Question

Identify the type of sentence. The explorers brightened the dark cave when they lit a torch from their cooking fire.

Answer 1

The answer would be complex sentence, because it consists of an individual clause (The explorers brightened the dark cave) and a dependent clause (when they lit a torch from their cooking fire).

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Answer 2

The sentence above is a complex sentence.

Step-by-step explanation:

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The difference between an independent clause and a dependent one is that the former can stand alone as a sentence because it represents a complete thought. Dependent clauses fail to do so as they depend on the independent clause to complete their meaning.

1) The explorers brightened the dark cave

2) *when they lit a torch from their cooking fire

As you can see, 2 fails to be a grammatical sentence because it is not a complete sentence.