Question

the dog barked at the cat, and the cat ran away.

1. choose the correct way to turn these two simple sentences into a compound sentence:

the girl stopped to smell the flowers. the boy kept walking down the path.
○ the girl stopped to smell the flowers, and the boy kept walking down the path.
○ the girl stopped to smell the flowers so the boy kept walking down the path.
○ the girl stopped to smell the flowers, the boy kept walking down the path.
○ the girl stopped to smell the flowers before the boy kept walking down the path.

Explanation:

To form a compound sentence, we need to combine two independent clauses with a proper conjunction (like "and") or a semicolon. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: Uses "and" to connect the two independent clauses ("The girl stopped to smell the flowers" and "the boy kept walking down the path"), which is correct for a compound sentence.
• Option 2: "so" implies a cause - effect relationship, but there's no such relationship between the girl stopping to smell flowers and the boy walking.
• Option 3: Just uses a comma to separate two independent clauses, which creates a run - on sentence.
• Option 4: "before" is a subordinating conjunction, which would make one clause dependent, turning it into a complex sentence, not a compound one.

Answer:

A. The girl stopped to smell the flowers, and the boy kept walking down the path.