Combine the following sentences by changing the italicized group of words into a gerund or gerund phrase.I lost my wallet. This caused me great inconvenience.
i lost my wallet
Losing my wallet caused me great inconvenience.
Losing my wallet caused me great inconvenience.
To combine the sentences by changing the italicized group of words into a gerund or gerund phrase, you can use the following steps:
1. Identify the subject and main verb of each sentence:
Sentence 1: Subject - "I"; Main verb - "lost"
Sentence 2: Subject - "This"; Main verb - "caused"
2. Look for the direct object or object of the preposition:
Sentence 1: Direct object - "my wallet"
Sentence 2: None
3. Determine how the verb in sentence 2 can be expressed as a gerund or gerund phrase. In this case, "caused" can be transformed into the gerund form "causing."
Now, let's combine the sentences using a gerund or gerund phrase:
"Losing my wallet caused me great inconvenience."
In this revised sentence, "losing" functions as a gerund, and "my wallet" is the direct object of the gerund. The subject "I" remains the same, and "caused" is changed to "causing" in its gerund form.