Sentence Structure Quiz

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.

• subject

• direct object

• prepositional phrase

• complement

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.

• relative clause

• complement

• subject

• direct object

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.

• complement

• subject

• direct object

• prepositional phrase

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.

• prepositional phrase

• direct object

• relative clause

• complement

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.

• direct object

• subject

• relative clause

• prepositional phrase

Use the following 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. What is the subject of the sentence?

• company

• struggle

• millions

• reforms

Use the following 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. Does the subject of the sentence agree with the verb?

• yes

• no

Use the following 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. What is the direct object of the sentence?

• company

• dollars

• need

• reforms

Use the following 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. Which of the following is not an object of a preposition?

• struggle

• dollars

• reforms

• system

Use the following 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. What is the relative clause in the sentence?

• company's long struggle

• millions of dollars

• that it spent

• reforms to the system