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Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences. Number from 1 – 10 on your paper Identify the following sentences as Simple, Compound, or Complex Explain what tells you that each sentence is simple, compound, or complex. One of the sports that can be classified as extreme is free diving.

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Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

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  1. Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences Number from 1 – 10 on your paper Identify the following sentences as Simple, Compound, or Complex Explain what tells you that each sentence is simple, compound, or complex

  2. One of the sports that can be classified as extreme is free diving. • Participants hold their breath and dive hundreds of feet straight down in the ocean. • Deep below the ocean, water pressure squeezes the internal organs of divers, and darkness blinds them. • The return to the surface can kill a diver if he or she comes up too fast. • When the body doesn’t have time to adjust to changing pressure, internal gases expand too fast.

  3. IdentifyingKindsofSentences 1 - complex • One of the sports that can be classified as extremeis free diving.

  4. 2 - simple • Participantshold their breath and dive hundreds of feet straight down in the ocean.

  5. 3 - compound • Deep below the ocean, water pressuresqueezes the internal organs of divers, anddarknessblinds them.

  6. 4 - complex • The return to the surface can kill a diver if he or she comes up too fast.

  7. 5 - complex • When the body doesn’t have time to adjust to changing pressure, internal gasesexpand too fast.

  8. 6. The sudden expansion of gases causes explosions in arteries. 7. Still, the activity is popular with people who like dangerous challenges. 8. The free diving federation refuses to recognize records in “no-limits” free diving because that method of diving is too dangerous. 9. “Variable weight” and “constant weight” free diving are approved methods. 10. Scuba divers, who wear oxygen tanks, accompany free divers to help them if problems arise underwater.

  9. 6 - simple • The sudden expansion of gases causes explosions in arteries.

  10. 7 - complex • Still, the activityis popular with people who like dangerous challenges.

  11. 8 - complex • The free diving federationrefuses to recognize records in “no-limits” free diving because that method of diving is too dangerous.

  12. 9 - simple • “Variable weight” and “constant weight” free divingare approved methods.

  13. 10 - complex • Scuba divers, who wear oxygen tanks, accompany free divers to help them if problems arise underwater.

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