types of sentences

1. " I was seven years old on a troopship heading to the Philippine Islands. "(pg.1)

This is a simple sentence because it has subject and verb. It is makes a complete thought.

2. " I went away from there a new person, and I also began to understand things about myself, that I must see and know the oceans."(pg.7)

This is a compound- complex sentences. The reason is it has two independent clause and one dependent clause.

3. " before dark each night I gathered driftwood for a fire." (pg. 6)

This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause and one dependent clause.

4. " I would not just need a sailboat, I would need a cheap sailboat."(pg.16)

This is a compound sentence because it has two independent clause follow by a comma.

5." And only twenty-two minutes had passed."(pg. 102)

I'm not sure what type of sentences is this. I know it has the verb had, but what is the subject. I wonder is the minutes is the subject. If is it are we consider this sentences is simple.

Caught by the Sea

"The boat had carried me out here, the boat would carry me back. But I had to sail it. Not just sit and look at the sails and let the boat move but actually try and figure out what was happening, try to learn what it meant to sail."

This passage is strike me because I think is some what related to me. The author love to sail. He likes to goes out and explore the ocean. Therefore, when he had the opportunity to learn how to sail he must take advangtange of it. He wants to know what it is likes when you actually took control on the sail. However, It is also happens in real life. We are not letting things goes the ways it wanted. We want it to goes the ways we want. We want to see what it is like out there so we can learn just like the author does.