This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"We SPENT a pleasant afternoon with our affable neighbors."
What is the verb?
100
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"For my paper, I would like to find an erudite history of the subject WRITTEN in a clear and UNBIASED manner."
What is participial?
100
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"Every time a new rule is introduced in a popular sport, there are fans WHO SAY IT WILL DEBASE THE GAME."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is adjective?
100
This is the structure of the sentence:
"Days passed and unrest grew, and soon the rebels began a scurrilous attack on their absent leader."
What is compound?
100
This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"The pleasant background MUSIC did not expedite my work but, instead, distracted me."
What is the subject?
200
This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"In search of vicarious EXCITEMENT, we watched movies of action and adventure."
What is the object of the preposition?
200
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"We feel that the positions of our representative show a crass indifference TO OUR PROBLEMS."
What is prepositional?
200
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"EVEN AFTER THE COLONIES GAINED AUTONOMY FROM ENGLAND, many Americans clung to English traditions."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is adverb?
200
This is the structure of the sentence:
"The ring must have slid off my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net."
What is complex?
200
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"The police had no proof, NOTHING TO GO ON BUT A SUSPICION, A MERE SURMISE."
What is appositive?
300
This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"I can infer NOTHING from his odd behavior."
What is the direct object?
300
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"Those brave enough TO HAVE OPPOSED THE DICTATOR'S RISE now found themselves in a vulnerable position."
What is infinitive?
300
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"IT IS SAID that good inventors do not fetter themselves with conventional thinking."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is independent?
300
This is the structure of the sentence:
"The poor fellow was stronger than he realized, and the damage he did was inadvertent."
What is compound-complex?
300
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"No one could say that he was lazy, FOR HE WAS A CAREFUL, SEDULOUS COPIER OF OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is independent?
400
This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"He did more work, so a sixty-forty split of the profits seemed an equitable ARRANGEMENT."
What is the predicate nominative?
400
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"It seems as if even the SMOOTHEST-RUNNING organizations contain one or two fractious elements."
What is participial?
400
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"The movie heroine blushed WHEN SHE NOTICED THE SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES OF HER ADMIRER."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is adverb?
400
This is the structure of the sentence:
"His request for a large loan for an indefinite length of time was met with a brusque refusal."
What is simple?
400
This is the FUNCTION of the clause in ALL CAPS:
"While critics called the movie vapid, I thought THAT THE PERFORMERS WERE VERY COMPELLING."
What is direct object?
500
This is the function of the word in ALL CAPS:
"He was STALWART on the basketball court."
What is the predicate adjective?
500
This is the type of phrase in ALL CAPS:
"I had hoped to mitigate her anger by OFFERING AN APOLOGY."
What is gerund?
500
This is the kind of clause in ALL CAPS:
"An experienced actor can perform with WHAT SEEMS LIKE LIMITLESS SANGFROID, even when he forgets a line."
(Ind., Adv., Adj., Noun)
What is noun?
500
This is the structure of the sentence:
"They made restitution for the damage to the car but never fully regained the friendship of its owner."
What is simple?
500
This is a full analysis of this sentence:
"Queen Elizabeth I showed a strong propensity for putting off decisions in the hopes that they would resolve themselves."