Question

6. Combine the following sentences using a noun clause:

    Why would the pilot suddenly resign? I do not know the reason.

7. Combine the following sentences using a subordinate clause that expresses condition:
Taxi drivers will mount protests in a month. This is because the government is likely to insist on introducing premium taxi services through franchises.

8. Rewrite the following sentence using the word ‘despite’:

Although Edward had already completed his doctoral studies, he failed to secure an academic position.

9. Combine the following sentences using a relative clause with the relative pronoun ‘whom’:
Barack Obama is a Nobel Prize winner. I have great respect for him.

10. Combine the following sentences into a single sentence using two defining relative clauses:
Tim sold his car to a woman. The woman’s husband had a job. The job required a car.

Answer 1

6. I do not know why the pilot would suddenly resign.
'I do not know' is the main clause.
'why the pilot would suddenly resign' is the noun clause; it is the object of the verb 'do (not) know' in the main clause.

7. If the government insists on introducing premium taxi services through franchises taxi drivers will mount protests in a month.

Taxi drivers will mount protests in a month is the main clause.
If the government insists on introducing premium taxi services through franchises is the subordinate (adverb) clause of condition.

8. Despite having completed his doctoral studies, Edqard failed to secure an academic position.
The sentence is now a simple sentence.

9. Barack Obama, for whom I have great respect, is a Nobel Prize winner.
Barack Obama is a Nobel Prize winner - main clause.
for whom I have great respect - subordinate relative (adjective) clause.

10. Tim sold his car to a woman, whose husband had a job that required a car.
Tim sold his car to a woman - main clause
whose husband had a job - relative clause (1)
that required a car - relative clause (2)