PHRASES
What is a phrase?
Phrase is a group of words.
It has no subject verb combination.
It gives no meaning when used alone but when it is used in a sentence, it has a unique meaning.
Examples:
A beautiful home – I built a beautiful home.
Types of phrases:
There are five different kinds of phrases.
Each of them is from the five parts of speech that we have already discussed.
The five different kinds of phrases are:
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Adjective phrase
Adverb phrase
Prepositional phrase
Noun Phrase:
A phrase that acts like a noun in the sentence is called as noun phrase.
It contains a noun and other associated words which modifies the noun.
Example:
A woman in the window shouted for help.
(Here, “a woman” is a noun and “in the window” is just describing the noun)
Verb Phrase:
A verb phrase is a group of main verbs and helping verb within a sentence.
Example:
She has finished her work.
(Here, “has finished” is a main verb and “has” is a helping verb)
Adjective Phrase:
One or more words work together to give more information about an adjective.
Adjective phrase modifies noun.
Example:
I am very happy with his work.
(Here, “happy” is an adjective and “very” is just helping word for an adjective happy)
Adverb Phrase:
In an adverb phrase, one or more words work together to give more information about an adverb.
Adverb phrase modifies verb.
Example:
They ran really fast.
(Here, “fast” is an adverb and “really” is providing more information about the adverb fast)
Prepositional Phrase:
In prepositional phrase, one or more words work together to give information about preposition.
Gives information about time/location/possession/condition.
Example:
He is sleeping phrase on the carpet.
(Here, “on” is the preposition and “on the carpet” is the prepositional phrase)
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