English Grammar Understanding the Basics - Evelyn P. Altenberg, Robert M. Vago 2010

Review matching exercise and answer key - Part III
Part III: Getting started with sentences

Review matching exercise

Match the underlined word or words in each sentence to the appropriate term. Use each term only once.

Sample: After Katie escorted her mother home, she went out to look for work. adverbial clause

1. Alexandra met a girl who lived in an apartment across the street.

2. Do you feel that you can trust him?

3. Kirk wrote out a receipt and then they signed it.

4. I have not actually seen a new version of that movie.

5. That robot can do all the things that the technician does but it can do them better.

6. Remember to bring those papers.

7. The city was rebuilt by its residents.

8. The roads were built last year.

9. A treaty should be binding, shouldn’t it?

10. Why did Luke buy that house?

Answer key: Review matching exercise - Part III

1. Alexandra met a girl who lived in an apartment across the street.    relative clause

2. Do you feel that you can trust him?        yes/no question

3. Kirk wrote out a receipt and then they signed it.      compound sentence

4. I have not actually seen a new version of that movie.     negative sentence

5. That robot can do all the things that the technician does but it can do them better. compound-complex sentence

6. Remember to bring those papers.        imperative

7. The city was rebuilt by its residents.        full passive

8. The roads were built last year.         truncated passive

9. A treaty should be binding, shouldn’t it?        tag question

10. Why did Luke buy that house?         wh- question