Question

Change complex sentences to compound sentences . He could not catch the train because he was late.

• A. He was too late to catch the train.
• B. He was so late that he cannot catch the train.
• C. He was late and could not catch the train.
• D. None of these.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. He was late and could not catch the train.

Complex sentence can be converted to compound sentences by changing subordinate clause to co-ordinating clause. Compound sentence contains two or main clauses. In order to make it compound we use co-ordinating conjunctions such as and, but, yet,so, still, nevertheless, whereas ,while, or, otherwise, else, or else , nor , as well as .