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Difficulty: MediumNouns and Noun Phrases

Match each bolded noun phrase in the given sentences with its corresponding syntactic function.

  • The town council appointed Chief Obi a trustee of the community development fund.Object complement
  • The foundation offered the talented young inventor a full scholarship for higher studies.Indirect object
  • Dr. Danjuma, a leading authority on renewable energy solutions, addressed the international summit.Appositive
  • The panel expressed serious reservations about the consultant's revised financial forecast.Prepositional complement

Answer

1. 'a trustee of the community development fund' matches Object complement. 2. 'the talented young inventor' matches Indirect object. 3. 'a leading authority on renewable energy solutions' matches Appositive. 4. 'the consultant's revised financial forecast' matches Prepositional complement.
Each noun phrase performs a distinct structural function in its sentence context: renaming a direct object (object complement), receiving the entity being offered (indirect object), restating a subject noun (appositive), and following a preposition (prepositional complement).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the structural role of the first bolded phrase relative to the verb 'appointed' and direct object 'Chief Obi'.
The phrase defines the post or identity conferred upon the direct object, making it an object complement.
An object complement follows a direct object to state what it has become or been designated as.
2
Examine the role of the second bolded phrase following the verb 'offered'.
The phrase receives the direct object ('a full scholarship'), classifying it as an indirect object.
Indirect objects indicate to whom or for whom the action of a ditransitive verb is performed.
3
Evaluate the third bolded phrase set off by commas next to 'Dr. Danjuma'.
The phrase renames and provides parenthetical detail about the subject, functioning as an appositive.
Appositives are noun phrases placed adjacent to another noun phrase to explain or expand its identity.
4
Identify the relationship between the fourth bolded phrase and the preposition 'about'.
The phrase follows the preposition directly and completes its prepositional phrase, functioning as a prepositional complement.
A noun phrase governed by a preposition acts as the complement or object of that preposition.

Key Concept

Syntactic Functions of Noun Phrases
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