What change was made in the second sentence?

The boy never considered himself to be an excellent student, yet recently he had focused on his studies and received good grades.

The boy never considered himself to be an excellent student. Yet recently, he had focused on his studies and received good grades.

created a compound sentence

added a prepositional phrase

inverted subject-verb order

changed sentence length

1 answer

The change made in the second sentence was "changed sentence length."

In the original sentence, "The boy never considered himself to be an excellent student, yet recently he had focused on his studies and received good grades," the structure creates a compound sentence. In the revised version, "The boy never considered himself to be an excellent student. Yet recently, he had focused on his studies and received good grades," the compound sentence is split into two separate sentences, thereby altering the sentence length.