Syntax

Identify the type of phrase in brackets

We [met Paul] last week

• Adjective phrase

• Verb phrase

• Noun phrase

• Adverb phrase

Identify the type of phrase in brackets:

Don't you have to leave [early]?

• Adverb phrase

• Verb phrase

• Adjective phrase

• Noun phrase

Begins with subject and verb and adds modifying elements at the end

• Basic

• Cumulative

• Compound

• Periodic

Used to divide distinct but related sentence components, such as clauses, in which the second elaborates on the first, or to introduce a list, quotation or speech

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Dash

• Parenthesis

Connects two independent parts of a sentence

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Dash

• Hyphen

Used to indicate a sudden break in thought, to set off parenthetical material

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Dash

• Parenthesis

Identify if the underline word/s are either: NPs (noun phrase), PPs (prepositional phrase) and VPs (verb phrase) in the sentence. Allow a single noun or pronoun to constitute a noun phrase.

• NP

• VP

• PP

Identify if the underline word/s are either: NPs (noun phrase), PPs (prepositional phrase) and VPs (verb phrase) in the sentence. Allow a single noun or pronoun to constitute a noun phrase.

Some people like cats

• NP

• VP

• PP

Identify if the underline word/s are either: NPs (noun phrase), PPs (prepositional phrase) and VPs (verb phrase) in the sentence. Allow a single noun or pronoun to constitute a noun phrase.

Europeans peopled America

• NP

• VP

• PP

Identify if the underline word/s are either: NPs (noun phrase), PPs (prepositional phrase) and VPs (verb phrase) in the sentence. Allow a single noun or pronoun to constitute a noun phrase.

• NP

• VP

• PP