1.Distinguish between simple and composite sentences. Underline part of the sentence, name parts of speech. 1. You send a call for help. Nobody knows who you are. Nobody knows what to do. Those who placed you there are all long gone. No hero takes Initiative, initiative having been drained by administrative bitching and black hints. 2. Come on deck, and it's a demonstration I'll be giving you before the day's much older. 3. A collection of similar pods floated in orbit Leo counted. One, two, three... six and the one arriving made seven. 4. Expenses rise, as they always do 5. I must keep my temper. Why was I such a fool as to give him a racing punt?

You send a call for help. (Simple sentence)

Subject: You

Verb: send

Nobody knows who you are. (Simple sentence)

Subject: Nobody

Verb: knows

Direct object: who you are

Nobody knows what to do. (Simple sentence)

Subject: Nobody

Verb: knows

Direct object: what to do

Those who placed you there are all long gone. (Simple sentence)

Subject: Those who placed you there

Verb: are

Predicate complement: all long gone

No hero takes initiative, initiative having been drained by administrative bitching and black hints. (Complex sentence)

Main clause: No hero takes initiative

Subject: No hero

Verb: takes

Direct object: initiative

Subordinate clause: initiative having been drained by administrative bitching and black hints

Subject: initiative

Verb: drained

Object: administrative bitching and black hints

Come on deck, and it's a demonstration I'll be giving you before the day's much older. (Compound sentence)

Clause 1: Come on deck

Verb: Come

Clause 2: it's a demonstration I'll be giving you before the day's much older

Subject: it

Verb: is

Direct object: demonstration

Relative clause: I'll be giving you before the day's much older

Subject: I

Verb: be giving

Direct object: you

A collection of similar pods floated in orbit Leo counted. (Compound sentence)

Clause 1: A collection of similar pods floated in orbit

Subject: A collection of similar pods

Verb: floated

Prepositional phrase: in orbit

Clause 2: Leo counted

Subject: Leo

Verb: counted

One, two, three... six and the one arriving made seven. (Compound sentence)

Clause 1: One, two, three... six

Subject: One, two, three... six

Verb: (implied)

Clause 2: the one arriving made seven

Subject: the one arriving

Verb: made

Direct object: seven

Expenses rise, as they always do. (Simple sentence)

Subject: Expenses

Verb: rise

Adverbial clause: as they always do

I must keep my temper. Why was I such a fool as to give him a racing punt? (Complex sentence)

Sentence 1: I must keep my temper

Subject: I

Verb: must keep

Direct object: my temper

Sentence 2: Why was I such a fool as to give him a racing punt?

Subject: I

Verb: was

Predicate complement: such a fool

Subordinate clause: as to give him a racing punt

Subordinating conjunction: as

Subject: I

Verb: to give

Direct object: him a racing punt