Question

Convert compound sentence to simple sentence:
He was ill, but he attended the classes.
A) He was ill but he attended the class.
B) In spite of his illness, he attended the class.
C) Even though he was ill he attended the class.
D) No change

Answer 1

Hint: By converting compound sentences to simple sentences simply by reducing the number of clauses into one. For example: He got up by reducing it into a participial phrase i.e. ‘getting up’.

Complete answer:
A simple sentence is consisting of one subject and one predicate. Compound sentence consists of two or more coordinate clauses, each of which has its own subject and predicate. So, here we have to convert compound sentences to simple sentences.

Option A) He was ill but he attended the class – is an incorrect answer because this option does not fit as a simple sentence. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) In spite of his illness, he attended the class – is the correct answer because to convert complex sentence to the simple sentence ‘he was ill’ changed to ‘in spite of his illness’ and this is the correct answer.

Option C) Even though he was ill he attended the class – is an incorrect answer because ‘even though’ means beside the fact that. However, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) No change – is an incorrect answer because this option is null or void as the correct answer lies in option B.

Hence the correct answer is option ’B’.

Note:Compound sentences can be transformed into simple sentences by changing the first clause into a prepositional phrase. Here "He was ill" is changed to "in spite of his illness". Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not fit the description, hence incorrect.