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LESSON NOTES: Module 15: PHRASES

PHRASES

dark mad a beautiful
brown e of
briefcase gold orchid
into a
from the the hungry
market wate catterpil
r ar Do these group of words have something
in common??
on the through to swim
the
table forest Can they be considered as sentences?

Do they give you complete meaning

Introduction (Reading Activity)
Let us find out………………..

A fat cat A fishing net A fluffy cup cake

Neither the above group of words are sentences nor they give us complete meaning. It is a phrases
which is a part of sentence which doesn‟t have a subject or a verb to it. In writing, you can use a
phrase as a part of your sentence to add more meaning to the sentences. However a phrase can‟t
stand on its own.

What Is a Phrase? ( to be written on the CW Notebook)

Words can be grouped together, but without a subject or a verb. This is called a phrase.
Because a phrase has neither subject nor verb, it can‟t form a „predicate‟. This is a structure
that must contain a verb, and it tells you something about what the subject is doing.
Phrases can be very short – or quite long. Two examples of phrases are:
“After dinner”
“a very hungry catterpilar”.

NOTE - Phrases can’t be used alone, but you can use them as part of a sentence, where they
are used as parts of speech.

Let us find out what are the differences between a sentence, phrase and a clause.