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sentence as it contains one independent clause with “every day” as its subject and “is opening
day” as its predicate completing the main thought of the sentence. Meanwhile, the second
sentence, “Open a bag of fresh Hampton Farms in-shell peanuts and the game is in your hands.”
follows the sentence pattern of a compound sentence as it utilized two independent clauses to
communicate the information. The first independent clause, which is imperative in nature is,
“Open a bag of fresh Hampton Farms in-shell peanuts” while the other sentence is “the game is
in your hands”. These two independent clauses are combined with the conjunction ‘and’ to
coordinate the thought of the sentence. The third set of sentences, “Watching sports at home
takes on new energy when you’re cracking open healthy, high-protein peanuts with awesome
flavor roasted right in the shell. It’s not a game without Hampton Farms.”, is a combination of
complex and simple sentences, respectively. The first sentence contains one independent clause
which is “watching sports at home takes on new energy” and one dependent clause with the
term, when, as a subordinate to complete the meaning of the whole statement which makes it
complex. On the other hand, the statement, “It’s not a game without Hampton Farms” is
considered as a simple sentence since it is only an independent clause with a preposition but
without any conjunction nor dependent clauses. Lastly, the sentence on the bottom of the ad,
“Available in the produce section of your local grocery store.”, is composed of one dependent
clause and one prepositional phrase which are “available in the produce section” and “of your