Identify the type of sentence.
Absorbed in the book she was reading, Charlotte did not hear her mother call her.
simple sentence
compound sentence
or complex sentence
Answers
It is a complex sentence since the sentence contains an independent and dependent clause.
The independent is ""Charlotte did not hear her mother call her"" whereas dependent is ""Absorbed in the book she was reading""
Here in the independent form, it can be used as a single sentence while in the dependent you have to mention the dependency of it.
Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'complex sentence' as 'in grammar, a sentence that contains a main part and one or more other parts.'
The given sentence 'Absorbed in the book she was reading, Charlotte did not hear her mother call her.' is a complex sentence. In this sentence, 'Charlotte did not hear her mother call her' is the independent clause and 'Absorbed in the book she was reading' is the dependent clause.