Question

Read the sentence a student wrote.

As he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.



The teacher reviewing this sentence would point out that since this is a
A. complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”
B. compound sentence, there should be a comma after “realized.”
C. complex sentence, there should be a comma after “inspiration.”
D.compound sentence, there should be a comma after “found.

Answer 1

The answer A. Complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”

Answer 2

The correct answer for the given question above would be option A. Based on the given sentence above, the teacher reviewing this sentence would point out that since this is a complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.” So the correct sentence would look like this: As he listened to the haunting notes of the song, the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.