Question

A identify the sentence type

She is very smart and she knows it

a)simple

b) compound

c) complex

d) compound complex

Answer 1

The sentence 'she is very smart and she knows it' is a b) compound sentence

What is a compound sentence?

• In the field of English Grammar, we can describe a compound sentence as a kind of sentence which is made from two or more independent clauses.
• The independent clauses are often joined by a conjunction in a compound sentence.
• In the sentence above, 'she is smart' is an independent clause. 'She knows it' is another independent clause.
• Both these independent clauses are joined by the conjunction 'and'.
• Hence, we know that the sentence is a b) compound sentence.
• Other options such as option c is not correct because there should be atleast one dependent clause along with an independent clause in a complex sentence.