Noun Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Verb Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
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Guess The Phrase
| 1. Houses are [unbelievably expensive] just now | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase |
| 2. We [met Paul] last week | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase |
| 3. [A car that won’t go] is not particularly useful | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase |
| 4. I enjoy eating [in Indian restaurants] | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase |
| 5. Don’t you have to leave [early]? | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase |
| 6. Tell [him] not to worry | Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositional Phrase Verb Phrase |
(1) AP — the Head is the adjective expensive
(2) VP — the Head is the verb met
(3) NP — the Head is the noun car
(4) PP — the Head is the preposition in
(5) AdvP — the Head is the adverb early
(6) NP — the Head is the pronoun him.
Types and Roles of Phrases
What is Phrase?
Phrase – A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. It is a group of related words without a Subject and a Verb.
Principal Types of Phrases:
Adjective Phrase
Adverb Phrase
Noun Phrase
Prepositional Phrase
Verb Phrase
Noun Phrase:
Noun Phrase is a word group with a noun or pronoun as its head. The simplest noun phrase consists of a single noun. The noun head can be accompanied by modifiers, determiners (such as the, a, her), and/or complements.
A noun phrase (often abbreviated as NP) most commonly functions as a subject, object, or complement.
Examples of Noun Phrase:
(1) A teacher
(2) A teacher of French
(3) A teacher with a beard
(4) A teacher of French with a beard
(5) A teacher in Helsenki
(6) A teacher of French in Helsenki
(7) A teacher of French with a beard in Helsenki
Adjective Phrase:
Adjective Phrase is a word group with an adjective as its head. This adjective may be accompanied by modifiers, determiners, and/or qualifiers.
Adjective phrases modify nouns. They may be attributive (appearing before the noun) or predicative (appearing after a linking verb), but not all adjectives can be used in both positions.
Examples of Adjective Phrase:
Example:
1) This is the end of a very long road.
2) Did you see the man leaving the shop?
3) The man by the car is my father.
4) My grandfather is a man of great wisdom.
5) Tom is a man with good instincts.
6) She brought a cake made of nuts and fruit.
7) His friends are sailors living in the sea.
Adverb Phrase
Adverb Phrase is a word group with an adverb as its head. This adverb may be accompanied by modifiers or qualifiers.
An adverb phrase can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, and it can appear in a number of different positions in a sentence.
Examples of Adverb Phrase:
Here is a list of other adverb phrases:
1) In the north of Germany
2) While I was waiting
3) Every time he cracked a joke
4) Where the students can read it
5) As if she were guilty
6) Like he owns the place
7) As you think you are
Prepositional Phrase
At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause the “object” of the preposition.
The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it. These are the patterns for a prepositional phrase:
Examples of Prepositional Phrase:
Here are some examples of the most basic prepositional phrase:
1) At home ( At = preposition; home = noun)
2) In time ( In = preposition; time = noun )
3) From Richie ( From = preposition; Richie = noun )
4) With me ( With = preposition; me = pronoun )
5) By singing ( By = preposition; singing = gerund )
6) About what we need ( About = preposition; what we need = noun clause )
Verb Phrase
Verbs are words that demonstrate an action, like sing, dance, smell, talk, and eat. They serve as a link between the subject of the verb and information about that subject. The information is usually descriptive.
In order to show activities that can be done, active verbs are used, while linking verbs describe conditions.
- She smells the pizza. (active) The wet dog smells awful. (linking)
- He appears on screen as an actor. (active) Tony appears angry. (linking)
Verb phrases take the verb one step further by comprising the verb, plus the complement, object, or adverb. Verb phrases, such as “She was walking quickly to the mall” comprise the verb (walking) and the complement (to the mall)
1) She was walking quickly to the mall.
2) He should wait before going swimming.
3) Those girls are not trying very hard.
4) Ted might eat the cake.
5) You must go right now.
6) You can’t eat that!
7) My mother is fixing us some dinner.
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