Question

Give one justification for why the following sentences can be identified as either a Simple, Compound, Complex or Compound Complex sentence:

(i) The talented singer who performed at the concert came to the party at the weekend.
(ii)Although I am not very good, I really enjoy playing rugby.
(iii)Serena struck a beautiful backhand shot, but the return was even of a better quality
(iv) Thabo could not travel and Thembi could not leave the house because they had to quarantine.​

Answer 1

Answer: (i) This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause "The talented singer came to the party" and one dependent clause "who performed at the concert".

(ii) This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause "I really enjoy playing rugby" and one dependent clause "Although I am not very good".

(iii) This is a compound-complex sentence because it has two independent clauses "Serena struck a beautiful backhand shot" and "the return was even of a better quality", and one dependent clause "but".

(iv) This is a compound sentence because it has two independent clauses "Thabo could not travel" and "Thembi could not leave the house", joined by the coordinating conjunction "and".

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