SECTION 3 PHRASES and 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. Everyone wanted justice for all the lives that Ted Bundy took. Verb Phrase: A group of words consisting of verbs working together and that function as a verb. The police teams knew they would be working hard trying to catch the killer. Prepositional Phrase: A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and functions as an adjective or an adverb. Her body was dragged deep into the forest. 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. The zodiac killer, active from the year 1968-1969, has now been possibly identified. 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. Running down the street, she avoided the man in the beige car. ● Participial Phrase word ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle) that functions as an adjective. As she walked to her car she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was being followed. initiative Phrase verb preceded by the word “to” (to read, to study, to write) that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. He watched her for days, each day getting closer to strike.
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