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Phrases and Clauses Summary

Phrases and Clauses Summary. Ms. López March 7th, 2012. Phrases. Is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by stating : What kind or which one . Adjective Phrases. Prepositional Phrases. Phrases.

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Phrases and Clauses Summary

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  1. Phrases and ClausesSummary Ms. López March 7th, 2012

  2. Phrases Is a prepositionalphrasethatmodifies a nounorpronounbystating: Whatkindorwhichone. AdjectivePhrases PrepositionalPhrases • Phrases Is a prepositionalphrasethatmodifies a verb, anadjectiveoranadverbbypointingout: where, when, in whatwayortowhatextent. (Addtothemeaning of sentences) AdverbPhrases AppositivePhrases Is a nounorpronounwithmodifiers placed nextto a nounorpronoun in ordertoaddinformation and details. A group of wordsthatfunctions in a sentence as a part of speech. (Addtothemeaning of sentences) Is a participlemodifiedbyanadverboradverbphraseoracompaniedby a complementthatacts as anadjective. Participial Phrases Is a gerundwithmodifiersor a complementthatactslike a noun. Verbal Phrases GerundPhrases InfinitivePhrases Is a infinitivewithmodifiers, a complement, or a subjectthatactslikenouns, adjectivesoradverbs.

  3. Examples of Phrases AppositivePhrase • The Ice Cave nearGrants, a smalltown in western New Mexico, attractsthousands of touristseachyear. • Itwasonlyafterthediscovery of art in caves that hadbeensealed off forthousands of yearsthatskepticsweredissaproved. • My friendrantothenearestpayphonetocallthefiredepartment. Adverbphrase Adj.phrase Adj.phrase Adverbphrase Adj.phrase Adverbphrase Infinitivephrase, acting as anadverb

  4. Examples of Phrases • Severalimmediatelybeganunravelingthelonghoses. • Witnessingthefirefighters’ skillsmadeusfeel more secure. • Gas mains, stoves and fireplaces, initiatingfiresallacrossthecity, contributedto a largerblaze. GerundPhrase Actinglike a directObject GerundPhrase Actinglikethesubject Past participial Phrase Actinglikeanadjective

  5. Clauses IndependentClauses • Clauses Has a subject and a verb and can stand byitself as a complete sentence. Is a subordinateclausethatmodifies a nounorpronoun. Itmaybeintroducedbyrelativepronounsorrelativeadverbs. AdjectiveClauses SubordinateClauses A group of wordswithitsownsubject and verb. Is a subordinateclausethatmodifies a verb, anadjective, anadverb, or a verbal. AdverbClauses Is a subordinateclausethatactslike a noun in a sentence. NounClauses

  6. Examples of Clauses I have a friendwhosegrandfatherraisedtheflag at San Juan Hill. Clause: whosegrandfatherraisedtheflag at San Juan Hill. Therelativepronoun of theadjectiveclauseisactinglikeanadjectivethatmodifiesthenoungrandfather. Adjective

  7. Examples of Clauses I wantedtovisitthemuseumwhile “TheStarSpangled Banner“ wasstillbeingdisplayed. Thisisanadverbclausethatismodifyingtheinfinitive “tovisit” bypointingunderwhatconditions.

  8. Examples of Clauses • Thesoldierscarriedwhicheverflagbelongedtotheir country. • Thenounclauseisactinglike a directobject of thesentence.

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