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QuizMultiple Choice

Clauses: Building and Refining Compound and Complex Sentences

Question 1 • GA-Literature and Composition II A

Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon.

Answer
H
Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon, get under cover.
H
Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon. It’s about to rain.
H
Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon when it’s about to rain.
H
Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon mean a storm is coming.

Explanation

Choice D is a complete sentence: “Heavy, black clouds rushing in from the horizon” is the subject, and “mean a storm is coming” tells what those clouds indicate. Choice B leaves the opening phrase as a sentence fragment, while choice C also remains incomplete because “when” makes the phrase depend on another clause.

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