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On Berlin’s broad avenues, posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation have become a common sight.
 
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of the sentence is posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation.
– Is the subject singular or plural?
Posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation is a plural subject.
The singular form is a poster.
 
We use plural subjects with plural verbs.
…posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation have (correct)
…posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation has (wrong)
 
TENSES
– What is/are the tense(s) used in this sentence?
On Berlin’s broad avenues, posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation have become a common sight.
 
… posters…have become…
Subject + have + past participle
This sentence uses present perfect tense.
 
ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
On Berlin’s broad avenues, posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation have become a common sight.
… posters…have become…
 
The subject is the one doing the action.
This sentence uses active voice.
 
DEPENDENT CLAUSES
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
On Berlin’s broad avenues, posters put up by desperate would-be tenants seeking accommodation have become a common sight.
 
(1) posters put up by desperate would-be tenants
 
posters
= noun
 
put up by desperate would-be tenants
= reduced adjective clause
 
which were put up by desperate would-be tenants
= full adjective clause
 
(2) tenants seeking accommodation
 
tenants
= noun
 
seeking accommodation
= reduced adjective clause
 
who are seeking accommodation
= full adjective clause
 
An adjective clause gives additional information to a noun or noun phrase.
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