Tag: types of sentences

There is only one finite verb in the given sentence and, by extension,  only one clause. Thus, the sentence cannot  be a complex or a compound sentence. Therefore, Option B is the correct answer. 

There is only one finite verb in the given sentence and, by extension, only one clause. Thus,it is not a complex or a compound sentence. Therefore, Option A is the correct answer. 

There is only one finite verb in the given sentence. Thus, there is only clause, so, it cannot be a complex or compound sentence. Hence, Option A id the correct answer. 

The given sentence has only one finite verb and, by extension, only one clause. Therefore, it cannot be a complex or compound sentence. Thus, Option A is the correct answer. 

Option D is the correct answer. There is only one finite verb. Thus, there is only one clause. So, it cannot be a compound or a complex sentence. Though the sentence is small, it does indeed contain a verb and makes complete sense, which does not make it a phrase. Therefore, Options A,B and C are all incorrect. 

Option A is the correct answer. Though there is a conjunction between the two names mentioned in the sentence, there is only one finite verb is the sentence and, thus, only one clause. Thus, Options B,C and D are all incorrect. 

Option A is the correct answer. The given sentence is a simple sentence. It contains only one finite verb, and thus, only one clause. There are no conjunctions indicating the joining of two separate sentences. Hence, Options B,C and D are  incorrect.

Subordinate clauses start with conjunctions or prepositions and cannot exist without the on the main clause. Here “wherever you like” is dependent on “You may stand”. Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not fit this description, hence incorrect.

A simple sentence is made up of a subject and verb; an object may or may not be present in the sentence. (It depends on the nature of the verb.) Without the subject or verb, the words become a phrase. Option A contains the subject "She" and verb "cooks", hence it is a simple sentence and A is correct. Option B does not have a subject nor a verb, it's a phrase. Option C is a subordinate clause, containing the subordinator "after"; the clause is not a sentence as it's dependent, i.e., it isn't complete in meaning. Option D lacks the subject, so it's not a sentence. Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.

A simple sentence is made up of only one clause, containing one subject and one verb. From the given options, A contains one clause, with one subject "John", one verb "had taken" and one object "the day off". Hence it is a simple sentence and option A is correct. Option B starts with a subordinating conjunction which makes the clause dependent. Dependent clauses are incomplete in meaning whereas a simple sentence is an independent clause, complete in meaning. Hence option B is incorrect. The sentence in C is a complex sentence made up of an independent clause "John got an urgent call from work" and a dependent clause "even though he had taken the day off" hence C is incorrect. Option D is grammatically incorrect, the subject John cannot be followed by a pronoun, as pronouns replace the nouns (here, the subject).