Question

"Linda, a girl in my class, was absent today." In this sentence "a girl in my class " is a phrase or a clause?

Answer 1

It is a PHRASE.

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Answer 2

Answer:

"Linda, a girl in my class, was absent today." In this sentence "a girl in my class " is a phrase.

Explanation:

• A clause is a group of words with a subject-verb unit. A clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.
• A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit.

                  Linda, a girl in my class, was absent today.

• In the following sentence the subject is Linda and the action word is 'is'.
• Subject refers to the main topic/ person about whom the sentence talks.

• The phrase refers back to the subject Linda as it describes Linda (as a girl in my class), the phrase is an adjective phrase.

• An easy way to identify a phrase is that the sentence is complete without the phrase. Rena is absent today is a complete sentence.

• Therefore, the answer is

"Linda, a girl in my class, was absent today." In this sentence "a girl in my class " is a phrase.