Complex 15. This fun tradition inspired the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, which takes
place in Punxsutawney.
Exercise 2 Underline each main clause. Write in the blank simple or complex to
identify the type of sentence.
complex
The groundhog, which is also called a woodchuck, is a kind of marmot.
1. This makes it a member of the squirrel family.
Simple

Give an example of one of the choices from the question above. explain what makes your example fit into this classification. use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and capitalization.

Decide whether each item is a sentence or a fragment. if its a sentence, write sentence. if it is a fragment, rewrite it to make a sentence. 1.)his mother, a gentle, yet strong woman. 2.)stepped from the boat after a rugged trip across the atlantic. 3.)diane dipped her doughnut into her milk before taking a bite. 4.)into the sky filled with dark thunderclouds. 5.)the car's hood, hot from the sun's rays.

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.