English-2
Grade-8
Easy

Question

Read the following options and pick out the complete sentence from them.

  1. The artists were prepared; the guests have arrived the stage is set for an exciting evening.
  2. And the guests have arrived the stage is set for an exciting evening.
  3. The artists were prepared the guests have arrived the stage is set for an exciting evening.

hintHint:

A Sentence is called complete sentence when two independent clauses run together with proper punctuation or appropriate conjunctions and it expresses a clear thought.

The correct answer is: The artists were prepared; the guests have arrived the stage is set for an exciting evening.


    Solution : Option (a) The artists were prepared; the guests have arrived and the stage is set for an exciting evening.
    Here, the semicolon has been inserted between the two closely related clauses and the sentence expresses a clear thought . So, it is a complete sentence. They are two independent clauses.

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