Question

Convert the following compound sentence into a simple one:
The lost child found her mother nowhere. She began to cry.

• A. The lost child found her mother nowhere and she began to cry.
• B. The lost child began to cry because she found her mother nowhere.
• C. Finding her mother nowhere, the lost child began to cry.
• D. After the lost child found her mother nowhere, she began to cry.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Finding her mother nowhere, the lost child began to cry.

Compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses with a coordinator such as for, an, or, but or a semi-colon. The given sentence is an example of a compound sentence which can be converted into one simple sentence.

Options A, B and D are not simple sentences. Option C is correct as 'comma' is rightly used.