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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Identifying the kind of phrases

Did I do the exercise correct, please?

Identify the kind of phrase.

1) He was a man of great wealth. Preposition phrase

2) The principal was an old man of friendly disposition. adjective phrase

3) The workers belonged to a tribe dwelling in the hills. adverb phrase

4) There I met a boy with red hair. adjective phrase

Thanks.

  

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sundarnaz Identify the kind of phrase. Are you going by the system of traditional grammar or modern grammar? There are different answers depending on the system.

  • sundarnaz Identify the kind of phrase.
  • Are you going by the system of traditional grammar or modern grammar?
  • There are different answers depending on the system.
  • Modern grammar: phrases are named by their head word.
  • If the syntactical unit contains a verb, it is a clause.
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sundarnazIdentify the kind of phrase.

Are you going by the system of traditional grammar or modern grammar? There are different answers depending on the system.

Modern grammar: phrases are named by their head word. If the syntactical unit contains a verb, it is a clause. The function of the syntactical unit in the sentence is different from its

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sundarnaz

Did I do the exercise correct, please?

Identify the kind of phrase.

1) He was a man of great wealth. Preposition phrase

2) The principal was an old man of friendly disposition. adjective phrase

3) The workers belonged to a tribe dwelling in the hills. adverb phrase

4) Th

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Identify the phrases in the following sentences and state their kind (either adjective or
adverb phrase).Remember your answers should be two for each sentence, and just
write the phrase from the sentence and say what type of phrase it is.
4.1 He was a man of great wealth. (2)
4.2 He ran with great speed. (2)
4.3 The principal was an old man of fr

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