PPT-Clauses and Phrases

Basic Grammar Terminology To get started here is a basic review of grammar terminology Part of Speech Function or job Example Verb action or state Peter ate dinner Noun thing or person. Appositive Phrase. What is an appositive? . Appositive Phrase Defined. Noun. phrases. Identify adjacent nouns or pronouns. Can occur at beginning, middle, or end of sentence. Examples of appositives. Mrs. Burhenn. What is a clause?. A clause is a group of words that contain BOTH a subject AND a verb.. There are two main types of clauses, an independent clause, and a dependent clause.. Independent Clauses. the building blocks of sentences. Clauses. Clauses are subjects and predicates working together. A sentence can have as few as one clause, or it may have many clauses. . Clauses are to sentences what rooms are to houses.. What is a phrase?. A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. It is a group of related words without a subject and a finite verb. . A finite verb must have a tense and agree with its subject in number and person.. - “Peter is the student” “. He. . comes from Glasgow”:. “Peter is the student . WHO comes from Glasgow. ”.. - “The books are on the table” “. They. are mine”:. “The books . A. . clause. is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb. The following are examples of clauses:. Clauses . of contrast : . although , even if, for all , in spite of , however, much as.. Anaphora. Anaphora (an-NAF-ruh): Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases; repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases or clauses.. “It sure beats the alternative.” or “At least I’m still alive.”. Where is Your Home?. 1 Pet. 2:11 . “. I beg you . as sojourners . and pilgrims…”. Where is Your Home?. Heb. 10:11 . “…. A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. It is a group of related words without a subject and a finite verb. . A finite verb must have a tense and agree with its subject in number and person.. How are they different? . The main difference:. Phrases. . DO NOT. have BOTH a subject & a verb. Clauses. . DO HAVE. BOTH a subject & a verb. . PHRASES:. 4 Types. No Subject & Verb. 1: Prepositional Phrase. Tuesday, October 17 D o Now: Put the myth assignment and study guide questions on your desk. 2. Journal topic : What qualities or characteristics do you look for when you get to choose your group members for an important assignment? Put * s next to top 3 characteristics(share with row people) Prepositional phrases, adjectival phrase, and adverbial phrases English III Phrases There are five types of phrases Prepositional phrases Appositive phrases Participial phrases Gerund phrases Infinitive phrases ADVERB PHRASES ( “Adverb phrases” do English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press) Adverb phrases: forms An adverb phrase consists of one or more words. The adverb is the head of the phrase and can either appear alone or be modified by other words. What is a phrase? . . A group of words without a subject and verb, used as a part of speech.. . A phrase is not a complete idea, because it is a group of words which contains no subject/predicate set and which only acts as a single part of speech. .