I passed the test, but I would have gotten a perfect score if I had studied for their vocabulary section.
Correct answer: D. Compound complex sentence
- A. Simple sentence
- B. Compound sentence
- C. Complex sentence
- D. Compound complex sentence
Explanation
The sentence has two independent clauses ("I passed the test" and "I would have gotten a perfect score") and one dependent clause ("if I had studied for their vocabulary section"). Therefore, it is a compound-complex sentence.
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