Identifying Phrases
Identifying Phrases
Identifying Phrases
Phrase āĻā§ identify āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŽā§āϞāϤ Phrase āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϧāϰāĻŖā§āϰ Phrase āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āύāĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύāĨ¤
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ Phrase āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻāĻ āύ:
1. Noun phrase
āĻāĻ āύ: Determiner + Adverb + Adjective + Noun Adjective + Noun (Head Word)
āϝā§āĻŽāύ: A very beautiful gold ring
āϤāĻŦā§ Noun (Head Word)āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ (Determiner / Adverb / Adjective / Noun Adjective )āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ: The boy āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Noun Phrase
Note: Determiners āĻšāϞ ā§Ģ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰ āϝāĻĨāĻž:
a) Articles: a, an, the.
b) Demonstrative (āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ): This, that, These, Those,
c) Possessive (āϰ/āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ): My, his, her, your, our, its, their.
d) Numerals (āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ): Two, three, four, five, etc.
e) Quantifiers (āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ 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
āĻāĻ āύ: Adjective + āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ Phrase : He is fond of music. / I am glad to meet you.
- Adjective Phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ā§ Adjective āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻā§āύ Noun, Pronoun āĻŦāĻž Noun Phrase āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āώ, āĻā§āĻŖ, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āĨ¤ āϝā§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
āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āύā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāĻŖā§āϰ Phrase āĻā§āϞ⧠Verb āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻā§āύ, āĻāĻāύ, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšā§- āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤āϝā§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 āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Preposition āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Preposition āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ Prepositional Phrase āĻŦāϞ⧠āĨ¤ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž prepositional phrase āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ group of words, āϝāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Preposition āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšā§ āĨ¤ āϝā§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
āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āύā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻ Phrase āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠conjunction āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻā§āύ phrase / clause āĻā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠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
āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āύā§āĻāĨ¤āϝ⧠Phrase āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŦā§āĻ, āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Interjectional phrase āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻž: (a) Oh dear me! What shall I do? b) What a pity! He is undone.
7. Phrasal verb
āĻāĻ 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
āĻāĻ āύ: āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ Auxiliary verb + Principal Verb. āϝāĻĨāĻž: The boy can climb a tree. / He will have done this work.