Question

“He said something I didn't hear.” convert it to a complex sentence.

Answer 1

Hint: A complex sentence is one that has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. It's best used when you need to provide more information to explain or change the main argument of your phrase. Complex sentences are simple to recognise because they frequently contain subordinating conjunctions to connect clauses, such as because, since, or until.

Complete answer:
The term "simple sentence" refers to a sentence with only one independent clause.
For example, He confessed his unlawful act.

A complex sentence is one that consists of one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. Example: He admitted that he was guilty of his illegal act.

A compound sentence is when there are multiple main clauses in a sentence.
Example: I went to see the movie Justice League, but the cinema was already full.

It is simple to convert Simple Sentences to Complex Sentences. And all it takes is stretching a word or phrase into a sentence to do this. Similarly, we can transform Complex Sentences into Simple Sentences. This can be accomplished by converting a clause to a single word or phrase.

A few examples are provided below to help you grasp the concept and the standard rules for converting between Simple and Complex Sentences: -
Rule 1: When using the present participle in a simple sentence, add "since/as/when" to the initial half of the sentence to make a complicated sentence.
Rule 2: In a simple sentence, add "as/when/since" to the initial part of the sentence to transform it into a complex sentence.
Rule 3: To make a complex statement, add "so...that (negative)" to "too...to" in a simple sentence.
Rule 4: To convert a simple sentence into a complicated sentence, add "so that" to the end of the sentence.
Rule 5: Convert a simple sentence of the type "subject + verb + object + present participle" to a complex sentence of the type "subject + verb + object + relative pronoun of the object + be verb according to relative pronoun and tense + remaining sentence".
Rule 6: The word "adjective" in the basic sentence will be changed to "that/which" in the complex sentence.

Thus, the answer is: He said something which I didn’t hear.

Note: A basic statement can be made more complicated by adding a subordinate clause to a word or phrase. A noun clause, an adjective clause, or an adverb clause can all be used as subordinate clauses.