Question

3. How can this sentence be changed into a compound sentence?

Wildflowers grew in the back corner of the abandoned lot.

• A. Add a comma, the conjunction but and / only picked the daffodils in the front after lot

• B. Add a comma and / only picked the daffodils in the front after lot

C. Add a semicolon after corner

• D. No change needs to be made to this sentence.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Add a semicolon after corner

Explanation:

  Because it has two distinct clauses, each of which may stand alone as a full sentence, this new phrase is a compound sentence. "Wildflowers grew in the back corner of the abandoned lot," the first phrase, is an independent clause since it includes a subject and a verb.

Because it has a subject and a verb, the second phrase, "Only the daffodils in the front were picked," is likewise an independent clause. A semicolon connects the two phrases, indicating that they are linked.

The new sentence would be "Wildflowers grew in the back corner of the abandoned lot; only the daffodils in the front were picked."