Sentence Structure Flashcard

Front

Match the word with its role: The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers dismantling explosives.

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subject

Front

Match the word with its role: The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers dismantling explosives.

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relative clause

Front

Match the word with its role: The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers dismantling explosives.

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complement

Front

Match the word with its role: The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers dismantling explosives.

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prepositional phrase

Front

Match the word with its role: The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives.

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direct object

Front

Subject of the sentence: The company's long struggle--not to mention the millions it spent--highlights the need for drastic reforms.

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struggle

Front

The company's long struggle and the money spent highlight the need for reforms. Does the subject agree with the verb?

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no

Front

Direct object in: 'The company's long struggle... highlight the need for drastic reforms.'

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need

Front

Identify the term that is not an object of a preposition in the sentence: 'The company's long struggle--not to mention the millions of dollars that it spent--highlight the need for drastic reforms to the system.'

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struggle

Front

Relative clause in: The company's long struggle--not to mention the millions of dollars that it spent--highlights the need for drastic reforms to the system.

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that it spent