Identify Compound Sentences
CMAT 2025 · Language Comprehension · Medium · Language Comprehension
Read the following sentences and choose the ones belonging to the domain of compound sentences. (A) Her fear is that she may fall ill. (B) Sheela is clever, still she does not do well in her studies. (C) Noel was caught stealing, therefore he was punished. (D) That animal is either a fish or a serpant.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A.
(A), (B) and (C) only
- B.
(B), (C) and (D) only
- C.
(A), (C) and (D) only
- D.
(A), (B) and (D) only
Answer
B
Explanation
- (A) is a complex sentence (contains a dependent clause "that she may fall ill").
- (B), (C), and (D) join independent clauses using coordinating or correlative conjunctions/adverbs ("still", "therefore", "either...or"), making them compound sentences.
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