phrase and its types Flashcards

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group of words that has no finite verb in it and acts to complete the sentence to make it meaningful

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phrase

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11 types of phrases

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noun, adjective, adverbial, prepositional, conjunctional, interjectional, absolute, appositive, participle, gerund, and infinitive

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consists of a noun and its adjective modifiers

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noun phrase

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consists of a verb and its adjective modifiers

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verb phrase

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phrase that beginds with a gerund and its modifiers

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gerund phrase

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begins with an infinitive verb that begins with to

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infinitive phrase

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redefines a noun with essential or non-essential information that is enclosed with commas

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appositive phrase

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begins with a past or present participle, which involves modifying a verb to use as an adjective or noun

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participial phrase

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begins with a preposition to describe the position or state of a subject in a sentence

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prepositional phrase

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has a subject but not an action verb, and is used to modify a whole sentence

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absolute phrase

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