Phrases

A group of words that acts as a unit and moifies a noun

• Noun Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

• Appositive Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

Begins with a preposition (about, above, across, after, against...) and ends with a noun.

• Prepositional Phrase

• Appositive Phrase

• Participle Phrase

• Noun Phrase

Consists of a participle (a verbal ending in -ing, -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne that functions as an ajective) plus modifiers, objects, or complements

• Prepositional Phrase

• Participle Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

A phrase that includes the word 'to' + a verb that modifies thae root of the sentence.

• Appositive Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

• Participle Phrase

A phrase that consists of a person, place or thing, and any modifiers - functions as a noun.

• Gerund Phrase

• Appositive Phrase

• Participle Phrase

• Noun Phrase

A verb form that ends in -ing and acts like a noun.

• Gerund Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Appositive Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

What's the appositive phrase? Melissa, my sister in college, called me last night.

• Melissa

• my sister

• sister

• my sister in college

What's the appositive phrase? Maria was a wonderful singer, an award winner in fact.

• Maria

• a wonderful singer

• an award winner in fact

• winner

Find the Gerund Phrase: Easter is also associated with the blooming of spring flowers.

• blooming of spring flowers

• the blooming of spring flowers

• of spring flowers

• with the blooming of spring flowers

Find the Gerund Phrase: Making New Year's Resolutions is another tradition to think about adopting.

• making New Year's Resolutions

• to think about adopting

• making

• is another tradition