Identify Phrases

While waiting for the bus, he listened to music.

• Phrase

• Clause

The cat slept peacefully on the windowsill.

• Phrase

• Clause

After finishing dinner, we watched a movie together.

• Phrase

• Clause

This is a _______

• phrase

• clause

• sentence

• meaningless combination of words

I was afraid of the dark. In this sentence which of the following group of words is a phrase?

• I was afraid

• I was

• of the dark

• afraid of the dark

" I couldn't go ". Identify the underlined group of words.

• Sentence

• phrase

• clause

• dependent clause

a populated village

• phrase

• clause

Write the prepositional phrase in the blank.

The sauce for the spaghetti smells delicious!

Write the prepositional phrase in the blank.

One diner, a heavy-set man, burped with great satisfaction.

Write the prepositional phrase in the blank.

Many types of people were already there.