Bloomberg Economics 2

The EU reached a deal on measures to become more self-sufficient in the key raw materials it needs to help power the clean energy transition.
 
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of the sentence is the EU.
– Is the subject singular or plural?
The EU (European Union) is a singular subject.
We singular subjects with singular verbs.
 
The EU is…
The EU serves…
The EU functions…
 
TENSES
– What is/are the tense(s) used in this sentence?
The EU reached a deal on measures to become more self-sufficient in the key raw materials it needs to help power the clean energy transition.
Subject + past simple
The sentence uses the past simple tense.
 
ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
The EU reached a deal on measures to become more self-sufficient in the key raw materials it needs to help power the clean energy transition.
The subject is the one doing the action.
The sentence uses active voice.
 
DEPENDENT CLAUSES
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
The EU reached a deal on measures to become more self-sufficient in the key raw materials it needs to help power the clean energy transition.
 
the key raw materials
= noun phrase
 
it needs to help power the clean energy transition
= reduced adjective clause
 
that it needs to help power the clean energy transition
= full adjective clause
 
An adjective clause gives additional information to a noun or noun phrase.
 
it needs to help power the clean energy transition
Subject + -s form
The adjective clause uses the present simple tense.
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