/hich of the following examples is a simple sentence? A The man who wore a checked tie. B The man with the checked tie. C The man in the blue pin-striped suit and checkered tie looked at the party D The man in the blue pin-striped suit looked out of place because of his checked tie.

## Step 1<br />A simple sentence is a sentence that contains only one independent clause. An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. <br /><br />## Step 2<br />Looking at the options, we need to identify which sentence contains only one independent clause.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Option A, "The man who wore a checked tie", is a dependent clause because it does not express a complete thought. It leaves the reader wondering what happened to the man.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option B, "The man with the checked tie", is also a dependent clause because it does not express a complete thought. It leaves the reader wondering what happened to the man.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option C, "The man in the blue pin-striped suit and checkered tie looked at the party", is a simple sentence because it contains one independent clause. It expresses a complete thought and does not leave the reader wondering what happened to the man.<br /><br />## Step 6<br />Option D, "The man in the blue pin-striped suit looked out of place because of his checked tie", is a complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses. The first clause is "The man in the blue pin-striped suit looked out of place" and the second clause is "because of his checked tie".