Question

Though my neighbour was an influential person, he refused to help me....
Change into compound sentence

Answer 1

Answer:

My neighbour refused to help me because he was an influential person .

This is your answer

Answer 2

Answer:

“My neighbour was an influential person but he refused to help me” is a compound sentence of the given sentence.

Explanation:

A ‘compound sentence’ is made up of ‘two or more independent clauses’ or two subjects or predicates joined by a conjunction. When two simple sentences are joined into one, they make a compound sentence. In this given sentence, my neighbour was an influential person is one simple sentence and he refused to help me is another. Despite the neighbour being powerful, he didn’t help the speaker and for that reason but is being used here.