Question

Identify whether the following sentence is simple, compound or complex:
The rain fell heavily and the stars could not be seen.

• A. Complex - subordinate noun clause
• B. Complex - subordinate adjective clause
• C. Simple
• D. Compound

Answer 1

The correct option is D Compound

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses. Here the two clauses are, "the rain fell heavily" and "the...seen". Hence, Option D is correct. The rest of the options do not correctly denote the sentence, hence incorrect.