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Phrases English Grammar and Skills Toolkit Phrases Icons key: For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation Flash activity. These activities are not editable. Sound 11of of66 Extension activities Teacher’s notes included in the Notes Page Web addresses Accompanying worksheet © ©Boardworks Boardworks Ltd Ltd 2015 2015 Learning Objectives In this unit you will… Learn what a phrase is Look at different types of phrase including noun phrases, verb phrases, adjectival phrases, adverbial phrases and prepositional phrases 22of of66 © © Boardworks Ltd 2015 2015 What is a phrase? A phrase is a group of two or more words that does not make a complete sentence. For example: to the park Why isn’t this a complete sentence? Because it is not a complete thought. What is it missing? A subject (the main noun of a sentence) A verb (the main action of a sentence) Add a subject and a verb to the phrase ‘to the park’ to make it into a complete sentence.© Boardworks Ltd 2015 3 of 6 What is a phrase? A phrase is not just any group of words. For example, ‘the over football’ is not a phrase because it has no meaning! the muddy football is a phrase. over the fence is a phrase. The words in a phrase have to be linked together so that they have some grammatical meaning. Can you make the phrases ‘the muddy football’ and ‘over the fence’ into sentences? 4 of 6 © Boardworks Ltd 2015 Is it a phrase? 5 of 6 © Boardworks Ltd 2015 Types of phrase Do you know what the purpose of a phrase is? Phrases add information to sentences. There are different types of phrase depending on what the function of the phrase is in the sentence. These are all types of phrase: noun phrase verb phrase prepositional phrase adjectival phrase adverbial phrase Do you know which types of phrase ‘to the park’ and ‘the muddy football’ are? 6 of 6 © Boardworks Ltd 2015