Although unrecognized throughout his life, his talent was much appreciated after
his death.
3. After he had failed in every career he had attempted, Van Gogh first turned to art to
express his strong religious feelings.
Having failed in every career he had attempted, Van Gogh first turned to art to
express his strong feelings.
Rewrite the following sentences to include non-finite clauses.
1. After he had decided to become a painter, in about 1880, he started to paint studies of
peasants and miners.
2. During the next few years, which are known as his 'Dutch period', he produced paintings
with rather dark greenish-brown colours.
3. In 1886, when he went to Paris to visit his brother Theo, he was immediately attracted
to the Impressionist work he saw there. He decided to stay in Paris and continued his
painting there.
4. He was encouraged by Pissaro to use more colour in his pictures and his subsequent
paintings were bright and immensely colourful.
5. After Van Gogh had moved to Arles in the south of France, in 1888, he worked frantically.
6. This frenzied activity, which was interrupted by bouts of deep depression and despair,
produced the majority of his most famous paintings.
7. One of these, which is called Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, shows Van Gogh. He was
wearing a bandage after he had cut off his ear. A year later, in 1890, he committed suicide.
8. A lot is known about Van Gogh's life and his feelings because of the hundreds of letters,
which were written by him to his brother Theo and others.
9. His brother always encouraged him in his work because he believed in Van Gogh's
genius. He was the person closest to Van Gogh.
II. Reported speech
Apart from the ground rules that are laid down for reporting in traditional grammar
books, there are certain other principles that are to be followed to make the speech appealing.
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