5.6 Phrases Flashcards
Phrase
is a group of words that work as a single unit of meaning but not as a complete sentence. might have a subject or predicate but not both.
Prepositional phrases
modify something in the sentence. usually work like adjectives or adverbs.
Prepositional phrases can occur with
other objects or with complements, or simply with a subject and verb.
In their house, off the charts, and despite the rain are examples of
prepositional phrases
Noun phrases
consist of a noun plus any determiners, adjectives, and other things that modify noun, such as prepositional and participial phrases.
This old house, her brother in Amsterdam, that doggie in the window, are examples of
Noun phrases
For verb agreements purposes noun phrases work together as
one big stuck-together noun unit
Verb phrases
consist of a verb and any adverbs and objects that go with it.
Roger has always been interested in clothes.
What is the main verb, adverb, and subject complement?
Has been is the main verb, always is an adverb, and interested in clothes is the subject complement.
Infinite phrases
use the infinitive form of the verb and usually function like a noun in a sentence.
Roger prefers to wear suits and hats.
What is the infinitive? What does it function as?
To wear is the infinitive; the phrase functions as the direct object of prefer.
Participial phrase
use the participle form of the verb and usually function like an adjective in a sentence.
Wearing a seersucker suit and straw hat, roger stuck out among his fellow students.
What is the participle and what does it modify?
wearing is the participle that heads up the phrase, which modifies roger.
Participles
verbs that act like adjectives. so common as adjectives rarely even thought of as verbs.
An interesting book, the chosen one, a compelling story, an undiscovered manuscript are examples of
Participles
