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For example: She was taller than her classmates.
The horse’s large, menacing eyes said a fight was
imminent.

 Verb Phrase: This phrase will contain a main verb and one or more

helping verb. These two will have a link that connects them together.
This phrase will define the various times of the action in a sentence.

For example: The car is moving in a circle.
Will he be eating the entire buffet?

 Adverb Phrase: Two or more words that perform the role of

an adverb, when put together, can be identified as an adverbial
phrase. Like an adverb, an adverbial phrase will also answer questions

such as ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘how often’.
For example: There is a new supermarket right in front of my house.
Anand waited silently and patiently.

 Prepositional Phrase: This group of words begins with a preposition.

The preposition precedes a noun or a pronoun or something which
acts as a noun or a pronoun.
For example: She was lost at sea.

I am writing this essay for the entire class.
NOTE: The entire prepositional phrase acts as an adverb or an
adjective most of the times.

Examples:

Best friend (this phrase acts as a noun)
Needing help (this phrase acts as an adjective)
With the blue shirt (this phrase acts as an adjective)

For twenty days (this phrase acts as an adverb)