ELL - Compound sentences

Simple or compound sentence?

At many universities, a major in history requires 36 credits of coursework, but a minor requires only 18 credits.

• Simple

• Compound

Simple or compound sentence?

According to several Internet sources, the five most common surnames in England are Smith, Jones, Williams, Taylor, and Brown.

• Simple

• Compound

Simple or compound sentence?

Singapore has been an independent country for more than five decades, but it was part of Malaysia.

• Simple

• Compound

Simple or compound sentence?

According to the news report, Vietnamese Airlines Flight 315 departed from Ha Noi at 11:15 a.m.

• Simple

• Compound

Fill in the blank with an independent clause to complete the compound sentence.

More people have cell phones now than at any other time in history, and ...

Fill in the blank with an independent clause to complete the compound sentence.

The first-class seats on most flights are very comfortable, but ...

Brazil is a large country in South ... the world's largest producer of coffee beans.

• Amarica is

• America and is

• America and it is

• America, is

Machu Picchu in Peru is one of the world' most popular tourist ... the number of tourists is limited to 2,500 each day to protect the site.

• destinations, but

• destinations but

• destinations,

• destinations

A dozen items includes ... dozen includes sixty.

• twelve, five

• twelve five

• twelve, so five

• twelve so five

Baby rabbits are born ... do not open their eyes until the 10th day after birth.

• hairless, so

• hairless, they

• hairless, but

• hairless, and they