The document discusses different types of phrases in English grammar. There are two main types: noun phrases and adjective phrases. A noun phrase is a group of words that acts as a subject, object, or complement and includes modifiers and determiners. An adjective phrase is a group of words that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, consisting of an adjective and any additional modifiers. Common examples of phrases are provided such as "a blue shirt" and "the big red apples."
2. Phrase
A group of words which makes sense but
not complete sense until and unless used
in the sentence is called a Phrase.
a blue shirt
He is wearing a blue shirt.
3. Phrase
A phrase is a related group of words, the
words work together as a ‘unit’, but they
do not have a subject and a verb.
a blue shirt
He is wearing a blue shirt.
4. Phrase
Phrase is a group of words that functions
in a sentence as a single part of speech.
a blue shirt
He is wearing a blue shirt.
5. Phrase
A group of words which have a particular
meaning when used together.
a blue shirt
He is wearing a blue shirt.
6. full of juice in a good way
a Chinese boy on the table
with care the boy in the class
a blue shirt very quickly
a man on the road a book of magic
I drink a glass full of juice.
A Chinese boy won the match.
7. REMEMBER . . !
• Group of words
• No subject & no verb
• No meaning if used alone
• Meaning if used in a sentence
8. FIVE main Types of Phrases
1. Noun Phrase
2. Adjective Phrase
3. Verb Phrase
4. Adverb Phrase
5. Prepositional Phrase
9. FIVE Types of Phrases
1. Infinitive Phrase
2. Participle Phrase
3. Appositive Phrase
4. Gerund Phrase
5. Absolute Phrase
10. A group of two or more words functioning
as a meaningful unit and a single part of
speech within a sentence is called a
Phrase.
15. Noun Phrase
A group of words that acts as a subject,
an object or a complement and functions
as a noun in a sentence with its modifiers
or determiner is called a Noun Phrase.
16. Modifier: A word or group of words that describes/
qualifies a noun phrase is called modifier.
Modifiers
beautiful scene
in the corner
17. Determiner:
Determiners are used in front
of nouns to indicate whether
you are referring to something
specific or something of a
particular type.
18. A noun phrase refers to words that work the same way as
a noun with its modifiers or determiners.
19. An Adjective (modifier)
An adjective refers to a word that describes a
noun.
The handsome man married today.
He is wearing a blue shirt.
20. Prepositional Phrase (modifier)
It refers to words that begin with a preposition
but has an object at the end.
The man in the room is our father.
26. Adjective Phrase
A group of words that describes a noun/
pronoun in a sentence that what kind and
which one the noun/pronoun is. It consists of
an adjective plus any modifier.
We can say an adjective phrase
modifies/gives more information
about a noun/pronoun and it does
the work of an adjective.
27.
28. I like blue dress.
I like a dress of blue colour.
We met a sensible man.
We met a man of sense.
He is a wealthy person.
He is a person of great wealth.
This old hat.
This hat which is old.
29. An adjective phrase, just like an adjective,
is used to describe a noun or a pronoun.
The dog covered in mud is mine.