VI. Phrases

        WHAT IS PHRASE?

                       - is group of words, often carrying a special idiomatic meaning, synonymous with expression to form a clause.

                                (8 types of phrase)

      a.) Noun Phrases                                   e.) Gerundial Phrases

      b.) Appositive Phrases                          f.) Infinitive Phrases

      c.) Verb Phrases                                    g.) Participial Phrases

      d.) Prepositional Phrases                     h.) Absolute Phrases

A.) Noun Phrase (it should have nouns and its modifiers before or after the noun)

B.) Appositive Phrase (it should have prepositional phrase or relative clause)

C.) Verb Phrase (immediately follows a noun and its adverbial modifiers such as the adverb of place, time, manner and intensity)

D.) Prepositional Phrase (it should have prepositions and the noun it modifies)

E.) Gerundial Phrase (it should have gerunds and a prepositional phrase as modifier)

F.) Infinitive Phrase (it should have infinitives and prepositional phrase as well)

G.) Participial Phrase (a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifiers and or nouns or noun phrases that function as the direct object, indirect object, or complement of the action or state expressed in the participle)

H.) Absolute Phrase (generally made up of a noun or pronoun with a participial phrase. It modifies the whole sentence, not a single noun, which makes it different from a participial phrase)