Question

Transform the following compound sentence to a simple sentence:
Not only did his family congratulate him but his friends did too.

• A. His friends and family congratulated him.
• B. His family congratulated him and his friends congratulated him.
• C. His family congratulated him before his friends congratulated him.
• D. His friends congratulated him after his family congratulated him.

Answer 1

The correct option is A His friends and family congratulated him.

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 broken into a simple sentence since action taken is the same in the sentence.

Options B is incorrect as action taken is mentioned separately. Options C and D are not simple sentences 'after' and 'before' are used. Thus, option A is the correct answer according to the rules.