Identify if the sentences below are either simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or compound-complex sentence. Bottled water consumption rose 2.2 percent in volume last year. Because Americans are increasingly health conscious, they are drinking more bottled water than ever before. Americans are drinking fewer soft drinks, and heavy-hitters Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are being hit hard. Calorie-counting Americans are backing away from sugary soda, but they are also fleeing diet soda. Sales volume across the entire beverage industry slid last year; however, smaller players such as Monster Beverage and Red Bull expanded their market share because they appealed to younger drinkers. Water is hot, and diet soda is not.

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Explanation:

A simple sentence consist of a subject and verb.

A compound sentence consist of two or more independent clauses and the clauses or sentences will be joined together by a conjunction or comma.

A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and dependent clauses.

Compound-complex sentences contains one or more dependent clause and two or more independent clauses.

Based on the above definition, the answer to the following questions will be:

• Bottled water consumption rose 2.2 percent in volume last year.

Simple sentence

• Because Americans are increasingly health conscious, they are drinking more bottled water than ever before.

Complex sentence

• Americans are drinking fewer soft drinks, and heavy-hitters Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are being hit hard.

Compound sentence

•Calorie-counting Americans are backing away from sugary soda, but they are also fleeing diet soda.

Compound sentence

• Sales volume across the entire beverage industry slid last year; however, smaller players such as Monster Beverage and Red Bull expanded their market share because they appealed to younger drinkers.

Compound-Complex sentence

• Water is hot, and diet soda is not.

Compound sentence

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