sentence) without both subject and verb. For example‚ He is laughing at the joker. A phrase functions as a noun‚ verb‚ adverb‚ adjective or preposition in a sentence. The function of a phrase depends on its construction (words it contains). On the basis of their functions and constructions‚ phrases are divided into various types i.e. noun phrase‚ verb phrase‚ adverb phrase‚ adjective phrase‚ appositive phrase‚ infinite phrase‚ participle phrase and gerund phrase. 1-Noun Phrase A noun phrase consists
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Prepositional phrases modify adjectives or adverbs and are called either adjective phrases or adverb phrases. Adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one. Examples: For Tom‚ fame is the only reason for writing. (What kind of reason?) The lamp on Tom’s desk was a Christmas gift. (Which lamp?) COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES Adverb phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb‚ an adjective‚ or adverb by pointing out where‚ when‚
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you we Adjective she they he me A verb can tell the action someone or something is doing. A verb can also express state of being. Action run jump sit ask think talk Article State of Being am is are was were Adverb An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An adjective tells what kind‚ how many or which one. The words a‚ an and the belong to a An adverb describes a verb‚ adjective or special group of adjectives called another adverb. An adverb tells how
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belong to the VERBS group. In other words‚ all words in the English language are divided into eight different categories. Each category has a different role/function in the sentence. The English parts of speech are: Nouns‚ pronouns‚ adjectives‚ verbs‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ conjunctions and interjections. Same Word – Several Parts of SpeechIn the English language many words are used in more than one way. This means that a word can function as several different parts of speech. For example
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Music Art Love Happiness Advice Adjective Average Boiling Broad Ancient Brief Adverb Also Amazingly Always Ahead Angrily Preposition Past About Off Save With Verb Unite twist Untidy Rush Whirl Pronoun He Her Me Your They Infinitive （to + Infinitive) To sleep To eat To wash To love To hate Gerund (go + Gerund) go snorkeling go jogging go surfing go skiing go windsurfing Comparative adjective Most soccer players are taller than
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The first sentence contains five phrases: "of words‚" "acting as a single part of speech‚" "as a single part‚" "of speech‚" and "not containing both a subject and a verb." Except for the phrase beginning with as‚ all the phrases are acting as adjectives. The phrase beginning with as is adverbial. Common Types of Phrases There are several types of phrases used in English that are named after the most important words used in that phrase. By learning what these phrases look like and how they
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lexicons were used on same data set to analyse the significance of lexical based approaches. 2.1 Lexicon Two different lexicons were used in order to test the efficiency of the lexical based approach for sentiment analysis. Each lexicon contains Adjectives and Adverbs and their corresponding positive and negative scores. HSL lexicon has positive‚ negative and objective score‚ where as HSWN lexicon has only positive and negative scores. The scores are the probability values of a word being used in a positive
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VERBAL - a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. Types of Verbals Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. The following sentence contains both a present and a past participle: The children‚ crying and exhausted‚ were guided out of the collapsed mine. Crying is a present participle‚ formed by adding -ing to the present form of the verb (cry). Exhausted is a past participle‚ formed by adding -ed to the present
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A prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb in a sentence. Examples: on the roof in a soft voice * Adjective Phrase –An adjective phrase is a group of words that functions like an adjective in a sentence. It consists of adjectives‚ modifier and any word that modifies a noun or pronoun. Examples: with a pretty face Filled with flowers * Adverb Phrase - An adverb phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence. It consists of
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THE 8 PARTS OF SPEECH 1. Noun- something you can see‚ touch‚ taste‚ hears‚ smell‚ or have. Perform actions‚ complete actions or be the objects of actions. A noun that performs an action is called a subject. EX.) John ran. Nouns that complete actions or have actions done to them are called objects. EX.) John visited Grandma. John gave Grandma a pie. Objects or prepositions are nouns that follow prepositions. EX.) John dropped the pie on the floor. On is the preposition and floor is the object
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