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.
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Does this sentence,"I know it has the verb had, but what is the subject," has three verbs there in two independent clauses?
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.
Are you sure this is a complex sentence? Where you find another dependent clause? I found that it has only one independent clause. So, it is a simple sentence.
" I would not just need a sailboat, I would need a cheap sailboat."
This sentence can't be a compound because it doesn't has a coodinator to connect it together between two independent clause.
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