Phrase in English

BY. RIDWAN SA’AT

 Kinds of phrases

1. Noun phrase
2. Verb phrase
3. Adjective phrase
4. Adverb phrase
5. Prepositional phrase
 Noun phrase

1. As a subject
The blue table is new.
The white house has different president now.
2. As an object
I like your purple tie.
John drives a new BMW.
3. As object of preposition
I think I kow the man in the corner.
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 Sometimes we use verbals (to infinitive, and gerund)

as noun phrase.

 As to infinitive: “To be a successful business man is my son’s

goal in his life. That’s why to study hard in university teaches
him how to become one.

 As a gerund:”Swimming in a blue ocean has become my

dream adventure. For this purpose, now we have been saving
some of earning every month.
 Verb phrase

 A Verb phrase consists of one or more auxiliaries and

a main verb.
In active sentence
 John is telling his mother how to cook a new recipe.
 The house has been repaired.
 Did Laela come to the party?
In passive sentence
 Has the letter been posted yet?
 Are you told to come to the party early?
 Maria is being briefed about the plan.
 Adjective phrase

 We can form adjective phrase in the following ways:

 1. Using prepositional phrase

 I enjoy a story of adventure and challenge.

 2. Using present participle (verb-ing)

 Mary is the woman standing by the fire.

 3. using past participle (verb 3)

 Susan loves the book lent to her by her boyfriend.
 Adverbial phrase

In this modul we learn a prepositional phrase that

serves an adverb phrase.
For example:
The ship got wrecked on Sunda Sea.
They stole food from the public store.
Mrs. Picken accused him of staying away longer
than he promised.
More weeks passed without any further
developments.
 Prepositional phrase

 As presented earlier, a prepositional phrase can

function as adjective or adverb.
 As adjective:
 He was lent a book of Civil War in America.
 The university produced a magazine of student’s creation.

 As adverb:
 The disspointed professor went to the library tofind peace.
 The dog was about to paunce on him when sunny returned home.