4. Now, let us try to answer these questions:
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a. What is your idea about the word
speech?
b. Differentiate direct and reported
speech.
5. These group of words
(at the street, best student, has
repaired) are examples of phrases.
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6. Now class, what do you think are
phrases? What is your idea about
phrases?
a. How many words do you see in each
phrase?
8. He suddenly saw a
little cat stuck
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Phrase is a group of two or more
words that do not express complete
idea yet functions as a meaningful
unit within a sentence or clause.
What does that mean?
What is a noun phrase?
A noun phrase consists of a noun and
a modifier or determiner
the tree and best student would you
believe that they are noun phrases?
Why or why not?
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What about verb phrase, what are
they?
It is a combination of a verb and
a helping verb.
Is a part of a sentence containing
the verb and any direct or
indirect object, but not the
subject.
has repaired and was struggling.
This two are verb phrases as has
and was, are helping verb and
repaired and struggling are verb
What is prepositional phrase? Who
can give an example of preposition?
It begins with a preposition and
ends with a noun or a pronoun.
Examples of prepositions are on, at,
in, above, under
in the bottle of milk and at the
street. The in and at are the
prepositions followed by the noun
bottle and street.
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We are going to encircle the
phrases and identify its kind.
1. I have reviewed my old notes.
2. You must submit your papers
now.
3. During summer, my friends go
to the beach.
1. The young girl baked a chocolate
cake.
2. They are answering their long
quiz.
3. These boys are playing in the
park.
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In a ¼ sheet of paper, encircle
the phrase in each sentence, and
on the blank write NP for noun
phrase, VP for verb phrase, and PP
for prepositional phrase. If the
sentence has more than one (1)
phrase, then encircle and identify
both phrases.
______1. The lady in the middle
of the row is my teacher.
______2. The green and red
balloons look perfect.
______3. It was a very old joke.
______4. The fawn ran over the
hill.
______5. We were afraid of the
barking dog.
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