Exercises on Syntactic Functions

Exercises on syntactic functions

Indicate each S, Aux, P , Oi, Od, PC, C, A in the following clauses.

From CNN

1. Amid the incessant crackle of gunfire , the soldiers usher the cowering men through darkened rooms .

2. The men are barefoot , most of them wearing long robes , some with large stains.

3. As voices holler at them in the darkness to move quickly , they hurry across the debris-littered floor past the gun-wielding soldiers .

4. The new video showing scenes from the raid near Hawija , in northern Kirkuk province , was released by the Kurdistan Regional Government .

5. A U.S. military official confirmed its source and authenticity to CNN .

6. It was filmed from the helmet camera of one of the Kurdish soldiers , whose gun can be seen pointing at a barred window through which a glow is emanating , possibly from a fire.

7. In another scene , four men wearing robes and with their hands on their heads -- presumably hostages -- are ushered through a doorway and then searched .

8. The person wearing the body camera empties the freed men's shirt pockets and pats them down before hurriedly moving the men farther down the hallway .

9. "Hold that guy there ," says one voice with an American accent . "We got more coming ."

10. Thirty troops from Delta Force on an "advise and assist role" participated in the raid when Kurdish commandos were overwhelmed after entering the walled compound on their own , a U.S. official with direct knowledge of details of the operation told CNN last week .