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9 Grammar Phrases

9 Grammar Phrases. Prepositional phrases. Phrase. A phrase is a group of words, without a subject and verb, that functions in a sentence as one part of speech. Prepositional Phrase.

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9 Grammar Phrases

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  1. 9 GrammarPhrases Prepositional phrases

  2. Phrase A phrase is a group of words, without a subject and verb, that functions in a sentence as one part of speech.

  3. Prepositional Phrase A preposition is a word that relates the noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence. Prepositions are always part of a group of words called a prepositional phrase. They describe people, things, or actions, therefore, prepositional phrases function as adjectives or adverbs in a sentence.

  4. Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase that functions as an adjective modifies a noun or pronoun in the sentence by telling what kind or which one.

  5. Prepositional Phrase The chair in the corner is wobbly. (Which chair?) We flew a plane with twin engines. (What kind of plane?) A narwhal is a sea mammal with a long tusk on its forehead. (What kind of mammal? What kind of tusk?)

  6. Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb by pointing out where, when, in what manner, or to what extent.

  7. Prepositional Phrase MODIFYING A VERB We sat on the park bench. (Sat where?) I will leave in one hour. (Will leave when?) Except for the border, the quilt was finished. (Was finished to what extent?)

  8. Prepositional Phrase MODIFYING AN ADJECTIVE She is helpful to everyone. (Helpful to what extent?) MODIFYING AN ADVERB I left early in the morning. (Early to what extent?)

  9. Prepositional Phrase Sentences may contain more than one prepositional phrase, functioning as an adverb or adjective, and all of them can modify the same word. During the cool morning hours, we climbed to the summit. (Climbed when? Climbed where?)

  10. Prepositional Phrase • Sentence Opener • Like a lean, gray wolf, he moved silently and easily. (Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three) • Subject-Verb Splits • Ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down and daunted us. (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles) • Sentence Closers • The sea is high again today, with a thrilling flush of wind. (Lawrence Durrell, Justine)

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