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What type of sentence is the following: "While I was reading, the phone rang, and my sister answered it."

ASimple

BComplex

CCompound

DCompound-complex

Answer:

D. Compound-complex

Read Explanation:

This sentence contains two independent clauses ("the phone rang" and "my sister answered it") joined by a coordinating conjunction ("and") and one subordinate clause ("While I was reading").


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