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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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    Phrases Miss Costantini English 1 and 3 Phrases – 2 Remember  A phrase is a group of words that acts as a unit  A phrase DOES NOT have a subject and a verb Phrases - 2  These are the four categories of phrases that we are studying:     Prepositional phrases Appositive phrases Verbal phrases Absolute phrases Phrases – 2 We have already looked at prepositional phrases. Now we are going to look at the second type of phrases - appositives Appositive Phrases

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    Using Appositive Phrases Practice 1: Matching An appositive is a sentence part that identifies a person‚ place‚ or thing named in a sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a‚ an‚ or the. They always answer one of these questions. Who is he? Who is she? Who are they? (people) What is it? (place or thing) Appositives occur at the beginning of a sentence (opener)‚ between a subject and verb (s-v split)‚ or at the end of a sentence (closer). Examples of Appositives Opener:

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    Appositive Sentences / Tone Vocabulary 1. Bantering: an exchange of light‚ playful‚ teasing remarks; good-natured raillery. 2. Contemptuous: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. 3. Cynical: showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions‚ especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others; distrustful. 4. Disconcerted: bewildered or confused‚ as by something unexpected. 5. Exacerbated: to increase the severity‚ bitterness

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    In grammar‚ a preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase or combines with a noun to form a phrase. For example‚ in the sentence "The cat sleeps on the sofa"‚ the word "on" is a preposition‚ introducing the prepositional phrase "on the sofa". In English‚ the most used prepositions are "of"‚ "to"‚ "in"‚ "for"‚ "with" and "on". Simply put‚ a preposition indicates a relation between things mentioned in a sentence. Another simpler term‚ a preposition is a prior explanation

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    PHRASE A phrase is a group of words‚ without a subject and verb‚ that functions in a sentence as one part of speech. Examples: leaving behind the dog smashing into a fence before the first test COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES 1. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES • contain a preposition and a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. Examples: PREP OBJ OF PRE on the freshly pressed white jacket PREP OBJ OF PREP OBJ OF PREP beside the driftwood and seaweed COMMON TYPES OF PHRASES Prepositional

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    Phrases and Clauses 5 December 2012 Phrases and Clauses I) Prepositional and Appositive Phrases Phrase- a few words that do not have a subject or a verb and are one part of speech in a sentence A) Prepositional Phrases Prepositional phrase- preposition with a noun or pronoun following it Ex: near the table and chairs. “Near” is the preposition and “table and chairs” are the objects. 1) Adjectival Phrases Adjectival phrase- a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun

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    Classification of Sentences According to the Structure 5 1.3.1 The Simple Sentence 6 1.3.2 The Composite Sentence7 1.4 Compound Sentences10 1.5 Complex Sentences ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Chapter 2 2.1 Attributive Appositive Clauses ………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………15 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..18 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...21

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    conjunction is a single word that joins words‚ phrases‚ and clauses of equal grammatical construction. Coordinating conjunctions also join complete sentences‚ i.e.‚ independent clauses. These conjunctions also imbue equal grammatical weight‚ or rank‚ to the joined elements.F – forA – andN – nor B – butO – orY – yetS – so | knives and spoons (noun & noun)‚ run or shout (verb & verb)‚ down the stairs and around the house (prepositional phrase & prepositional phrase) | Subordinating conjunction | A subordinating

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    THE APPOSITIVE PHRASE An appositive is a word placed after another word to explain or identify it. The appositive always appears after the word it explains or identifies. It is always a noun or a pronoun‚ and the word it explains is also a noun or pronoun. Example: My uncle‚ a lawyer‚ is visiting us. My teacher‚ Miss Marshall‚ is very strict. An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers which may themselves be phrases. Example: My radio‚ an old portable

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