Structures of Sentences I. Read the paragraph below. Identify the structure of each underlined sentence.

Write SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX or COMPOUND-COMPLEX. Fill in the table below. (2 pts. each) Nature (1)Nature is the world around us, except for human-made phenomena. (2) As humans are the only animal species that consciously, powerfully manipulates the environment, we think of ourselves as exalted, as special. (3) We acknowledge that in an objective view we are merely one of many organisms, and we are not able to survive outside of our natural world of air, earth, water and life . But we tend to be poor leaders in the "hierarchy" of animal life. Despite our greatness, too often we waste, we fight, we breed heedlessly, and are too self-centred and short-sighted. I take note of the increasing awareness of ecology, at least in Western culture, and am heartened. (4) We may still change our weapons of war into tools of peace, and our habits of despoliation into nurturing. (5) Earth is so large, that even if humans destroy ourselves, plus most other life forms, there will still be nature. (6) The soil, oceans, atmosphere and weather would still interact with solar power to allow some life to exist. Earth cannot be a barren place like the moon. (7)Humans can, then, reduce our planetary paradise into a hell of sorts, but he cannot, I believe, destroy the planet itself. This thought, sober and gloomy, is a modern one; in earlier ages it is unlikely that people contemplated ourselves wiping-out most life on earth. I don't know why I brought it to the forefront of my nature essay. It does offer a perspective. Nature's life forces, as well as its winds, eruptions, quakes, avalanches, and freezes, are immensely powerful. I recall being allowed to study vegetation on the freshly-erupted Mt. St. Helens.(7) It was more than ten years ago, so my memory has retained only a few observations . Mosses tolerant of Seattle's freeway cracks grew on the loose sand and ash. Fireweed, which thrives after forest fires, clear-cuts and bombed sites, was abundant. (8) If memory serves, scientists in general expressed pleased surprise at the rapidity of vegetation. (9) Even in this age of high-technology, where many people who live in cities and work full-time with computers see but little nature intimately, we all are still aware of the weather and the seasons. We all know that a short, rainy winter day is less pleasant than a warm sunny June day. (10) Most of us are cheered at the return of spring, and we mostly have certain pleasant or striking memories we associate with each season. My awareness of nature was at this relatively normal level until high school. I recall as an 8th grade student, that nature was wholly unappealing to me. I liked sports, music, comic books, stamp collecting, and whatnot. Trees were trees, grass was grass, flowers were flowers and weeds were weeds. (11) But by the time I was in 10th grade, and especially 11th grade, I had been affected profoundly by nature awareness . I went from a normal worldview to one wherein the value of being aware of and appreciative of nature was a centrepiece. (12) In retrospect, this was the pivotal transformation of my life. NUMBER STRUCTURE OF SENTENCE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 II. Construct a sensible sentence based on the given topic. (2 pts. each) 1. compound-complex sentence Mendoza Hostage Crisis ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. simple sentence Solid Waste Management __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. compound sentence 4th runner-up Miss Universe 2010 Venus Raj ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. complex sentence Quality of Education in the Philippines ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. simple sentence The Movie: Eclipse ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. compound sentence Concept of Soulmate ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. compound-complex sentence Social Networking: Facebook ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. compound sentence Worth-Knowing about Myself __________________________________________________________________________________________________________