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Basic sentence structures

Quiz by Melvin Duke

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  • Q1
    What are the two most important elements of a sentence?
    preposition and verb
    verb and adverb
    subject and object
    subject and verb
  • Q2
    What is the subject in this sentence: "The profesor handed the syllabus to the student."
    handed
    the syllabus
    the student
    The professor
  • Q3
    The Word "crying" in this sentence is what? "The crying baby needs to be picked up."
    subject
    verb
    adjective
    past participle
  • Q4
    The Word "striking" in this sentence is what? "Most of the striking workers are walking the picket line."
    present participle
    past participle
    verb
    subject
  • Q5
    What is wrong with this sentence? "The waitress bringing the steaming soup to the waiting diners."
    extra verb
    extra subject
    missing verb
    missing subject
  • Q6
    How many verbs are there in this sentence? "The fast-moving clouds are bringing freezing rain to the área."
    4
    1
    2
    3
  • Q7
    Which word is incorrect in this sentence? "The letters were sent on Monday arrived on Wednesday."
    on Monday
    sent
    were
    arrived
  • Q8
    Identify the past participle in the sentence: "The photographs developed yesterday showed Sam and his friends."
    showed
    Sam and his friends
    developed
    yesterday
  • Q9
    How many prepositional phrases are there in t his sentence? "At 1:00 in the morning the alarm clock on the table beside the bed rang."
    2
    1
    4
    3
  • Q10
    What is the name of the structure "The greatest tennis player of this century" in the following sentence? "The greatest tennis player of this century, Rafael Nader is living up to his name in the world championship games."
    appositive
    subject
    prepositional phrase
    participial phrase

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