SYNTAX II L2

Recuperatorio 1er parcial: _____ Recuperatorio 2do parcial: _____ Recuperatorio Exa Final _____ SEGUNDO TURNO: ____

Name: ______ Date: _______

A. Analyze the underlined words

1. That the political parties are turning less reliable is recognized by all people who
Rel. pron. main verb past partiple verb rel pron.
mental action mental action

have even a dash of culture.

Adv manner

B. Analyze the verbals/verbal phrases in bold and label them according to their
function.

1. Skiing by the Alpes is one of the best sports during springtime.

Gerund Phr. as Subj

2. Prepared with pure courage, the young boy finally showed up to fight for his demands.
Adj. past. Part. Phr mod. n. boy
Inf. Phr As D.O

C. There are prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Analyze them and
identify their function.

1. Cristina from Argentina was asked to be, for the second time, president of her country.

Adj. prep.phr. mod. n Cristina

Adv. prep. Phr. mod. v. ask
Adj. prep. Phr. mod. n. president

2. After all, they did a very good job.

Adv. prep. Phr. mod. adj. good
 D. Identify the type of SIMPLE complement (DO, IO, Pred. nominative, Pred.
adjective, or none) in each of the following sentences.

1. The film looked awfully pretentious and overwhelming.

Compound predicative adjective = awfully pretentious and overwhelming

2. The students to Europe offered San Andrés university their best competencies.
D.O = their best competencies
I.O. = San Andrés university

E. Identify adjective, noun and adverb clauses in the following sentences.

1. When she was certain all the campers were asleep, he rose from his bedding.

Adv. cl. mod. v. asleep

2. George has not thought about how she will enter the school, which she should start now.
Adj. cl. mod. n. school
Adv. Clause mod the v ”thought”