how to tell difference between noun phrase, adjective phrase and adverb phrase
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A noun phrase is a small group of words which contains a noun but doesn't contain a verb. A noun phrase usually contains a noun plus other words to describe it. For example: That new black bike is mine.
In this sentence, ‘that new black bike’ is the noun phrase. ‘Bike’ is the noun, and the other words describe the bike.
An adjective phrase is a group of words that describe a noun or pronoun in a sentence. The adjective in an adjective phrase can appear at the start, end or middle of the phrase. The adjective phrase can be placed before or after the noun or pronoun in the sentence. The trick to identifying an adjective phrase is to identify a group of words within a sentence that is working together to describe a noun or pronoun.
An adverb phrase is simply a group of two or more words that function as an adverb in a sentence. Just as an adverb can modify a verb, adjective or another adverb, an adverb phrase of more than one word can further describe a verb, adverb, or adjective. Adverb phrases typically answer the questions how, where, why or when something was done, as you'll see in the adverb phrase examples below.