Question

read the passage below and answer the questions on the right.
grammar
(1) in most countries, people call the game of soccer football. (2) since many countries have football teams, there is much competition leading to the world cup. (3) like the olympics, the world cup is held every four years. (4) the world cup is different from the olympics because all of the best athletes play. (5) the world cup finals is a four - week tournament in which 32 nations compete. (6) football fans worldwide watch the finals ____ it is a very popular event.
(options for a question not fully shown: dependent clause, an independent clause, a phrase, a subordinating conjunction, clear my selection)
43 multiple choice 1 point
which best describes sentence 2?
it is a compound sentence.
it is a complex sentence.
it is a simple sentence.
it is a comma splice.
clear my selection
44 multiple choice 1 point
which is the subordinating conjunction in sentence 4?
because
all
from
different
clear my selection

Explanation:

Question 43 (Which BEST describes Sentence 2?)

Sentence 2: "Since many countries have football teams, there is much competition leading to the World Cup." A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Here, "Since many countries have football teams" is a dependent clause (introduced by subordinating conjunction "since"), and "there is much competition leading to the World Cup" is an independent clause. A compound sentence has two independent clauses, a simple sentence has one independent clause, and a comma splice is an error with two independent clauses joined by a comma. So it's a complex sentence.

Sentence 4: "The World Cup is different from the Olympics because all of the best athletes play." Subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent clauses. "Because" introduces the dependent clause "because all of the best athletes play". "All" is a pronoun/determiner, "from" is a preposition, "different" is an adjective. So "because" is the subordinating conjunction.

Answer:

B. It is a complex sentence.

Question 44 (Which is the subordinating conjunction in Sentence 4?)