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1: before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
surrendering is functioning as a in the sentence.
a. participle
b. gerund
c. main verb
d. adjective
2: before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
opposing is functioning as a in the sentence.
a. participle
b. gerund
c. main verb
d. adjective
3. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
dividing is functioning as a in the sentence.
a. gerund
b. participle
c. main verb
d. adjective
4. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
each of the words are an object of a preposition.
a. will, be
b. surrendering, supplies
c. surrendering, army
d. army, troops
5. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
the subject of the sentence is which word.
a. supplies
b. troops
c. army
6. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
the complete verb is formed with how many total words in the above sentence.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
7. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
how many auxiliary verbs are in this sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
8. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
how many prepositional phrases are found in this sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
9. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
there is an infinitive phrase in the sentence above.
a. true
b. false
10. before surrendering to the opposing army, the troops will be diving supplies.
how many clauses make up the above sentence?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4