Question

Identify the type of sentence.I caught a cold after I spent a week visiting my grandchildren.

simple sentencecompound sentence complex sentence

Answer 1

compound

Step-by-step explanation:

Independent + Independent = compound

Answer 2

This is a compound sentence because it is two independent cluases joined by a conjunction (after).  A complex sentence would be one independent clause and one dependent clause joined with a conjunction and a simple sentence is just a sentence with one independent clause.