Exercises on Syntactic Functions

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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

.


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