phrase and its types Flashcards
group of words that has no finite verb in it and acts to complete the sentence to make it meaningful
phrase
11 types of phrases
noun, adjective, adverbial, prepositional, conjunctional, interjectional, absolute, appositive, participle, gerund, and infinitive
consists of a noun and its adjective modifiers
noun phrase
consists of a verb and its adjective modifiers
verb phrase
phrase that beginds with a gerund and its modifiers
gerund phrase
begins with an infinitive verb that begins with to
infinitive phrase
redefines a noun with essential or non-essential information that is enclosed with commas
appositive phrase
begins with a past or present participle, which involves modifying a verb to use as an adjective or noun
participial phrase
begins with a preposition to describe the position or state of a subject in a sentence
prepositional phrase
has a subject but not an action verb, and is used to modify a whole sentence
absolute phrase