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Rewrite this complex sentence as two simple sentences.

1. I don't want to go because I am very busy.

2. While the cat was chasing a moth, he knocked down a plant.

3. Pilate washed his hands because he recognized Christ's innocence.

Respuesta :

1. I don't want to go. I am very busy.
2. The cat was chasing a moth. He knocked down a plant.
3. Pilate washed his hands. He recognized Christ's innocence.

The answer to your question would be the following one:

1. I don't want to go. I am very busy.

2. The cat was chasing a moth. He knocked down a plant.

3. Pilate washed his hands. He recognized Christ's innocence.

Complex sentences have one independent clause and one dependent clause , as the original examples show. On the contrary, simple sentences consist of only one clause with a single subject and predicate.