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64 GRAMMAR
Phrases SEE ALSO
22–23 Nouns
A PHRASE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT MAKE UP PART OF 26–27 Adjectives
40–41 Adverbs
A SENTENCE. 46–47 Participles
Phrases add information to a sentence, but they only make complete 60–61 Prepositions
Managing modifiers 76–77
sense as part of a sentence. A phrase does not contain a verb, and it
can perform the function of an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.
Adjective phrases
Like adjectives, adjective phrases This adjective phrase is made up of an
adverb followed by an adjective, and it
describe nouns or pronouns. An
adverb can be used after the noun it describes.
adjective phrase usually starts
with an adverb or a preposition.
It can be placed before or after
the noun or pronoun it describes. This adjective phrase can also be
placed before the noun it describes.
This is an adjective phrase because
preposition it is giving more information about
the members, a noun.
Noun phrases
• Phrases can be used instead A noun phrase is made This is a noun phrase because it is performing
the action of the verb—hiding. This noun phrase
of one-word adjectives or up of a noun and any is the subject of the sentence.
adverbs to make a piece of words that are modifying
writing more interesting. that noun, including
articles, determiners,
and adjectives or
adjective phrases. Noun
Most dictionary phrases work in exactly This adjective phrase forms
the same way as nouns part of the noun phrase.
definitions are
in a sentence.
adjective phrases.
article This is a simple noun
phrase consisting of an
article and a noun.
