Question

Convert compound sentence to simple sentence:
She is not only pretty but also clever.
(a)No change
(b)She is pretty and clever.
(c)She is pretty but also clever.
(d)Besides being pretty, she is clever.

Answer 1

Hint: In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us includes no main or subordinate clause.

Complete answer: A simple sentence is a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses. For example - He is very handsome.
A subordinate clause is a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb. A coordinate clause or main clause is a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'No change', is incorrect as ‘she...pretty’ is the main clause and ‘but…clever’ is the subordinate clause.

Option (b.), ‘She is pretty and clever', is incorrect as ‘she… pretty’ is the main clause and ‘and clever’ is the subordinate clause.

Option (c.), ‘She is pretty but also clever', is incorrect as ‘she…pretty’ is the main clause and ‘but…clever’ is the subordinate clause.

Option (d.), ‘Besides being pretty, she is clever', is correct as a compound sentence can be made a simple sentence if the first clause is changed into a participial phrase (Besides being pretty).

Note: In this question, the student should carefully analyze the different parts of the sentence to identify what the different clauses in the sentence are. One way to do that is by identifying the subject and object in the sentence.