Sentence Structure and Syntax Flashcards

Which sentence correctly uses a reduced relative clause?

Answer: The woman standing by the door is my teacher.

The present participial phrase 'standing by the door' correctly reduces the relative clause 'who is standing by the door'.

Which sentence uses an embedded question with correct word order?

Answer: Can you tell me where the station is?

Embedded questions use statement word order (subject before verb), so 'where the station is' is correct.

Which sentence uses an absolute construction correctly?

Answer: Both A and B are correct.

Both 'The work finished' and 'The work being finished' are valid absolute constructions that modify the entire main clause.

Choose the sentence that uses fronting for emphasis most naturally:

Answer: Rarely have I seen such dedication.

Fronting 'Rarely' and inverting the subject-auxiliary ('have I') is the standard and most natural emphatic structure.

Which option correctly uses a nominal (noun) clause as the subject of the sentence?

Answer: What the committee decided surprised everyone.

'What the committee decided' is a nominal clause with correct statement word order, functioning as the subject of 'surprised'.

Select the sentence that correctly uses the impersonal passive structure:

Answer: It is believed that the treasure was buried here.

'It is believed that...' is the correct impersonal passive structure used for reporting general beliefs or claims.

Identify the correctly structured conditional sentence using inversion (without 'if'):

Answer: Had I known, I would have helped.

'Had I known' is a formal inversion that replaces 'If I had known' in third conditional structures by omitting 'if' and inverting subject and auxiliary.