2.2 PHRASES

 2.2 PHRASES

What is a phrase?

A phrase is one or more words that form a meaningful grammatical unit within a clause. There are five main types of phrase in English, as below.

What are the types of phrases?

There are five different types of phrases in English and they are,

1)     Noun phrase

v My small dog barks at ducks.

v All passengers with tickets can board now.

2)     Adjective phrase

v He has clever ideas.

v It was a very big meal.

3)     Adverb phrase

v Please do it now.

v He spoke very softly.

4)     Verb phrase

v She has been waiting for an hour already. 

v I will be going to France next week.

5)     Prepositional phrase

v The cat jumped onto the counter.

v They were arguing about money.

        

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