a. he congratulated him on on coming first in the exams
b. their father said they must not watch tv
c. Rahul said the man had a very expensive car
d. he asked him how well he spoke german
e.his mother told him to hurry up because the bus was coming
1. the truck driver was asked to show his license by the officer
g. he told them they would have to surrender their passport
23. “all things considered” is a nominative absolute (NA).
24. “a nuclear engineer” is an appositive (AP).
25. “There” is an expletive (EXP), as you correctly noted.
26. “Maria” is used as a direct address (DA).
27. “green” is an objective complement (OC).
28. “president” is a predicate nominative (PN).
29. “alert” is a predicate adjective (PA).
30. “There” is, again, an expletive (EXP), as you again correctly noted.
31. “fence” is a direct object (DO).
32. “us” is an indirect object (IO).
