Question

I bought a red dress for her. ( Make it compound) *

I bought a dress for her and it was red.

As the dress was red, I bought it for her.

I bought a dress for her though it was red.

Despite it being red, I bought the dress for her.

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Answer 1

Answer:

I gifted her a red dress

or

I bought a dress for her and it was red

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct compound sentence required is found to be option (a) I bought a dress for her and it was red.

Explanation:

• According to the Cambridge dictionary, a compound sentence is defined as a sentence consisting of two independent sentences joined by "and", "but" or "or" like conjunctions, etc., as in "Mary Read and Tom slept".
• According to the McMillan dictionary, a compound sentence is defined as a sentence consisting of two or more independent phrases joined by a coordinating combination conjunction such as "and", "but", "or", and "plus".
• In the given options, there is only one sentence, where two independent clauses are being used, i.e., option (a) where the conjunction used is 'and'.

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