Grammar of 'Strong Roots ' with answers. : Joining of Sentences

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Joining of Sentences of 'Strong Roots ' with answers./Grammar of 'Strong Roots ' with answers. 

 Joining of Sentences 

1. I was born into a middle class family. The family lived in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras State. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. I was born into a middle class family in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras State.

2. He had an ideal helpmate in my mother. It was my mother. Her name was Ashiamma. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. He had an ideal helpmate in my mother, Ashiamma.

3. She fed a number of people everyday. I do not recall the exact number.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. I do not recall the exact number of people whom she fed everyday

4. My mother's lineage was the more distinguished. One of her forebears had been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British.[Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. My mother's lineage was the more distinguished, one of her forebears having been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British.

5. We lived in our ancestral house. It was built in the middle of the 19th century.(Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. We lived in our ancestral house which was built in the middle of the 19th century.

6. My father was an austere man. He used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.[Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. My austere father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.

7. Mine was a very secure childhood. It was secure, materially and emotionally.[Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. Mine was a very secure childhood, materially and emotionally.

8. I normally ate with my mother. I would sit on the floor of the kitchen.[Join into a simple sentence]

Ans.Sitting on the floor of the kitchen, I normally ate with my mother.

9. She would place a banana leaf before me. She then ladled rice and aromatic sambar, a variety of sharp, home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. She would place a banana leaf before me, on which she then ladled rice and aromatic sambar, a variety of sharp, home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.

10. The Shiva temple made Rameswaram very famous to pilgrims. It was about a ten-minute walk from our house. [Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. The Shiva temple, which made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten-minute walk from our house.

11. Our locality was predominantly Muslim. There were quite a lot of Hindu families too. They lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours. (Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. Although our locality was predominantly Muslim, there were quite a lot of Hindu families too, living amicably with their Muslim neighbours.

12. There was a very old mosque in our locality. My father would take me there for evening prayers.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. There was a very old mosque in our locality where my father would take me for evening prayers.

13. The Arabic prayers reached God. I was totally convinced of it. [Join into a complex sentence].

Ans. I was totally convinced that the Arabic prayers reached God.

14. My father came out of the mosque after the prayers. People of different religions would be sitting outside. They were waiting for him. [Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. When my father came out of the mosque after the prayers, people of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him.

15. This water was then carried home. It was for invalids. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. This water was then carried home for invalids.

16. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was the high priest of Rameswaram temple. He was a very close friend of my father's. [Join into a simple sentence] 

Ans. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, the high priest of Rameswaram temple, was a very close friend of my father's.

17. I was old enough to ask questions. I asked my father about the relevance of prayer.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. When I was old enough to ask questions, I asked my father about the relevance of prayer.

18. There was nothing mysterious about prayer. My father told me this. [Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. My father told me that there was nothing mysterious about prayer.

19. You pray. You transcend your body.(Join into a complex sentence)

Ans. When you pray, you transcend your body.

20. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts. He could do it in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil.[Join into a simple sentence] 

Ans. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil.

21. He put his hands on my shoulders. He looked straight into my eyes. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. Putting his hands on my shoulders, he looked straight into my eyes.

22. He gave an answer. It filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. His answer filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm.

23. They are in trouble sometimes. They look for someone to help them. [Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them.

24. At times they reach an impasse. They look to someone to show them the way out.[Join into a complex sentence]

 Ans. Whenever they reach an impasse, they look to someone to show them the way out.

25. This is not a correct approach at all. This should never be followed. [Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. This approach, which is not correct at all, should never be followed.

26. I remember my father. He would start his day at 4 am by reading the namaz before dawn. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. I remember my father starting his day at 4 am by reading the namaz before dawn.

27. I remember my father. He would start his day at 4 am by reading the namaz before dawn.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. I remember my father who would start his day at 4 am by reading the namaz before dawn.

28. He was in his late sixties. This routine remained till then. [Join into a simple sentence] 

Ans. His routine remained till in his late sixties.

29. I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths. Those truths were revealed to me by my father. [Join into a simple sentence]

Ans. I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths revealed to me by my father.

30. There exists a divine power. It can lift one up father from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure.[Join into a complex sentence]

Ans. There exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure.