09 Phrases

Phrase a group of two or more grammatically linked words without a subject and predicate NOT: teacher both students and BUT: both teacher and students NOT: street across the BUT: across the street NOT: the strange green BUT: the strange green creatures NOT: keen on BUT: keen on football

Kinds of Phrases Noun Phrase – comprises a noun and all its modifiers; functions as a subject, an object or a complement. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Verb Phrase – comprises a main verb plus one or more helping verbs. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Prepositional Phrase – comprises a preposition and a noun, pronoun, or group of words used as a noun; functions as adjective or adverb. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Adjective Phrase – a phrase with an adjective as its head; expands noun phrases or completes the verbs (acts as the complement). ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Adverb Phrase – a phrase with an adverb as its head; modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Appositive Phrase – a phrase re-naming or amplifying a word that immediately precedes it. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Absolute Phrase – comprises a noun or a pronoun and a participle as well as any related modifiers modifying the whole sentence; is set off from the rest of the sentence with a comma or a pair of commas (sometimes by a dash or a pair of dashes). ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Infinitive Phrase – comprises of an infinitive—the root of the verb preceded by to —and any modifiers or complements associated with it; acts as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kinds of Phrases Gerund Phrase – comprises of the - ing form of verb with modifiers and complements, especially prepositional phrase; functions as a noun. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

(gerund phrase as object of the preposition “in” ) ,[object Object]

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