Question

1. Read the sentence below, and identify the sentence's type. After Molly lost the student council election, she decided to try out for soccer, and her friends thought she made a good decision.
Simple

Compound

Complex

Compound-Complex
2.
What is the most effective way to combine the following two sentences? The cat walked. The cat purred.

The cat walked, and the cat purred.

The cat walked and purred.

Walked and purred did the cat.

Answer 1

Answer: 1. Compound complex sentence.

2. The cat walked and purred.

Explanation: 1. Compound complex sentences have at least 2 independent clauses and one dependent clause combined by a comma and/or coordinating conjuction.

[After Molly lost the student council] - Dependent clause

[She decided to try out for soccer] - Independent clause

[Her friends thought she made a good decision] - independent clause

These sentences above are combined by a coordinating conjuction and commas.

2. The coordinating conjuction (and) is used to combine the two sentences therefore it is unnecessary to use the subject ( the cat) repeatedly.