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Phrases and Clauses

English 9A Vocab: Unit 1

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Noun Phrase Includes a noun and the modifiers which distinguish it (ie the neighbor's dog)
Participal Phrase Begins with a present or past participle; will often include objects and/or modifiers that complete the thought (ie the water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with hair)
Participle A verb that acts as an adjective
Prepositional Phrase Begins with a prepositional and ends with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause. Functions as an adjective (which one) or adverb (how, when, or where) (ie the book on the bathroom floor is wet)
Prepositional Describes a relationship between words
Absolute Phrase Combines a noun and a participle with any accompanying modifiers. Descorbes the whole clause, rather than modifying a specific word (ie legs quivering, our old dog dreamed of chasing squirrels)
Infinitive Phrase Begins with an infinitive (to+verb) and includes objects or modifiers (ie to finish her shift without spilling another pizza in a customer's lap is her goal tonight)
Independent/ Main Clause Subject+verb= complete thought (ie my dog loves pizza crusts)
Dependent/ Subordinate Clause Subordinate conjunction+ subject+ verb= incomplete thought. Alone thses are sentence fragments (ie whenever lazy students whine)
Adjective Clause Begins with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, or which) and a relative adverb (when, where, and why). Functions as an adjective (ehat kind, how many, which one). Does not express a complete thought so it can't stand alone as a sentence.
Phrase sentence fragement that doesn't have a subject doing a verb
Clause sentence fragement that has a subject doing a verb
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