Prepositional phrase
What is a propositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
What is an independent clause ?
A independent clause is group of words that contains a subject and a verb. The independent clauses make sense on its own as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone in a sentences. A dependent clause needs to join a independent clause to form a complete sentence.
What is a gerund phrase?
Gerunds, these are nouns used in a grammatical way.
They are formed by adding -ing at the end of the verb.
How many types of phrases are there ?
There are 4 types
give me an example of a prepositional phrase.
The book on the table
Say 1 example
Rachel studied in the Candy Shop for her important English test.”
Example
An example of a dependent clause is “because she was late.”
give me 2 examples
Swim > Swiming
Learn > Learning
How many clauses are there
there are 2 types of clauses
How Do you identify a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase begins with the preposition and ends with its object. The object of a prepositional phrase can be a noun, pronoun, or gerund. She is going down the stairs. The preposition in this sentence is down, and the stairs is the object.
how to identify ?
Andrew worked all night, but he was still unable to complete the project. Note that “Andrew worked all night” and “he was still unable to complete the project” are both independent clauses. They could potentially stand alone as sentences.
How to identify a dependent clause
It contains a subject (she) and a verb (was), but it is an incomplete thought that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a gerund phrase detailed
A gerund phrase is a group of words consisting of a gerund noun. For example, I really like learning in school. Why is this a gerund phrase? Because it has a noun that ends with ING
What is a phrase?
A small group of words standing together as a unit
What questions are prepositional phrases
As you can see, a prepositional phrase provides important information. Prepositional phrases answer the following questions: How? Where? Which one?
function of a independent clause
to express complete thought on a phrase
Function of dependent clause
a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.
How to identify a gerund
Gerunds are formed by adding -ing at the end of the verb. Example 1: Lighting the candles helped the mood. The gerund is the word lighting. This gerund derives from the infinitive root verb "to light" and ends in -ing.
What is a clause
A clause is a sentence which always contains a subject (the thing doing the verb) and a verb (an action word).