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PHRASES,
CLAUSES, AND
SENTENCES
PRE-ADVANCE STRUCTURE
Eko Rujito DA
eko_rujito@uny.ac.id
PHRASES
Groups of related words that form a unit in a
sentence
These words are organized around a head or
central word
Phrases never have a subject and predicate in
them
Consider this example:
the black cat
jumping over the fence
steals food
every morning
PHRASES
Consider this example:
the black cat
jumping over the fence
steals food
every morning
Does each of these have a complete
message?
PHRASES
the black cat (Noun Phrase) “black” modifies
“cat”
jumping over the fence (Adjective Phrase)
modifies “cat”
over the fence (Prepositional Phrase) modifies
“jumping”
steals food (Verb Phrase)
every morning (Adverb Phrase)