Exercise 3: Identifying Simple and Compound Sentences                    Climbing Mount Everest

1.       IC  Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, were the first conquerors of Mount Everest.                

 Simple Sentence

2.       IC  Norgay was already a well-known mountaineer,  IC but Hillary’s experience had been limited to climbing in ice and snow in New Zealand.                           

  Compound Sentence

3.       IC  Norgay was tall and strong, IC and Hillary liked the Sherpa’s friendly attitude. 

 Compound Sentence  

4.       IC  Hillary, Norgay, and all the other members of the expedition looked for the easiest and safest route to the top of Mount Everest.                         

   Simple Sentence

5.       IC  Today climbers look for greater challenges and choose the more difficult routes.   

Simple Sentence

6.       IC  Hillary once had traveled overland to the South Pole and also had followed the Ganges River to  its source.

Simple Sentence

7.       IC The public and the media had shown considerable interest in Hillary.

Simple Sentence

8.       IC  Fame came with Hillary’s successful ascent of Mount Everest,  IC and afterward he raised money for the Sherpa people of Nepal.

Compound Sentence

9.       IC They had helped Hillary, IC  and in return he generously helped them.

Compound Sentence

10.    IC Hillary gave lectures and raised funds for schools, hospitals, clinics, bridges, water pipelines, and airstrips in Nepal.

Simple Sentence

Exercise 4: Writing Simple Sentences

1.Robert E. Peary was a brave man. He explored arctic regions.

    Answer: Robert E. Peary was a brave man and explored arctic regions.

2.He made his first expedition to Greenland in 1886. Later he made several other trips there.

    Answer:  He made his first expedition to Greenland in 1886 yet  made several other trips there.

3.Peary planned a trip to the North Pole. He announced his plans in 1898.

    Answer:  Peary planned a trip to the North Pole so announced his plans in 1898.

4.  He made the trip with his assistant, Matthew Henson. Peary’s team also included four Inuit.

    Answer:  He made the trip with his assistant,Matthew Henson, and four Inuit.

5.   Peary succeeded in reaching his goal. He arrived at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

     Answer:  Peary succeeded in reaching his goal and arrived at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

Exercise 5: Writing Compound Sentences

1.       Robert E. Peary was a brave man. He explored arctic regions.

Robert E. Peary was a brave man, and he explored arctic regions.

2.       He made his first expedition to Greenland in 1886. Later he made several other trips there.

He made his first expedition to Greenland in 1886, yet later he made several other trips there.

3.       Peary planned a trip to the North Pole. He announced his plans in 1898.

Peary planned a trip to the North Pole, so he announced his plans in 1898.

4.       He made the trip with his assistant, Matthew Henson. Peary’s team also included four Inuit.

He made the trip with his assistant, Matthew Henson  and  Peary’s team also included four Inuit.

5.       Peary succeeded in reaching his goal. He arrived at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

Peary succeeded in reaching his goal and he arrived at the North Pole on April 6, 1909.