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Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “even...cheese” is dependent on “Edward...it”. Hence, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “while...television” is dependent on “Meredith...table”. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

The given sentence is a simple sentence. There is only one finite verb in the sentence and, thus, only one clause. Thus, Option B is the correct answer.

Option A is the correct answer. There is only one finite verb in the given sentence and , thus, only one clause. The lack of a conjunction proves that two separate sentences have not being joined together. Thus, Options B,C and D are incorrect.

Option A is the correct answer. Though there is a coordinating conjunction between the two names, there is only one finite verb in the given sentence and, by extension, only one clause. Thus, it is neither a complex nor a compound sentence. Hence, Options B,C and D are all incorrect. 

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. By cumulative compound sentences, we refer to those clauses which are mere additions to each other, as a part of a whole sentence. They do not affect each other in terms of meaning. Conjunctions that add such clauses include also, and, too and so on. The given sentence is compound, it was initially two sentences connected as one. Generally, while combining, when the subject is the same in both sentences, it is written only once; it can be repeated again by replacing it with a pronoun. The first clause begins with the subject, "Hollie" and the second begins with the verb "bought", as the subject is already implied in the second clause, hence option A is correct. Option B is incorrect because a single word (sausages) cannot be a clause; a clause must contain a subject and a verb. Option C is incorrect because both the verbs (went and bought) are included in the first clause, the second is not a clause as it contains neither subject nor verb. Option D is incorrect because the correct answer lies in A.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. By copulative compound sentences, we refer to those clauses which are mere additions to each other, as a part of a whole sentence. They do not affect each other in terms of meaning. Conjunctions that add such clauses include also, and, too and so on. From the options, B expresses an addition, "not only...but also" is a pair of coordinating conjunctions used to merely connect two clauses as an addition to each other. Hence B is correct. Option A and D contain simple sentences, hence they're incorrect.  Option C contains a pair of adversative clauses that express contrast "wanted to go", "sister didn't join", it does not contain cumulative clauses, hence C is incorrect.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. By copulative compound sentences, we refer to those clauses which are mere additions to each other, as a part of a whole sentence. They do not affect each other in terms of meaning. Conjunctions that add such clauses include also, and, too and so on.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. Illative compound sentences contain clauses where one is inferred or deduced from another; for example, "There's someone in the hall for the light is on", where "for" is an Illative conjunction. From the given options, A contains Illative clauses, as "I shall stay back and finish it" is concluded or inferred from the clause "There's a lot of pending work". Hence A is correct. Option B is a complex sentence, which expresses reason and not inference, whereas the required sentence must be compound. Hence B is incorrect. In C, the sentence contains a copulative clause (using the conjunction "and") that gives additional information while D is a complex sentence that is conditional in nature. Hence options C and D are also incorrect.

A simple sentence is made up of only one clause, with one subject and one verb. When the verb is transitive, i.e. an action verb, it does not require an object. In that case, a sentence can stand alone without the object. From the options, B contains a simple sentence, with the subject "Bulls" and the action verb "fight", hence B is the correct option. Options A and D contain a compound sentence with two independent clauses. Option C contains a complex sentence, hence A, C and D are incorrect. (In C, 'before man' is an elliptical sentence, the verb is implied by meaning in the clause that follows.)