Question

Convert the sentence into complex sentence and mark your answer in the response sheet. He was indifferent and they punished him.

• A. They punished him for his indifference.
• B. He was punished for his indifference.
• C. As he was indifferent they punished him.
• D. His indifference made them punish him

Answer 1

Answer:

C. As he was indifferent they punished him.

He was indifferent and they punished him.

👉 This is a compound sentence:
It contains two independent clauses joined by and.
➡ Clause 1: He was indifferent
➡ Clause 2: They punished him

A complex sentence joins an independent clause with one or more dependent (subordinate) clauses using a subordinating conjunction (like because, as, since, although, etc.).

👉 So we need a version of the sentence where one idea depends on the other.

• As he was indifferent = dependent clause (reason)

• they punished him = independent clause

• The sentence uses the subordinating conjunction as.