Changing Sentence

Simple to Complex:

Simple, Complex, এবং Compound sentence - transformation এর নিয়মগুলো বুঝার জন্যে clause এবং phrase সম্পর্কে ধারণা থাকা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ।

Clause এবং phrase এর মধ্যে প্রধান পার্থক্য হচ্ছে - একটি clause এ একটি verb থাকে আর একটি phrase এ কোন verb থাকে না. phrase এ participle, gerund, infinitive, ইত্যাদি থাকলেও কোন verb থাকে না. simple sentence এ সাধারণত একটি clause এবং একটি phrase থাকে।

কিন্তু complex এবং compound sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে সাধারণত দুইটি clause থাকে অর্থ্যাৎ দুইটি verb থাকে। সেক্ষেত্রে simple sentence এ শুধুমাত্র একটি verb থাকে।

Complex - If you study well, you will pass. (Two clauses, two verbs)

Simple – By studying hard, you will pass. (One phrase, one clause, and one verb. এখানে study কে present participle বানিয়ে দেয়া হয়েছে যাতে প্রথম clause টা ভেঙ্গে একটা phrase বানানো যায়, কারণ simple sentence এ একটা clause তথা একটাই verb থাকতে পারবে।)

Complex sentences have some particular connectors which connect the two clauses. The connectors for complex sentences are: -

Before, after, till, until, when, where, which, who, whom, why, what, that, since, as, because, if, unless, as if, as though, although, even though, as soon as, so that, on condition that, and provided that.

Note: Complex to simple এবং simple to complex করার জন্যে complex sentence এর connectors গুলির functions সম্পর্কে বিস্তারিত ধারণা থাকা প্রয়োজন।

Simple sentence কে complex sentence এ পরিবর্তনের জন্যে simple sentence এর একটা clause কে ভেঙে অথবা নতুন শব্দ যোগ করে দুইটা clause তৈরি করতে হবে। সেই দুইটি clause কে যোগ করতে হবে উপরোক্ত connectors গুলো ব্যবহার করে। এর জন্যে নির্দিষ্ট নিয়মগুলোর বাইরেও অনেকভাবে simple sentence কে complex sentence এ রূপান্তর করা যায় এবং সবগুলো নিয়মেরই ব্যতিক্রম নিয়ম আছে।

নিম্নোক্ত নিয়মগুলো সব ক্ষেত্রেই ব্যবহার করা যাবে :

Rule 1:

If there is an extra phrase in the simple sentence, expand that phrase to make a clause. Then choose a suitable connectors to connect the clauses.

Example:

Simple: Seeing the teacher, the student stopped making noise.

এই sentence টিতে phrase হচ্ছে ‘Seeing the teacher’। এই phrase এ seeing কে সহজেই verb বানানো যায়। আর যেহেতু এই sentence এর subject একটাই সেহেতু আমরা একই subject ব্যবহার করবো।

So, the two clauses we can get from this sentence are:

*The students saw the teacher ---- *The students stopped making noise.

Transformation এ tense পরিবর্তিত হয় না। তাই আমরা seeing কে saw বানিয়েছি। দুটি clause এ subject যেহেতু একই, তাই একটিতে pronoun ব্যবহার করতে হবে। তারপর উপযুক্ত একটি connector বাছাই করতে হবে। এ ধরনের sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে একের অধিক connector ও থাকতে পারে এবং সব গুলোই সঠিক।

The complex sentence could be:

As the student saw the teacher, they stopped making noise.

Since the student saw the teacher, they stopped making noise.

The students stopped making noises when they saw the teacher.

যদি clause এবং phrase এর subject ভিন্ন ভিন্ন হয়, তাহলে দুই clause এর জন্যে দুই subject থাকবে।

Example:

Simple: Alex could not go to school due to his mother’s illness.

Complex: Alex could not go to school because his mother was ill.

Or, Alex could not go to school since his mother was ill.

Rule 2:

If there is no extra phrase in the simple sentence, you have to find a word which you can expand into a clause. The word can be an adjective, noun, or adverb.

Example:

Simple: He pleaded for his innocence.

Complex: He pleaded that he was innocence.

এখানে আমরা innocence শব্দটিকে সিলেক্ট করে একটি verb এনে আরেকটি clause তৈরি করেছি। innocence একটি noun, তাই এই clause টি একটি noun clause .

More Examples of noun clauses in complex sentences:

Simple: Murphy knows Mr. Rashid.

Complex: Murphy knows who Mr. Rashid is.

Simple: I prayed for your job.

Complex: I prayed so that you could get the job. (Connector – ‘so that’ requires the modal – ‘can/could’ in the following clause.)

(Note: Complex করার ক্ষেত্রে extra একটি verb আনা যাবে।)

Simple: He admitted his guilt.

Complex: He admitted that he was guilty.

For words that are adjectives, you have to make an adjective clause.

Example:

Simple: He was an outstanding actor.

Complex: He was an actor who was outstanding.

এখানে outstanding শব্দটি একটি adjective এবং এই শব্দ কে কেন্দ্র করেই একটা clause তৈরি করা হয়েছে।

More Examples of adjective clauses in complex sentences:

Simple: I lost the most beautiful pen yesterday.

Complex: I lost the pen which was most beautiful.

Simple: He was a remarkable man.

Complex: He was a man who was remarkable.

Simple: I want an extensive encyclopedia.

Complex: I want an encyclopedia which is extensive.

For words that are adverbs, you have to make an adverb clause.

Example:

Simple: He is too weak to carry this heavy bag.

Complex: He is so weak that he cannot carry that heavy bag.

Simple: He is working relentlessly to finish the work.

Complex: He is relentlessly working so that he can finish the work.

Simple: He was born in the year of liberation war.

Complex: He was born when it was the year of liberation war.

Rule 3:

কিছু কিছু phrase কে clause এ রূপান্তর করে complex sentence তৈরি করার জন্যে কিছু নির্দিষ্ট নিয়ম রয়েছে। সেগুলো হল –

Example:

Simple: I could not do it because of my illness.

Complex: I could not do it because I was ill.

Or, I could not do it as I was ill.

Or, I could not do it since I was ill.

At the time of (indcation of time)= when + clause + clause / clause + When + clause.

Example:

Simple: At the time of my birth, my father was abroad.

Complex: When I was born, my father was abroad.

In spite of/ despite = though/although + clause + clause.

Example:

Simple: In spite of being a good student, he could not do well on the exam.

Complex: Although he is a good student, he could not do well on the exam.

Simple: Despite being sick, Robin went to school.

Complex: Though Robin was sick, he went to school.

Without + v1(ing) = if + clause + clause. / clause + unless + clause.

Example:

Simple: Without playing well, we cannot win this match.

Complex: If we do not play well, we cannot win this match.

Or, We cannot win this match unless we play well.

Simple: Without being there myself, I cannot do it.

Complex: If I am not there myself, I cannot do it.

Or, I cannot do it unless I’m there myself.

Too . . (an adjective) . . too = clause + so . .(the adjective). . that + clause.

Example:

Simple: He is too weak to continue walking.

Complex: He is so weak that he cannot walk.

Simple: They are too strong to lose.

Complex: They are so strong that they cannot lose.

Note: (Connector – ‘so that’ requires the modal – ‘can/could’ in the following clause.)