Creating Long Sentences in English: Boost Your Communication Skills

Book excerpt: 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 a higher percentage 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 the work it did. It (the administrative department) charged a higher percentage than all other procuring excess expenditures. 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.