Question

1. which statement shows the best way to revise this complex sentence, making it a compound sentence instead?

○ the employer asked me to come by for an interview after submitting an application.
○ after submiting an application, the employer asked me to come by for an interview.
○ i submitted an application, and the employer asked me to come by for an interview.
○ after i submitted an application, an interview was asked for by the employer.
○ after i submitted an application, the employer asked me to come by for an interview.

Explanation:

To form a compound sentence, we need two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. Let's analyze each option:

• First option: "The employer asked me to come by for an interview after submitting an application." – "after submitting..." is a phrase, not an independent clause.
• Second option: "After I submitted an application, the employer asked me to come by for an interview." – This is a complex sentence with a dependent clause ("After I submitted an application") and an independent clause.
• Third option: "I submitted an application, and the employer asked me to come by for an interview." – Here, "I submitted an application" and "the employer asked me to come by for an interview" are two independent clauses joined by the conjunction "and", making it a compound sentence.
• Fourth option: "After I submitted an application, an interview was asked for by the employer." – This is a passive construction and a complex sentence (dependent clause + independent clause), not a compound sentence.

So the correct option is the one with two independent clauses joined by "and".

Answer:

I submitted an application, and the employer asked me to come by for an interview. (The third option in the list of choices)