Identifying Phrases

Identifying Phrases

Identifying Phrases

Phrase āϕ⧇ identify āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ Phrase āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧāϰāϪ⧇āϰ Phrase āĻāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύāĻ“ āϜāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ Phrase āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ“ āĻ—āĻ āύ:

1. Noun phrase

āĻ—āĻ āύ: Determiner + Adverb + Adjective + Noun Adjective + Noun (Head Word)

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: A very beautiful gold ring

āϤāĻŦ⧇ Noun (Head Word)āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ (Determiner / Adverb / Adjective / Noun Adjective )āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ“ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: The boy āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Noun Phrase

Note: Determiners āĻšāϞ ā§Ģ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϝāĻĨāĻž:

a) Articles: a, an, the.

b) Demonstrative  (āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  This, that, These, Those,

c) Possessive (āϰ/āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  My, his, her, your, our, its, their.

d) Numerals (āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  Two, three, four, five, etc.

e) Quantifiers   (āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ):  Some, many, much, a lot, all, few, enough, either, neither, a great deal of, a lot of, plenty of, several, a great number of.

2. Adjective phrase

āĻ—āĻ āύ: Adjective + āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• Phrase : He is fond of music. / I am glad to meet you.

- Adjective Phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ Adjective  āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ Noun, Pronoun āĻŦāĻž Noun Phrase  āĻāϰ āĻĻā§‹āώ, āϗ⧁āĻŖ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: a) The girl in the left is my sister.          (b) The fox without a tail called a meeting. (c) The man with the dog came here.     (d) Mr. Chowdhury was a leader second to none.

3. Adverb phrase

āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϧāϰāϪ⧇āϰ Phrase āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ Verb  āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ,  āϕ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻ–āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ- āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: (a) He beat the dog   black and blue.  (b) You tried heart and soul to succeed. (c) He left the village for ever or for good.     (d) The two sisters sat under the tree.

4. Prepositional phrase

Noun āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Preposition āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Preposition āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ Prepositional Phrase āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž prepositional phrase āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ group of words, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ Preposition  āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšā§Ÿ āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: (a) There is a garden in front of my house.    (b) She is at the point of death. (c) He took history in lieu of mathematics.   (d) I will not come on account of his illness.

5. Conjunctional phrase

āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ āĻ Phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ conjunction āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž āϕ⧋āύ phrase / clause āϕ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻž: (a) I shall come back as soon as I can.         (b) Not only he but also his father went there. (c) No sooner had he reached home than I left. (d) Fahim as well as his friends has decided to visit London .

6. Interjectional phrase

āĻāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤āϝ⧇ Phrase āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇  Interjectional phrase āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻž: (a) Oh dear me! What shall I do? b) What a pity! He is undone.

7. Phrasal verb

āĻ—āĻ āύ: Principal Verb + preposition / prepositional phrase

āϝāĻĨāĻž: (a) She looked at the moon.        (b) We looked for a smart boy. (c) Mina looks after her goats.   (d)  Put on your shirt.                (e) He gave up smoking.

8. Verb phrase

āĻ—āĻ āύ: āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• Auxiliary verb + Principal Verb. āϝāĻĨāĻž: The boy can climb a tree. / He will have done this work.