Question

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

• A. Simple
• B. Complex
• C. Compound
• D. Compound-complex

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Compound-complex

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").