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The Phrase
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Clause
Phrases & Clauses
The Phrase
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Phrase – a group of related words that is
used as a single part of speech and that does
not contain both a verb and its subject
Could have been looking (no subject)
In the backyard (no subject or verb)
To reach the highest shelf (no subject or
verb)
Phrases continued…
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Note:
 A phrase cannot stand alone as a
sentence.
 They must be used with other words to
make a complete sentence.
Ex:
 Phrase: in the box
 Sentence: We put the CD’s in the box.
Clause
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Note: If a word group has both a subject and a
verb, it’s called a clause
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Ex:
 The coyote howled. (Coyote is the subject of
the verb howled.)
 When Al left (Al is the subject of the verb
left.)
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Hint: A clause may or may not be a complete
sentence.
Practice
identifying Phrases…
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Some people enjoy skiing
Not a phrase
Ski lifts are used for Alpine skiing
Not a phrase
Down the snowy hills
phrase
During the race
phrase
Maybe I can go next year
Not a phrase
With tiny snowflakes on my face
phrase
The Phrase
and the
Clause
Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases
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Prepositional phrase – includes a preposition, the object
of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object
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Prepositional phrases are one kind of phrase
Prepositions show the relationship of a noun or
pronoun to another word in the sentence
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Ex:
 Herbie walked to the store.
 The girl with black hair is very kind.
 On the porch we found an old rocking chair.
Objects of the preposition
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Object of the preposition – the noun or pronoun that follows
a preposition
Ex:
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The man from Singapore was giving a speech.
The preposition from shows the relationship between the object Singapore
and the noun man.
The tree in front of the window blocks our view.
The compound preposition in front of shows the relationship between the
object window and the noun tree. The modifies window.
Please hand me the book on the long, green table.
The preposition on shows the relationship between the object table and the
noun book. The adjectives the, long, and green modify table.
Objects of the preposition
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Note: A preposition may have more than one
object
Ex:
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Aaron showed his arrowhead collection to Tranh
and her.
The preposition to has two objects
The dinner consisted of baked chicken, salad,and
two vegegables.
The preposition of has three objects
Practice …
Identify the prepositional phrase and the object
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Dinosaurs roamed across the earth sixty-five
million years ago.
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Across the earth
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Although some of the dinosaurs were enormous,
others were quite small.
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Of the dinosaurs
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Many dinosaurs fed on plants and vegetables.
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On plants and vegetables
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Dinosaurs with sharp teeth ate flesh.
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With sharp teeth
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Some people in science claim that birds are living
dinosaurs.
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In science