Which sentence below is a simple sentence? a. geese mate for life unlike humans who, according to the divorce rate, seem to have trouble committing to just one person. c. i do not own a porsche. b. scientists are working on a cure for the common cold and, when they find one, think how remarkably it will change the profits of the kleenex and drug industries. d. susanne wanted to be here, but she cannot come because her car is in the shop.

The answer would be C (I do not own a Porsche.

              ~Katie

c. I do not own a Porsche.

Explanation:

Remember that a simple sentence is the one that has just one independent clause formed by a subject and predicate which transmit a complete idea. Therefore it doesn't have a dependent clause.

I do not own a Porsche

- I is the subject

- do not own a Porsche is the predicate

The other sentences are complex and compund sentences.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

what did the protagonist say?