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Comprehension: grammatical names and functions

Question 1 of 10

Question 1 of 10

In "She is a teacher", "a teacher" is the subject ___.

Question 2 of 10

Question 2 of 10

An adjectival clause modifies a verb.

Question 3 of 10

Question 3 of 10

A phrase beginning with "to" + verb is an ___ phrase.

Question 4 of 10

Question 4 of 10

In "They elected him president", "president" functions as

Question 5 of 10

Question 5 of 10

In "She gave her brother a book", "her brother" functions as

Question 6 of 10

Question 6 of 10

Explain three kinds of non-finite verb phrases, with an example of each in a sentence.

Question 7 of 10

Question 7 of 10

In "I met the woman whose son is a doctor", "whose son is a doctor" qualifies

Question 8 of 10

Question 8 of 10

In "The book that I read was long", "that I read" is an ___ clause.

Question 9 of 10

Question 9 of 10

In "I know that she is honest", the grammatical name of "that she is honest" is ___ clause.

Question 10 of 10

Question 10 of 10

In "The house on the hill is ours", "on the hill" is

Questions written by OtisamLMS in the style of the WASSCE. They are not WAEC past questions.