Sentence Structure and Syntax Flashcards

Which sentence has the correct word order with an adverb of frequency?

Answer: She is always late for class.

Adverbs of frequency like 'always' are placed after auxiliary verbs and before main verbs.

Which sentence correctly uses 'neither...nor' with subject-verb agreement?

Answer: Neither the students nor the teacher was ready.

With 'neither...nor,' the verb agrees with the subject closest to it — 'the teacher' is singular, so 'was' is correct.

Which sentence correctly uses a relative clause?

Answer: The book which I bought yesterday was expensive.

The relative pronoun 'which' replaces the object pronoun, so you should not add an extra 'it'.

Which sentence uses a participial phrase correctly?

Answer: Running through the park, she was caught by the rain.

The participial phrase 'Running through the park' must refer to the subject of the main clause, which is 'she'.

Which option correctly combines: 'He studied hard.' and 'He passed the exam.'

Answer: He studied hard, and so he passed the exam.

'And so' correctly expresses a cause-and-effect relationship between studying hard and passing the exam.

Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure?

Answer: She likes swimming, running, and hiking.

Parallel structure requires all items in a list to use the same grammatical form — here, all gerunds (-ing forms).

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

Answer: Although it was raining, we went for a walk.

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause; 'Although it was raining' is a dependent clause.