Question

'The injured cyclist was helped by a passerby.' Convert the sentence to a complex one.

• A. The passerby helped the injured cyclist.
• B. The cyclist, who was injured, was helped by a passerby.
• C. The injured cyclist helped the passerby.
• D. The injured cyclist had been helped by a passerby.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The cyclist, who was injured, was helped by a passerby.

A complex sentence contains one main clause and at least one subordinate (dependent) clause.

Original sentence:

The injured cyclist was helped by a passerby.

Here, "injured" is an adjective modifying cyclist.

To make it a complex sentence, we expand the adjective into a relative clause:

The cyclist, who was injured, was helped by a passerby. ✅

• Main clause: The cyclist was helped by a passerby.

• Subordinate clause: who was injured