Creating Long Sentences in English: Boost Your Communication Skills

Manik Joshi

Oct 2014 · English Daily Use Book 8 · Manik Joshi

About this ebook

This Book Covers The Following Topics:

 

Patterns for Creating Long Sentences

01 -- Using ‘-ING Form of Verbs’ (I)

02 -- Using ‘-ING Form of Verbs’ (II)

03 -- Using ‘-ING Form of Verbs’ (III)

04 -- Using ‘With + -ING Form of Verbs’

05 -- Using ‘Series’

06 -- Using ‘From – To’

07 -- Using ‘Connecting Words or Phrases’

08 – Using ‘Parenthesis’

09 – Miscellaneous Patterns

 

 

Sample This:

 

01 -- Using ‘-ING Form of Verbs’ (I)

 

Example Sentence 01:

The ongoing drought in the state is being described as the country's worst in many decades, causing agricultural distress and forcing villagers to move to urban areas looking for work.

Main verb – described

-ING form of the verbs – causing, forcing

Explanation:

The ongoing drought in the state is being described as the country's worst in many decades.

Drought is causing agricultural distress.

Drought is also forcing villagers to move to urban areas looking for work.

 

Example Sentence 02:

Offering huge relief to ten thousand families belonging to the below poverty line category in the state, the ministry of power directed Power Corporation Limited to waive pending domestic power bills for the last 10 months.

Main verb – directed

-ING form of the verbs – offering, belonging

Explanation:

The ministry of power directed Power Corporation Limited to waive pending domestic power bills for the last 10 months.

The ministry of power offered huge relief to ten thousand families.

These families belong to the below poverty line category in the state.

 

Example Sentence 03:

A deadly winter storm blanketed a huge swath of the country, grounding flights, turning highways into ice rinks and knocking out power to tens of thousands preparing for the New Year holiday.

Main verb – blanketed

-ING form of the verbs – grounding, turning, knocking, preparing

Explanation:

A deadly winter storm blanketed a huge swath of the country.

The storm grounded flights.

The storm turned highways into ice rinks.

The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands (people).

They (those people) were preparing for the New Year holiday.

 

Example Sentence 04:

From undertaking construction activities when it did not have funds, never submitting utilization certificates for works it did, charging high centage than all other procuring excess expenditure and rarely accounting for unspent balances, the administrative department indulged in financial jugglery that could put the best accountants to shame.

Main verb – indulged

-ING form of the verbs – undertaking, submitting, charging, accounting

Explanation:

The administrative department indulged in financial jugglery that could put the best accountants to shame.

It (the administrative department) undertook construction activities when it did not have funds.

It (the administrative department) never submitted utilization certificates for works it did.

It (the administrative department) charged high centage than all other procuring excess expenditure.

It (the administrative department) rarely accounted for unspent balances.

 

Example Sentence 05:

The city continued to reel under massive traffic jams due to water logging as heavy rains lashed the city for the second consecutive day, flooding several arterial roads and leaving commuters stranded for hours while exposing civic bodies’ lack of preparedness to deal with the perennial problem.

Main verbs – continued, lashed

-ING form of the verbs – flooding, leaving, exposing

Explanation:

The city continued to reel under massive traffic jams due to water logging.

Heavy rains lashed the city for the second consecutive day.

Heavy rains flooded several arterial roads.

Heavy rains left commuters stranded for hours.

Heavy rains exposed civic bodies’ lack of preparedness to deal with the perennial problem.

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About the author

Manik Joshi was born on January 26, 1979, at Ranikhet, a picturesque town in the Kumaon region of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. He is a permanent resident of the Sheeshmahal area of Kathgodam located in the city of Haldwani in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in India. He completed his schooling in four different schools. He is a science graduate in the ZBC – zoology, botany, and chemistry – subjects. He is also an MBA with a specialization in marketing. Additionally, he holds diplomas in “computer applications”, “multimedia and web-designing”, and “computer hardware and networking”. During his schooldays, he wanted to enter the field of medical science; however, after graduation, he shifted his focus to the field of management. After obtaining his MBA, he enrolled in a computer education center; he became so fascinated with working on the computer that he decided to develop his career in this field. Over the following years, he worked at some computer-related full-time jobs. Following that, he became interested in Internet Marketing, particularly in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web design (creating websites), and various other online jobs. However, later he shifted his focus solely to self-publishing. Manik is a nature-lover. He has always been fascinated by overcast skies. He is passionate about traveling and enjoys solo travel most of the time rather than traveling in groups. He is actually quite a loner who prefers to do his own thing. He likes to listen to music, particularly when he is working on the computer. Reading and writing are definitely his favorite pastimes, but he has no interest in sports. Manik has always dreamed of a prosperous life and prefers to live a life of luxury. He has a keen interest in politics because he believes it is politics that decides everything else. He feels a sense of gratification sharing his experiences and knowledge with the outside world. However, he is an introvert by nature and thus gives prominence to only a few people in his personal life. He is not a spiritual man, yet he actively seeks knowledge about the metaphysical world; he is particularly interested in learning about life beyond death. In addition to writing academic/informational text and fictional content, he also maintains a personal diary. He has always had a desire to stand out from the crowd. He does not believe in treading the beaten path and avoids copying someone else’s path to success. Two things he always refrains from are smoking and drinking; he is a teetotaler and very health-conscious. He usually wakes up before the sun rises. He starts his morning with meditation and exercise. Fitness is an integral and indispensable part of his life. He gets energized by solving complex problems. He loves himself the way he is and he loves the way he looks. He doesn’t believe in following fashion trends. He dresses according to what suits him and what he is comfortable in. He believes in taking calculated risks. His philosophy is to expect the best but prepare for the worst. According to him, you can’t succeed if you are unwilling to fail. For Manik, life is about learning from mistakes and figuring out how to move forward.