What sentence structure is exemplified by the sentence below? After I put away the dishes, I did the laundry.
a. simple
b. compound
c. complex ***
d. compound-complex
To determine the sentence structure of the sentence "After I put away the dishes, I did the laundry," we need to analyze its components and their relationships.
This sentence consists of two clauses: "After I put away the dishes" and "I did the laundry."
The first clause, "After I put away the dishes," has a dependent marker word "After," which indicates that it is a dependent clause (subordinate clause). It can't stand alone as a complete thought because it doesn't express a complete idea or make complete sense by itself. Thus, it is not a simple sentence.
The second clause, "I did the laundry," is an independent clause because it expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. It is a simple sentence on its own.
Since the sentence has both an independent and a dependent clause, it is a complex sentence. Therefore, the correct answer is c. complex.