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What is a phrase? What phrases would I prefer? What is a phrase and types of phrase? What is an adverb phrase? What is an adverb clause? What is an adjective phrase? What is an adjective clause? What is a noun phrase? What is a noun clause? What is a prepositional phrase? What is a verb phrase? What is an adpositional phrase? What is a pronominal? How do you identify a phrase in a sentence? What is an Adpositional phrase? What is the phrase in English grammar? What is an example of a phrase? What is difference between clause and phrase? What are examples of prepositional phrases? What is a phrase verb? What is a phrase for children? Can a phrase be a sentence? What are the three types of phrases? What is a noun phrase with examples? What is a noun or noun phrase? What is an example of a verb phrase? What is a verbal phrase examples? What is the verb in a sentence? What is an example of a verbal? What is a verbal phrase in math? What is a phrasal verb give two examples? What is the difference between an idiom and a phrasal verb? What are some examples of phrasal verbs? What is a phrasal verb in English grammar? What is a phrasal preposition? What is a verb preposition? |
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What is a phrase? A phrase is two or more words that do not contain the subject-verb pair necessary to form a clause. A group of two or more grammatically linked words that do not have subject and predicate is a phrase. Phrases act like parts of speech inside clauses. A phrase is not a sentence because it is not a complete idea with a subject and a predicate. A phrase is a syntactic structure that consists of more than one word but lacks the subject-predicate organization of a clause. Exercise A word that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence and its accompanying noun, noun equivalent, or pronoun. Ex: on the table To + a verb and its modifiers. Ex: To eat quickly Second noun placed beside the first noun to explain it more fully and its modifiers. Ex: Mr. Spezia, the English teacher down the hall, ate a pizza. Verb used as an adjective and its modifiers. Ex: The girl, driving the red car, caused the accident. Verb used as a noun and its modifiers. Ex: Wrapping Christmas presents is tedious. Write an example of a sentence using a prepositional phrase: Write an example of a sentence using an infinitive phrase: Write an example of a sentence using an appositive phrase: Write an example of a sentence using a participial phrase: Write an example of a sentence using a gerund phrase: |
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Heads and dependents Most phrases have an important word defining the type and linguistic features of the phrase. This word is the head of the phrase and gives its name to the phrase category. The heads in the following phrases are in bold:
Here are further guidelines. Where do you place descriptive adjectives in a simple declarative sentence in English language? A descriptive adjective comes before a noun. For example: The brilliant Doctor Asif Qureshi will be investigating this case. The is the determiner. Brilliant is the descriptive adjective. Doctor Asif Qureshi = proper noun will be investigating = verb phrase This case = object |
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What is an Absolute Phrase? An absolute phrase is a phrase that modifies a whole independent clause (a full sentence); not just one word. It generally combines a noun and a participle, so it can be as short as two words, or sometimes have other modifiers and objects, too. Absolute phrase (also called nominative phrase) is a group of words including a noun or pronoun and a participle as well as any associated modifiers. Absolute phrase modifies (give information about) the entire sentence. It resembles a clause but it lack a true finite verb. It is separated by a comma or pairs of commas from the rest sentence. What are various examples? Muffins baking in the oven, Amy waited for her friends to arrive. Examples He looks sad, his face expressing worry. She was waiting for her friend, her eyes on the clock. John is painting a wall, his shirt dirty with paint. |
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What is an Adjective Phrase? An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase whose head word is an adjective, e.g. fond of steak, very happy, quite upset about it, etc. An adjective phrase is a group of words that describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence. The adjective in an adjective phrase can appear at the start, end, or in the middle of the phrase. The adjective phrase can be placed before, or after, the noun or pronoun in the sentence. very happy - Adjective phrase (AP) Adjective Phrase. An adjective phrase is a group of words that functions like an adjective in a sentence. It consists of adjectives, modifier and any word that modifies a noun or pronoun. |
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What is an adverb phrase? An adverb phrase is a group of two or more words that functions as an adverb in a sentence. An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, etc. Similarly, an adverb phrase of more than one word can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb in a sentence. See these examples to get more clear- I wrote this letter. I wrote this letter smartly. I wrote this letter very smartly. As you can see that the first sentence (I wrote this letter) does not contain any adverb or adverb phrase at all. But the second sentence (I wrote this letter smartly) is containing an adverb (smartly) is describing the verb (wrote), it is defining how the letter is written. And, the third sentence (I wrote this letter very smartly) is containing an adverb phrase (very smartly) that describes the verb (wrote), defining how the letter is written but here an adverb phrase is used instead of a single word. |
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What is an Appositive? An appositive is a noun that immediately follows and renames another noun in order to clarify or classify it. An appositive is a noun or pronoun that further identifies or explains another noun or pronoun in the sentence. An appositive is set apart with specific punctuation. Since appositives add additional information to a sentence, most appositives can be completely removed from the sentence and the sentence will still be grammatically correct. Appositives in Introductory Phrases The previous examples show how an appositive can come after a noun it renames. However, appositives can also stand as the introductory phrase of a sentence before the noun. Appositives at the Ends of Sentences Similarly, an appositive can be found as a phrase at the end of a sentence. How Can I Identify Appositives? Appositives often immediately follow a noun; appositives always help to identify the noun. How Do I Test for Appositives? To test to see if an appositive is needed, replace the appositive with the noun being modified. The sentence should make sense if you substitute the appositive for the noun or noun phrase. How Do I Punctuate Appositives? Appositives are punctuated differently if they are restrictive or nonrestrictive. Restrictive Appositives Restrictive appositives are not set off with commas. Nonrestrictive Appositives Nonrestrictive appositives are set off with commas. Identifying Appositives Underline the appositive in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence without the appositive to make sure it makes sense. Seattle, the largest city in Washington, gets a lot of rain. Seattle gets a lot of rain. A talented teacher, Mr. Arthur is in room 200. Mr. Arthur is in room 200. Identifying Appositives Trucks, large and small cargo carries, come in all colors. Large and small cargo carries The bald eagle , our national bird, soured above the trees. Our national bird I would love a bright red Porsche, a sports car. a sports car. Ken and Joyce, Ken's wife, are business partners. Ken's wife Macy's, a large department store, is centered in New York. A large department store The pyramid of Khufu, the Great Pyramid, loomed over the explorers. the Great Pyramid |
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What are noun phrases? (with Examples) A noun phrase is a group of two or more words headed by a noun that includes modifiers (e.g., 'the,' 'a,' 'of them,' 'with him'). A noun phrase is consisted of at least two words. However, there is no limit on how long a noun phrase should be. Determiner + Descriptive adjective + Noun = Noun Phrase 1. Quantifiers 2. Adjective + Nouns 3. Noun + Noun 4. Noun + Preposition Phrases 5. Noun + Noun Clauses Noun phrase is making the meaning of a noun more precise from the words immediately before (pre-modifying words) or after (post-modifying) it. Two Types: Pre-modifying words are articles, quantifiers, adjectives and nouns. Post-modifying words are prepositional phrases and noun clauses. 1. A noun phrase can be a subject: 2. A noun phrase can be a direct object: 3. A noun phrase can be the object of a preposition: 4. A noun phrase can be an indirect object: A noun phrase consists of a noun and other related words (usually modifiers and determiners) which modify the noun. It functions like a noun in a sentence. A noun phrase consists of a noun as the head word and other words (usually modifiers and determiners) which come after or before the noun. The whole phrase works as a noun in a sentence. Noun Phrase = noun + modifiers (the modifiers can be after or before noun) Examples. A sentence can also contain more noun phrases. How do you identify a noun phrase in a sentence? In order to identify the noun phrase in a sentence, the heading noun has to be identified first. Then all the modifiers before and after it have to be identified. This group of words will be the noun phrase of the sentence. What is an example of a noun phrase? This is an example of a noun phrase: the man at the table The man at the table is a noun phrase headed by the noun man. Here are some examples of noun phrases. the man This is a noun phrase as it is a group of words headed by the noun man. The is a modifier that has preceded the noun man. a tree This is a noun phrase headed by the noun tree. It is preceded by one modifier a. a thoughtful man In this noun phrase, there are two modifiers (a and thoughtful) before the noun man. man heads the noun phrase. my neighbors upstairs my neighbors upstairs is a noun phrase headed by the noun neighbors. It is preceded by the modifier my and followed by the modifier upstairs. my American neighbors across from me This is a noun phrase headed by the noun neighbors. The noun neighbors is preceded by two modifiers (my and Japanese) and followed by three modifiers (across, from, and me). their leather boots Their leather boots is a noun phrase headed by the noun boots. The noun boots is preceded by two modifiers (their and leather). |
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A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, object of preposition(noun or pronoun) and may also consist of other modifiers. Examples. Adverb Phrase
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