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
Could you find a place that you could visit?
a) Did you find a place that you could visit?
b) Could you find a place for visiting?
c) Could you find a place to visit?
d) Was any place found by you that you could visit?
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Explanation: The adjective clause ‘that you could visit’ is mentioned in the given sentence. In a relative clause the word ‘that’ can be used instead of using ‘who’, ‘whom’ or ‘which’ to refer to people, animal and things. It is converted into a simple phrase ‘to visit’ in the answer statement as a simple sentence.
6. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
The apples that you have bought are rotten.
a) The apples bought by you are rotten
b) You have bought the apples which were rotten
c) You have bought the apples and they are rotten
d) You have bought rotten apples
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Explanation: This question consists of the adjective clause ‘that you have bought are rotten’. An adjective clause works to describe a noun in a sentence. It functions as an adjective even though it is made up of a group of words instead of just one word. Similarly in this sentence, it works to describe the apples as rotten which is mentioned in the answer as ‘rotten apples’.
7. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
I saw a bird which was exotic.
a) I saw an exotic bird
b) I saw a bird that was exotic
c) An exotic bird was seen by me
d) I saw a bird and it was exotic
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Explanation: Adjective clauses are dependent clauses which consist of a subject and a verb but are not completely meaningful on their own. There are a number of relative pronouns used in the beginning of adjective clauses. In this question that pronoun is ‘which’. So it is simply converted into the adjective ‘exotic bird’ in the answer statement which is a simple sentence.
8. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
I skipped the question which I could not answer.
a) I skipped the unanswerable question
b) The question that I could not answer was skipped by me
c) The question which was skipped by me was unanswerable
d) I could not answer the question so I skipped it
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Explanation: The adjective clause identified in this sentence is ‘which I could not answer’. This clause is turned into the phrase ‘unanswerable question’ in the answer statement to convert it into simple sentence. The term ‘unanswerable question’ acts as the adjective in the sentence.
9. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
Those that are honest have no need to be afraid of anyone.
a) Those that are honest should not be afraid of anyone
b) Honest persons have no need to be afraid of anyone
c) Those that are honest have no need to be afraid of anyone
d) There is no need to be afraid for those that are honest
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Explanation: The clause ‘Those that are honest’ is an adjective clause in this sentence. An adjective clause always tells something about the noun or describes the noun. In some cases, the relative pronoun also serves as the subject of the clause. Similarly in this case ‘that’ is the subject of the sentence which is changed into ‘Honest persons’ in the correct option.
10. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
A person who is not satisfied can never be happy.
a) A person who is dissatisfied is unhappy
b) A person can never be happy if he is dissatisfied
c) A person is unhappy because of being dissatisfied
d) Dissatisfied person can never be happy
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Explanation: This complex sentence containing the adjective clause ‘who is not satisfied can never be happy’ is changed into a simple sentence by using the term ‘Dissatisfied person’ in place of adjective clause, in the given answer.
11. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
The ring that belonged to my mother is still missing.
a) My mother’s ring is still missing
b) The ring is still missing and it belonged to my mother
c) The ring which belonged to my mother is still missing
d) The ring belonging to my mother is still missing
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Explanation: The adjective clause mentioned in the given question statement is ‘that belonged to my mother’ which is further converted into the simple phrase ‘My mother’s ring’ in the answer statement to change the given complex sentence into a simple one.
12. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
I had no news that I could tell.
a) I had no news which I could tell
b) I could not tell any news
c) I had no news so I could not tell any
d) I had no news to tell
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Explanation: The following question statement is a complex sentence which is converted into a simple sentence by changing the adjective clause ‘that I could tell’ in the question statement into a phrase ‘no news to tell’ in the given answer statement.
13. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
This is not the show which she likes.
a) This is not the show liked by her
b) She does not like this show
c) This show is not liked by her
d) This is not the show which she likes
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Explanation: The given question statement is a complex sentence containing the adjective clause ‘the show which she likes’. This adjective clause needs to be converted into a simple phrase ‘She does not like’ in the correct option given to make it a simple sentence.
14. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
I saw a ship which was wrecked.
a) I saw a ship and it was wrecked
b) The ship that I saw was wrecked
c) I saw a wrecked ship
d) A ship which was wrecked was seen by me
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Explanation: The adjective clause in this particular question statement is ‘which was wrecked’. The word ‘wrecked’ acts as the adjective in the sentence which is converted into a simple phrase ‘a wrecked ship’ in the given answer statement which is a simple sentence.
15. Convert the following complex sentence to simple sentence.
The guy who saved my life was brave.
a) My life was saved by a guy who was brave
b) The brave guy saved my life
c) The guy saved my life and he was brave
d) It was a brave guy that saved my life
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Explanation: To convert the given complex sentence in this question statement into a simple sentence the adjective clause ‘who saved my life’ has to be converted into a simple phrase ‘brave guy saved my life’ in the given correct option.
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