Question

join the pair of sentences to make a compound Sentence:
a) A nation may rise and fall.An idea lives forever.
b) Everyone was busy at home. I went to the movie alone.​

Answer 1

a) A na) A nation may rise and fall.An idea lives forever.

b) Everyone was busy at home so I went to the movie alone.ation may rise and fall and an idea lives forever.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The Compound Sentences are mentioned below.

• a) A nation may rise and fall.An idea lives forever.

• A nation may rise and fall but an idea lives forever.

• 'But' is used to make a Compound Sentence. 'But' is a co-ordinator.

• b) Everyone was busy at home. I went to the movie alone.

• Everyone was busy at home so I went to the movie alone.

• 'So' is a sub-ordinator

• Or it can be : Everyone was busy at home but I went to the movie alone.

• Again 'but' is a co-ordinator and it is an Adversative because it denotes a contrast.