Grammar: Sentence Structure

"The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives." What is "village" ?

• subject

• direct object

• prepositional phrase

• complement

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

"The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives." What is "who were dismantiling explosives" ?

• direct object

• relative clause

• complement

• prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

"The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives." What is "deserted" ?

• complement

• prepositional phrase

• direct object

• relative clause

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

"The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives." What is "in a dusty tent" ?

• prepositional phrase

• direct object

• complement

• relative clause

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

"The village was deserted, except for journalists in a dusty tent and Syrian army soldiers who were dismantling explosives." What is "explosives" ?

• direct object

• subject

• relative clause

• prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

"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 the preposition?

• struggle

• dollars

• reforms

• system

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B