Simplifying Compound Sentences Quiz

Rearrange the sentence into a simple sentence: "The sun was shining brightly, and the birds were singing."

• The sun shone brightly as birds sang.

• The sun and birds were shining and singing.

• The sun was shining and birds singing.

• The sun shone brightly and birds sang.

Simplify the sentence: "She likes to read books, and he enjoys playing guitar."

• She and he like to read books and play guitar.

• She likes reading and he enjoys guitar.

• She enjoys reading books and playing guitar.

• She likes books and he enjoys guitar.

Turn the compound sentence into a simple sentence: "The cat slept on the mat, and the dog lay beside it."

• The cat and dog slept on and beside the mat.

• The cat slept on the mat beside the dog.

• The cat on the mat and the dog beside it slept.

• The cat and dog were on and beside the mat.

Simplify the sentence: "He went to the store, and she went to the library."

• He and she went to the store and library.

• He went to the store; she, to the library.

• They went to the store and library.

• He to the store and she to the library went.

Make a simple sentence: "The teacher opened the window, and the students opened their books."

• The teacher and students opened the window and books.

• The teacher opened the window; students, their books.

• Opening the window and books was done by teacher and students.

• The window and books were opened by the teacher and students.

Convert into a simple sentence: "The rain stopped, and the sun came out."

• The rain stopped as the sun came out.

• Stopping of the rain brought the sun out.

• The sun came out after the rain stopped.

• After stopping, the rain made the sun come out.

Simplify the compound sentence: "She cooked dinner, and he set the table."

• She cooked and he set the table for dinner.

• Cooking dinner and setting the table were her and his tasks.

• She cooked dinner while he set the table.

• Dinner was cooked by her and the table set by him.

Turn the sentence into a simple sentence: "The moon was full, and the stars were bright."

• The full moon and bright stars were in the sky.

• The moon and stars were full and bright.

• A full moon and bright stars filled the sky.

• The moon was full with bright stars.

Simplify the sentence: "They played soccer, and then they had dinner."

• They played soccer before having dinner.

• Soccer was played and dinner had by them.

• Playing soccer and having dinner were their activities.

• They had dinner after playing soccer.

Make a simple sentence: "The flowers were blooming, and the bees were buzzing."

• The blooming flowers attracted buzzing bees.

• Flowers bloomed and bees buzzed.

• Blooming flowers and buzzing bees were present.

• The flowers and bees were blooming and buzzing.