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The revival of Europe’s night trains faces many obstacles, from securing funding and profits amid cut-throat competition from low-cost airlines to running reliable services on an overcrowded and ageing rail network.
 
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of the sentence is the revival of Europe’s night trains.
 
– Is the subject singular or plural?
Revival is an uncountable noun.
We treat uncountable nouns like singular nouns (i.e. we use them with singular verbs)
 
– What is/are the tense(s) used in this sentence?
The revival of Europe’s night trains faces
Subject + -s form
This sentence uses the present simple tense.
 
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
The revival of Europe’s night trains faces
The subject is the one doing the action.
This sentence uses active voice.
 
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
No, there isn’t.
From securing funding and profits amid cut-throat competition from low-cost airlines to running reliable services on an overcrowded and ageing rail network is not a dependent clause.
 
This is a combination of 2 prepositional phrases
(1) From securing funding and profits amid cut-throat competition from low-cost airlines
(2) to running reliable services on an overcrowded and ageing rail network
 
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