The noise from the ducks in the pond was soothing.

Question

I have to Underline each independent clause and subordinate clause twice then tell if the sentence is simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

1.The noise from the ducks was soothing=indep clause
in the pond=subor clause
complex sentence

or would this just be simple sentence

Answer 1

This is a simple sentence. There is only one subject-verb construction here.

The noise was soothing = independent clause

from the ducks = prepositional phrase
in the pond = prepositional phrase
NOTE: There is no verb in there!!