Kinds of Phrases

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Quack doctors claim that they can cure many diseases.

• Noun Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

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Hair tonic advertisements promise long, beautiful hair.

• Noun Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase

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Driving alone one night, William saw a dog just ahead.

• Gerund Phrase

• Participial Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

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A story from those times says that Montezuma hid the bulk of his golden treasure.

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

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To tell her friends her secrets is a big no-no to Anna.

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

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A fisherman found a gold bar in the shallow water near the coast.

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

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Another kind of ship might have a spinning solar sail.

• Prepositional Phrase

• Noun Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Infinitive Phrase

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The dog, frozen in the glare of the headlights, stood still.

• Infinitive Phrase

• Participle Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Verb Phrase

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Sleeping soundly on the bed on rainy days is my dog's remarkable behavior.

• Infinitive Phrase

• Participle Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Verb Phrase

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He had never heard about the Montezuma story.

• Noun Phrase

• Verb Phrase

• Gerund Phrase

• Prepositional Phrase