Question

abcd all them How could this sentence be changed into a complex sentence?

Everyone watches Carla play; she is the only girl on the boys’ basketball team.

A. Replace the semicolon with a period and capitalize she

B. Replace the semicolon with because after the word play

C. Insert the word when before the word Everyone

D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
How could this sentence be changed into a complex sentence?

It is hard to breathe on extremely high mountains because oxygen is very thin that high up.

A. Insert a semicolon after the word mountains

B. Insert a comma after the word mountains

C. Add a period after mountains and capitalize because

D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
How could this sentence be changed into a simple sentence?

We bought a parrot because it is our favorite kind of bird.

A. Remove kind of bird

B. Place a period after parrot and remove because it is our favorite kind of bird

C. Replace because with a semicolon.

D. No change needs to be made to this sentence
How could this sentence be changed into a simple sentence?

Please finish folding the laundry before you leave the house.

A. Place a comma in front of before

B. Remove please and the house

C. Place a period after laundry and remove before you leave the house.

D. No change needs to be made to this sentence

Answer 1

1) B — Replace the semicolon with because: "Everyone watches Carla play because she is the only girl on the boys’ basketball team." (becomes complex)

2) D — No change needed: the sentence already has an independent clause plus a because-clause (complex).

3) B — Place a period after parrot and remove the because-clause: "We bought a parrot." (becomes simple)

4) C — Place a period after laundry and remove the subordinate clause: "Please finish folding the laundry." (becomes simple)