Question

Identify which of the following sentences are Compound and which are Complex
1. The coach and his assistant helped us at the start.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The coach and his assistant helped us at the start.

It is a compound sentence.

More:

Simple sentence:

A simple sentence is one which has only one subject and one finite verb.

• Raman won the first price in English.

♪ The sentence contains only one subject Raman and one finite verb i.e., won.

Compound sentence:

A compound sentence is one that is made up of two or more co-ordinate clauses.

• The way was long and the night was dark.

• He went to the window and looked out, but saw nobody.

Complex sentence:

A complex sentences one that is made up of one principal clause and one or more subordinate clause.

• I do not know where he lives.

• The fact that he silent proves his guilt.

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