Question

Laurie opened his mouth to ask another question. Rewrite as compound sentence

Answer 1

The given sentence in the compound form is:

Laurie opened his mouth as he wanted to ask another question.

Or

Laurie opened his mouth and asked another question.

* Compound sentences are ones which have atleast two independent clauses which may be joined either by a conjunction, or comma.

* In this case, we use the conjunction 'as' or 'and' to connect the two clauses.

The two independent clauses are:

1. Laurie opened his mouth.

2. He wanted to ask another question/He asked another question.