Phrases and cluases

Noun Phrase: A group of words consisting of nouns or pronouns and their modifiers that function as a noun.

The soccer team just won there first game.

Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb. The soccer teams new they would have to struggle to get there first win.

Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb.

My grandma is always coming to my house with opened arms. 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.. Natalia chavez , the house made , tried to finish as soon as possible to get her check .

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.

The goali saving the ball from entering the goal , He soon got the trophy in his hands

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”)

INDEPENDENT – CAN stand alone as a complete sentence, known as a simple sentence pattern.

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.

Adjective Clause: Used to modify a noun in an independent clause. Some adjective clauses begin with an introductory word:

Where she was from it made her in to the women she is now .

I visited my old neighborhood where I have the best memories.

Some adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns: Abran is the one who won the lottery of the world

Adverb Clause: Used to modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in an independent clause, introduced by a subordinate conjunction and used to indicate time, place, cause, purpose, result, condition, and/or concession. Modifying verbs:

Abran sings loudly in the shower

Modifying adjectives: Look at the man in the red shirt Modifying adverbs: Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun. The cyclist who won the race trained hard Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence. Bonuses are given to employees who meet their sales quotas Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence.