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Which of the following is a complete sentence?

A. Walking with a limp as a result of the thorn.

B. I walked all three dogs around the park this morning.

C. Running through the park before breakfast.

D. When I was young and loved going for runs in the park.

Answer Explanation:

A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate that expresses a complete thought. Option B, "I walked all three dogs around the park this morning," is a complete sentence because it has a subject ("I") and a predicate ("walked all three dogs around the park this morning") that expresses a complete thought.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

Q #1: Which of the following sentences correctly employs standard English spelling

A. The building's height was acceded by its width

B. The building's height was exceeded by its width.

C. The building height was exceeded by its width.

D. The building's height was acceded by it's width

Answer Explanation

Option B is the correct sentence, which reads "The building's height was exceeded by its width." This sentence employs standard English spelling, where "exceeded" is spelled correctly, and the apostrophe in "it's" is incorrect, as it should be "its" without an apostrophe.
Q #2: The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it. Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above?

A. Pronoun-antecedent agreement

B. Verb tense

C. Punctuation of an introductory clause

D. Use of a colon

Answer Explanation

The language convention violated in the sentence is pronoun-antecedent agreement. The pronoun "you" does not agree in number with its antecedent "a person." It should either be "he or she" or "they" to agree with the singular or plural antecedent.
Q #3: Which of the following sentences correctly uses a complex sentence structure?

A. They had to decide between adopting a cat or a dog at the rescue shelter.

B. Whenever the boys played in the rain, they came home with muddy clothes.

C. The student brought her laptop, textbooks, and parking pass.

D. She wanted to go to the beach after she left work.

Answer Explanation

The sentence "She wanted to go to the beach after she left work."(Choice D) correctly uses a complex sentence structure. It consists of an independent clause "She wanted to go to the beach" and a dependent clause "after she left work."

Choice B is wrong because the sentence contains two independent clauses: "Whenever the boys played in the rain" and "they came home with muddy clothes." These clauses are joined by the coordinating conjunction "and." While it is a sentence with multiple clauses, it does not contain a dependent clause.

Note: To be a complex sentence, there should be an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Choice B only consists of two independent clauses without a dependent clause, making it a compound sentence instead of a complex sentence.

Be keen to differentiate between complex and compound sentences.

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