Question

Read the passage. On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees. We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer. A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel. Which sentence from the passage is a compound sentence? On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees. We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer. A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel.

Answer 1

Answer:

Which sentence from the passage is a compound sentence?

1. On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees.
2. We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers.
3. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer.  <<<CORRECT
4. A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel.

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Answer 2

The correct option is C.  I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer that sentence from the passage is a compound sentence.

Coordinating conjunction, such as and, or, but, joins two separate clauses in a compound sentence.

What are the important components of a compound sentence?

A sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined together by a comma or semicolon and coordinating conjunction is referred to as a compound sentence.

I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer is a compound sentence in the given passage in this sentence coordination conjunction "and " is used to join the two independent clauses.

Thus, A compound sentence combines two or more independent, connected sentences into one.

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