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STD - 7 ENGLISH 9

LESSON NOTES –Module 9
Grammar-PHRASES AND CLAUSES

Introduction:
(Read this chart carefully & make a note in your Classwork notebook)
PHRASES:

A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbs, but it does not have a
subject or a doing verb. The following are examples of phrases:

 leaving behind the dog
 smashing into a fence
 before the first test
 after the devastation
 between ignorance and intelligence
 broken into thousands of pieces
 because of her glittering smile

In these examples above, you will find nouns (dog, fence, test, devastation, ignorance,
intelligence, thousands, pieces). You also have some verbs (leaving, smashing), but in no
case is the noun functioning as a subject or a verb acting as a main verb. They are all
phrases.

More examples of phrases……………

 The lost puppy was a wet and stinky dog.
 The flu clinic had seen many cases of infectious disease.
 It was a story as old as time.
 The sports car drove the long and winding road.
 Saturday became a cool, wet afternoon.
 He was waiting for the rain to stop.
 She was upset when it didn't boil.