Question

9. The invitees were received at the gate by the host. (Choose the correct option which

changes the sentence from simple to complex.)

a. The people invited were received at the gate by the host.

b. The people had been invited were received at the gate by the host.

c. The people which had been invited were received at the gate by the host.

d. The people who had been invited were received at the gate by the host.​

Answer 1

Answer:

D is the correct answer,

Answer 2

The correct complex form of the given simple sentence is as follows:-

d. The people who had been invited were received at the gate by the host.​

• two clauses have been formed from the given sentence.
• "who had been invited" is the sub-clause that is dependent on the main clause. It uses a subordinate conjunction "who".
• "The people...were received at the gate by the host" is the independent main clause of the sentence which gives a meaning without the sub-clause.
• a complex sentence has both a main and sub-clause in its sentence.