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Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

A. A working student's best friend is her phone.

B. Several car's bumpers were crushed after the collision.

C. Tom's and Anne house is beautiful.

D. The ponys' saddle is so pretty.

Answer Explanation:

Option A is correctly punctuated. It uses the possessive form "student's" to indicate that the friend belongs to the working student.

The possessive apostrophe is placed after "student" and before the "s" to indicate that the friend is singular and not plural.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is A.

Q #1: Which of the following sentences correctly uses a compound sentence structure?

A. The professor enjoyed reading, cycling, and listening to jazz music.

B. After they played basketball all day, the girls were very tired.

C. Although he would have gone to the movie that his friends recommended, he had house chores to finish.

D. He liked to cook at home, but she preferred to eat at restaurants.

Answer Explanation

The sentence "He liked to cook at home, but she preferred to eat at restaurants." correctly uses a compound sentence structure. It consists of two independent clauses "He liked to cook at home" and "she preferred to eat at restaurants" joined by the coordinating conjunction "but".
Q #2: Which of the following sentences requires citation?

A. At our school, we only learned about a fraction of the political and economic complexities of the American Civil War.

B. I would wager that most students in the United States will be able to tell you that the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861 started the American Civil War.

C. There were buffalo in every western territory of the United States as of 1860.

D. They say that history is written by the victors.

Answer Explanation

The sentence " There were buffalo in every western territory of the United States as of 1860." requires citation because it presents a claim or fact that is not common knowledge and needs to be supported by a source
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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