Question

Choose the appropriate option that contains a simple sentence, made from the words given below:
John, had, taken, the day off, even though, he, got, an urgent call, from work

• A. John had taken the day off.
• B. Even though John had taken the day off.
• C. John got an urgent call from work even though he had taken the day off.
• D. John he got an urgent call from work.

Answer 1

The correct option is A John had taken the day off.

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).