Kinds of Phrase
Kinds of Phrase
Kinds of Phrase
We have already known that a phrase is a group of words that makes a sense, but not a complete sense.
Phrases are of six kinds, as –
(1) Noun Phrase
(2) Adjective Phrase
(3) Adverb Phrase
(4) Preposition Phrase
(5) Conjunction Phrase and
(6) Interjection Phrase
Let us discuss them as below:
Kinds of Phrase
NOUN PHRASE
A noun phrase functions like a noun and is used as the subject, object, or complement. Examples:
Husband and wife can do that (subject to the verb ‘do’).
He explained to me how to solve it. (Object to the verb ‘explained’)
Do not boast of kith and kin. (Object to the preposition ‘of’)
Ramen lives amid honour and glory (Complement to the verb ‘lives’).
Some Noun Phrases:
Bread and butter
Birds and beasts
Board and lodging
Bus fare
Book worm
Cotton mill
Cottage industry
Crocodile tears
Country life
Day and night
Gold ring
Food and drink
Food and clothing
Friend and foe
Hand and foot
Honour and glory
Heaven and earth
Husband and wife
Iron safe
Income and expenditure
Kith and kin
Life and death
Land and water
Lock and key
Merits and demerits
Pen and paper
Profit and loss
Right and wrong
Jute mill
Mother tongue
Public service
Summer vacation
Study room
Train fare
House rent.
Ups and downs
Vice and virtue
Weal and woe
Kinds of Phrase
ADJECTIVE PHRASE
Adjective Phrase functions as an adjective. It qualifies a noun or pronoun. Examples:
Ram is devoid of common sense (qualifies ‘Ram’)
Kamala is confined to bed. (qualifies ‘Kamala’)
She is a woman of great fame. (qualifies ‘woman’)
They were found lost in thought. (qualifies ‘they’)
Some Adjective Phrases:
Busy at work
Broken-hearted
Blind of one eye
Cured of disease
Confined to bed
Devoid of common sense
Devoted to duty
Ease loving
Fond of music
Free from peril
Easy to learn
Eager to know
Able to move
Beautiful to look at
Cold as ice
Dark as night
Hard as stone
Ready to help
Full of joy
Good for nothing
Green with crop
Involved in debt
Mad with rage
Made of gold
Next to impossible
Quite false
Stone-blind
Second to none
Weak in mathematics
unable to act
Unable to go
Unwilling to help
Willing to come
Sweet as honey
White as ice
Soft as cotton
Tender as flower
Kinds of Phrase
ADVERB PHRASE
An Adverb Phrase functions as an adverb. It modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb. For Example:
Kanak reads day by day. (Modifies the verb ‘read’).
He was handsome beyond description (modifies the adjective ‘handsome’).
She is not after all happy. (Modifies the adverb ‘not’).
Some Adverb Phrases
All day/All day long
All at once
All the year round
At first
At last
At once
At dawn
At noon
At mid-day
At dead of night
At no time
By chance
By and by
Before long
By degrees
By turns
Day by day
Day after day
Ever and anon
Far away
For good
Forever
In future
In the past
in the meantime
In short
In course of time
In the daytime
In broad daylight
In the afternoon
In the evening
In all respects
On foot
On the whole
Once upon a time
Once again
Out of doors
On the way
Now-a-days
Side by side
Safe and sound
Step by step
From door to door
To and fro
Uptill now
Year after year
By sea
By land
Kinds of Phrase
PREPOSITION PHRASE
Preposition Phrase functions as a preposition. It takes place between two nouns and shows the relationship between the two. Examples:
He could not attend the meeting because of illness.
There is a playground in front of our college.
He advocates in favour of me.
Some Preposition Phrases:
Because of
By virtue of
By dint of
By way of
By side of
By the by
For the sake of
For want of
In accordance with
In respect of
In lieu of
In consequence of
In quest of
In favour of
In spite of
In the occasion of
On account of
With a view to
With respect to
Kinds of Phrase
CONJUNCTION PHRASE
A Conjunction Phrase functions as a conjunction. It connects two nouns, pronouns, phrases, clauses or sentences. Examples:
Renuka as well as Labita is honest.
Please wait as long as I return.
She runs as fast as a bicycle.
No sooner had we reached the station than the train left.
Some Conjunction Phrases:
As fast as
As soon as
As long as
In ease
Not only …………… but also
No sooner ………… than
As well as
In order that
Kinds of Phrase
INTERJECTION PHRASE
An interjection Phrase works as an interjection. It expresses sudden joy, sorrow, regret etc.
What a shame! he has failed.
My God! save me.
Ah me! I am undone.
Some Interjection Phrases:
Ah me!
My God!
By God!
For God’s sake!
O Heavens !
What a pity!
What a shame!
What a wretched!
Kinds of Phrase
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Kinds of Phrase
N.B. The article ‘Kinds of Phrase’ originally belongs to the book ‘School English Grammar Part- I‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
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