Starter quiz
- Which of the following are complex sentences?
- Gas lamps flicker while gangs of ruffians skulk. ✓
- Gas lamps flicker in the darkness.
- Ruffians skulk in the darkness, waiting for their next victim. ✓
- Ruffians wait for their next victim.
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- Which sentences start with a fronted adverbial?
- On one street, there is havoc. ✓
- There is havoc everywhere.
- In the air, the stench of human waste is suffocating. ✓
- The stench of human waste hangs in the air.
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- What features can be seen in the following sentence? 'On each corner, gas lamps flicker as ruffians wait in the shadows.'
- non-finite (-ing) subordinate clause
- fronted adverbial of place ✓
- historical context ✓
- adverbial subordinate clause ✓
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- What features can be seen in the following sentence? 'Below, the river snakes, winding through the vast metropolis.'
- non-finite (-ing) subordinate clause ✓
- adverbial subordinate clause
- preposition phrase ✓
- fronted adverbial of place ✓
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- What type of complex sentence has been used to combine the following two ideas? 'On one side, dilapidated slums sit, overflowing with misery.'
- a relative complex sentence
- an adverbial complex sentence
- a non-finite complex sentence ✓
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- Which sentences contain a preposition phrase?
- The river glides through the city. ✓
- Imposing buildings tower over serene streets. ✓
- Impenetrable smog hangs over the city. ✓
- Imposing buildings line serene streets.
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