Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
compound sentence
Hi
Please help me with this: Here is question from an exercise book.
Being tired he fell asleep.
This needs to be changed into a compound sentence.
The options given are:
a)He was tired and fell asleep.
b)He tires and fell asleep.
c)He was tired because he fell asleep. d
)None of these.
I chose d, but the key says it is a.
For a to be called a compound sentence it needs a subject for the second part of the sentence; that is He was tired and he fell asleep.
Am I correct?
Please help me with this: Here is question from an exercise book.
Being tired he fell asleep.
This needs to be changed into a compound sentence.
The options given are:
a)He was tired and fell asleep.
b)He tires and fell asleep.
c)He was tired because he fell asleep. d
)None of these.
I chose d, but the key says it is a.
For a to be called a compound sentence it needs a subject for the second part of the sentence; that is He was tired and he fell asleep.
Am I correct?
Top answer
c)He was tired because he fell asleep. Am I correct? You are correct: d) is the correct answer.
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vsureshHiPlease help me with this: Here is question from an exercise book.Being tired he fell asleep.This needs to be changed into a compound sentence.The options given are:a)He was tired and fell asleep.b)He tires and fell asleep.c)He was tired because he fell asleep. d)None of these.I chose d, but the key says it is a.For a to be called a compound sentence it needs a su
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vsureshFor a to be called a compound sentence it needs a subject for the second part of the sentence; that is He was tired and he fell asleep.Am I correct?Yes, you are.
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