Question

My mother comes back from the office by 5:30 PM in the evening. (Identify the phrase in the given sentence.)

a. My mother comes back from the office
b. comes back from the office
c. from the office
d. by 5:30 PM in the evening​

Answer 1

My mother comes back from the office

Answer 2

My mother comes back from the office by 5:30 PM in the evening.

The phrase in this sentence is (b) comes back from the office.

• From the given sentence, 'option (b) comes back from the office' is the main part of the sentence.

What do you mean by the phrase?

• When a group of two or more words works together as a meaningful part of a given sentence, then it is termed as the phrase of that sentence.
• A phrase is not a sentence as it does not have the complete subject and predicate.
• A particular phrase can include another phrase.
• Some of the common types of phrases are verb phrases, adverb phrases, prepositional phrases, noun phrases, and adjective phrases.