Question

Which of the following is a simple sentence?


The corn had no preservatives.


The corn that we purchased yesterday was not as fresh as some we had this season.


After reading the label, I knew the corn had no preservatives


The corn tasted good, and it had no preservatives.

Answer 1

"The corn had no preservatives."

This is a simple sentence because it contains a single independent clause (one subject and one predicate).

Brief notes on the others:
- The second contains a relative (dependent) clause → complex.
- The third contains subordinate clauses (adverbial phrase and a noun clause) → complex.
- The fourth has two independent clauses joined by "and" → compound.