Identify the simple, compound and complex sentences in the passage given below.
(1) “I was diving a flock of sheep on the mountainside.
(2) Suddenly one of them slipped and went sailing through the air towards the gully.
(3) As I looked down, I could hardly believe what I saw.
(4) That sheep never got to the gully.
(5) It was an extremely cold day and the sheep had frozen in mid-air”
(1) “I was diving a flock of sheep on the mountainside.
(2) Suddenly one of them slipped and went sailing through the air towards the gully.
(3) As I looked down, I could hardly believe what I saw.
(4) That sheep never got to the gully.
(5) It was an extremely cold day and the sheep had frozen in mid-air”
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Explanation:
1 compound
2 simple
3 complex
4 compound
5 complex
The answer to the given question is written below.
(1) The first sentence which is 'I was diving a flock of sheep on the mountainside' is a compound sentence.
(2) The second sentence which is 'Suddenly one of them slipped and went sailing through the air towards the gully' is a simple sentence.
(3) The third sentence which is 'As I looked down, I could hardly believe what I saw' is a complex sentence.
(4) The fourth sentence which is ' That sheep never got to the gully' is a compound sentence.
(5) The fifth sentence which is ' It was an extremely cold day and the sheep had frozen in mid-air' is a complex sentence.