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Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound or complex:
She ran up to her home and flung the door open.

A

Simple

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B

Compound

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C

Complex - subordinate adverb clause

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Complex - subordinate adjective clause

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Solution

The correct option is B Compound
A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses. Here the two clauses are, "she...home" and "flung...open". Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not correctly denote the sentence, hence incorrect.

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