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QuizMultiple Choice

Clauses: Building and Refining Compound and Complex Sentences

Question 5 • GA-Literature and Composition II A

Read the sentence.The tracking party followed their prey to the river, but there they lost the trail, even though they had several bloodhounds with them.What type of sentence is this?

Answer
A
a simple sentence
B
a complex sentence
C
a compound sentence
D
a compound-complex sentence

Explanation

The sentence has two independent clauses: “The tracking party followed their prey to the river” and “there they lost the trail.” They are joined by the coordinating conjunction “but.” The clause “even though they had several bloodhounds with them” is dependent, so the sentence is compound-complex.

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