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Cerrena [4.2K]
2 years ago
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Exercise 1 Write s if the sentence is simple or c if it is compound.

English
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Marina86 [1]2 years ago
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C: The given sentence is an example of a compound sentence. The sentence is "The battery was dead, and the gas tank was almost empty."

A sentence consisting of two or more independent clauses is called a compound sentence. In compound sentences, the independent clauses are connected to each other with a coordinating conjunction, such as and, or, but, so, for, or, yet, nor etc. Also, sometimes semicolon;” is used to indicate relation between two independent clauses.

In contrast, a simple sentence is defined as the sentence consisting of only one independent clause.

An independent clause gives a complete meaning to the sentence. It can stand by itself in that it comprises primary elements of a sentence such as a subject and a verb that provide a complete meaning.

The statement in the question consists of two independent clauses, both show a full meaning as an individual sentence and are connected with the coordinating conjunction “and”.

  • “The battery was dead”; it is the first independent clause.
  • “The gas tank was almost empty”; it is the second independent clause.

 

In the first sentence:

  • Subject is “battery”.
  • Verb is “was”.
  • The word “dead” gives additional information about the subject. The subject, verb and additional information collectively make a complete meaningful sentence.    

In the second subject:

  • Subject is “gas tank”.
  • Verb is “was”.
  • A complete meaning is given together with subject, verb and some additional information i.e. “almost empty”.

Thus, the sentence given in the question represents a compound sentence in which both the clauses are independent and there exist no independent clause.

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