Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound or complex.
1. The rain fell immediately after they finished praying and they were overjoyed
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Answer:
Complex
Explanation:
The Conjunction And is used
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The given sentence is a ‘compound sentence’.
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The given sentence: The rain fell immediately after they finished praying and they were overjoyed,
Consists of three main clauses joined by the linking words ‘after’, ‘and’.
The clauses are – The rain fell immediately
They finished praying
They were overjoyed.
Since a compound sentence is a sentence containing two or more clauses joined by linking words or conjunctions hence the given sentence can be categorised as a compound sentence with three main clauses joined by two conjunctions.
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