By means of
learning grammar is to write beautifully with no mistake and in order to make
the sentence right and no grammar mistake, the lesson of phrase and clause is
an inevitable part. Before going to discussion in details we need to know the
definition. So here I start my lesson with definition.
A phrase is a
group of words which has no subject and finite verb and acts as a small element
of a sentence.
Milk is good for
health
The subject of
the sentence is “milk” that is a single
word used as subject. But if I write “Drinking
some milk regularly” in place of the word “milk” which in together would
act as the subject of the sentence. Such as –
Drinking some milk regularly
(in place of “milk”) is good for health.
Therefore, we ca
say – a phrase is a group of words which is used as a parts of speech in a
sentence.
Kinds of Phrase:
1) Noun
Phrase
2) Adjective
Phrase
3) Verbal
Phrase
4) Adverbial
Phrase
5) Prepositional
Phrase
6) Conjunctional
Phrase
7) Interjectional
Phrase
Bear in mind before going into discussion in details:
(a)
Noun phrase is used to act as noun
(b)
Adjective phrase is used to act as
adjective
(c)
Verbal phrase is used to act as verb
(d)
Adverbial phrase is used to act as
adverb
(e)
Prepositional phrase is used to act
as preposition
(f)
Conjunctional phrase is used to act
as conjunction
(g)
Interjection phrase is used to act
as interjection
1) Noun Phrase: The noun phrase
is used to denote noun and used as subject, object, and complement of the verb or
object of the preposition in the sentence. And in the following ways the noun
phrase is used given below -
a)
Noun
Phrase as Subject:
Swimming
in the river is dangerous.
To
walk in the morning is a good exercise.
To
rise early is a good habit.
His
coming here is uncertain.
b)
Noun
Phrase as An Object of Verb:
I
know the ins and outs of it
The
man gave him food and clothing.
She
wanted to have a cup of tea.
c)
Noun
phrase as complement of subject: “The ass is a beast
of burden”. (The ass = beast of
burden)
Jonathon
seems to be a thief.
He
is a full-time worker.
I
am not a part-time worker.
d)
Noun
phrase as object of preposition:
He
came with one of his friends.
(“With” is preposition and “one of his friends” is object)
This
prize is for the best boy of the
class. (“For” is preposition and
“the best boy of the class” is
object)
We
could not see him at the time of
his arrival.
2) Adjective Phrases: This type
of phrase is used as adjective to modify noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
The girl in
white dress is my lover (in white dress = adjective)
The fox without
a tail caught yesterday (without a tail = adjective)
The boy playing
with the toy is my brother (playing with the boy = adjective)
3) Verbal phrases: When being combined one or more words act as verb
is called verbal phrase.
She looked at
the moon (looked at = verb)
We looked for
a smart boy (looked for = verb)
Do on
your shirt (do on = verb)
He gave up
smoking (gave up = verb)
4) Adverbial Phrase: This type
of phrase is used as adverb and do you remember what adverb does? The adverb answers
of where? When? And how?
He beat the dog black
and blue (black and blue = adverb)
He left me for
ever/ for good (for ever/ for good = adverb)
We ran with a
high speed (with a high speed = adverb)
5) Prepositional Phrase:
The phrase which is acted as preposition is called prepositional phrase.
There is a garden before
my house (before = preposition)
But
There is a garden in
front of my house (in front of = preposition)
Note: “before = in
front of”
I could not go to
school on account of illness
(on account of = preposition)
The boy shouted at the top of his voice (at the
top of = preposition)
6) Conjunctional Phrases: This type of phrase is used as conjunction.
(He helped me +
his brother helped me) = (Not only he but also his brother helped me)
Conjunctional Phrase/ conjunction
Rani as well as Pani has come.
He talks as if/ as though he were mad.
7) Interjectional Phrase: This type of phrase used as interjection.
What a pity! You have failed.
Good heavens! What does
he say?
By god! I will kill you.
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