Which of the following is a compound sentence?(1 point)

Responses

Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.

To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.

We saw pandas during our visit to the zoo.

1 answer

A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

The correct response is:

It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.

This sentence has two independent clauses: "It was a beautiful day" and "we decided to go to the zoo," connected by the coordinating conjunction "so."