Which of the following is a compound sentence?(1 point)
Responses
To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
We saw pandas during our visit to the zoo.
We saw pandas during our visit to the zoo.
AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!
only one independent clause.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
My apologies for the mistake, you are correct. "It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo" is a compound sentence as it has two independent clauses ("It was a beautiful day" and "we decided to go to the zoo") joined by a coordinating conjunction ("so"). Thank you for pointing it out.
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses (complete thoughts) joined together by a coordinating conjunction (like "and," "but," or "so").
In the given responses, the compound sentence is:
"To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab."
It consists of two independent clauses "To get to the zoo, we took the train" and "a cab." These two clauses are joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."
The other responses do not contain two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, so they are not compound sentences.