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1. 1.

   Combine each set of simple sentences into one compound sentence.

   1. He does well. He is nervous at the start.
   2. He is foolish. He is also obstinate.
   3. You may go to the theatre. Rama may go to the theatre.
   4. The monsoon failed. The tanks became almost empty. No grain could be sown. A famine was feared. The ryots looked anxiously for the next monsoon. It proved unusually abundant. The danger was averted.
   5. A husbandman had sown some corn in his fields. He had only recently done so. Cranes came to eat the corn. The husbandman fixed a net in his fields to catch the crane.
   6. The rain fell steadily for several days. The river overflowed its banks. The terrified villagers abandoned their homes. They fled to the higher ground. Soon the floods retired. The villagers were able to return.