Engl

i
shLanguage(
Grammar
)

Phr
ases.

Aphr
aseisagroupofwordswi
thoutasubj
ect
-ver
bpai
r.
Eg:
Int
hegar
den,mynei
ghbourdown
t
hest
reet
,toeatinthebowl
.

Ty
pesofPhr
ase.

NounPhrase:Anounphrasei
sagroupofwor
dst
hatconsi
stofanounandi
tsmodi
fi
ers.They
actassubj
ect
sorobject
sinsent
ences.

Eg:
Mil
l
icentmustchanget
hewor
noutf
urni
tur
e.

Thewomanwi
tht
hebr
ightsmi
l
ecameher
e.

Adj
ecti
vePhr
ase:Anadj
ecti
vephr
asei
sagr
oupofwor
dst
hatdescr
ibe/
addmor
edet
ail
sto
anounorpr
onouninasent
ence.

Eg:
Themani
nbl
ueshi
rti
smyf
ather

Theyel
ect
edKumat
henewpr
esi
dentoft
hecount
ry.

AdverbPhrase:Anadverbphraseconsi
stofagr
oupofwordsthatmodi
fyanact
ionina
sent
ence.Ther
ear ethr
eetypesofadverbphr
aseandtheyar
eadverbphr
aseofmanner(
how),
ti
me(when)andplace(wher
e).

Eg:
Heki
ckedt
hebal
lver
ysl
owl
y.

Her
ecei
veday
ell
owcar
dont
hef
iel
d.

Hev
isi
tshi
sfr
iendsonceev
eryweek.

Exer
cise

I
dent
if
ythet
ypeofphr
asehi
ghl
i
ght
edi
neachsent
ence.

1.Shebakedadar
kbr
owncake.

2.Theycal
l
edManut
hebl
acksheepoft
hef
ami
l
y.

3.Hepl
acedt
her
emot
eont
het
abl
e.