Question

Read the sentence and answer the question.

Farmers grow the food and distributors deliver the food where it is needed.

Which correctly shows where a comma is needed in the sentence?

A.
Farmers grow the food and distributors deliver the food where it, is needed.

B.
Farmers grow the food and distributors deliver the food, where it is needed.

C.
Farmers grow the food, and distributors deliver the food where it is needed.

D.
Farmers grow the food and distributors, deliver the food where it is needed.

Answer 1

C. Farmers grow the food, and distributors deliver the food where it is needed.

Answer 2

C.  Farmers grow the food, and distributors deliver the food where it is needed.

This sentence is a compound sentence. It is made of two independent clauses joined together with a conjunction. The first independent clause is "Farmers grow the food". The second independent clause is "distributors deliver the food where it is needed." When two independent clauses are joined together with a conjunction, a comma must precede the conjunction to show where the first independent clause ends.