Phrases Flashcards
What is an example of a verb phrase?
Kristen is cooking the cake.
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What is a group of words used as a single part of speech that is missing either a verb or as a subject
A phrase
What is a prepositional phrase?
A location phrase
What is a participial phrase
A verb used as an adjective
How do you spot an infinitive phrase?
Look for the word to.
How do you spot a verb phrase?
Go for the helping verb+main verb
What is a group of words that describe the noun or pronoun?
An adjective.
What is an example of an adjective phrase?
The man with the flowing scrarf put on a hat.
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What is a group of words that describe a verb, adjective, or adverb.
An adverb phrase
What is an example of an adverb phrase
The man traveled behind the smelly tuna fish factory
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How do youspot an adverb phrase?
Look fr the phrase that describes how the action was done around the location word.
Ask: How did he/she action?
What are the five types of phrases
noun; verb; adverb; adjective; preposistional
What is an example of a preopsistional phrase?
into the boat
What is an example of a verb phrase?
should have gone
