Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage.

In the excerpt above, the sentence is a _____.

simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence

Answer 1

In the excerpt above, the sentence is a _compound-complex sentence_.

This one makes the most sense.

Answer 2

complex sentence

Step-by-step explanation:

Independent clause: "I’ll take over from here"

Dependent: "You tell him and" and "try to undo the damage"

Let remember that an independent clause is a sentence that can stand on his own, does not need a complement to have a complete meaning, on the other hand, the dependent clause needs an independent one to have full meaning otherwise would be an incomplete sentence. Due to we have here two independent clauses and one dependent clause, per definition, this is a complex sentence.