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Phrases/clauses
Phrases – groups of words that function as a part of speech. Noun Phrase: A group of words consisting of nouns or pronouns and their modifiers that function as a noun. All of the justice league came together to defeat Darkseid. Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb. The Avengers worked hard to find all the stones from their desired pasts, losing a friend in the process. Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb. Hulk was welcomed by Thor upon his arrival to the land known as New Asgard. Appositive Phrase: A group of words that include all the words that modify an appositive and function as an adjective - IT MUST BE SURROUNDED BY COMMAS. Thor, the god of thunder, went to find the dwarfs so that they could forge a new hammer, Stormbreaker. Verbal Phrases: A group of words that begin with a verbal and ends with a noun. Gerund Phrase verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun. Flying through the streets of New York, Tony Stark was able to find loki in Stark Tower.
Clauses – groups of words with BOTH a subject and a verb that function as parts of speech. There are TWO kinds: Independent and Dependent (called “Subordinate”)
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INDEPENDENT – CAN stand alone as a complete sentence, known as a simple sentence pattern. The young justice league requires their heroes to work hard whilst in training.
DEPENDENT (SUBORDINATE) – CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence and MUST begin with a SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. There are seven (7) kinds:
Noun Clause: Used as the noun in a sentence and may function as a subject, a predicate noun, a direct object, an object of a preposition, an indirect object, or an appositive. Where he manifested makes Ultron who he is. Kindly open the door to whoever comes by the watchtower later today. That banner was happy to see Natasha was obvious by the rest of the team. Mr.Stark made sure that there were supplies for the fight against Thanos.
