underline the phrases in these sentences and state what kind they are
1. the potato curry was rather tasty .
2. Reema has bought the house with her life's saving .
3. the spotted dog was sleeping on the carpet .
4. Mrs Malhotra followed the track Through the Jungle .
5. the table of teak wood is mine.
6. the expensive hotel was fully booked .
7. our grandmother took a nap for an hour.
8. one my friends is a great chess player .
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1). The potato curry - Noun phrase
2). With her life's saving - Prepositional phrase
3). The spotted dog - Noun phrase
4). Through the Jungle - prepositional phrase
5). The table of teak wood - Noun phrase
6). The expensive hotel - Noun phrase
7). For an hour - Prepositional phrase
8). One of my friends - Noun phrase
Explanation:
- Phrases are described as a group of words that function together as a single syntactical unit. They usually consist of a head, central word, and elaborating words.
- There are various types of phrases like a participial, prepositional, noun phrase, infinitive phrase, etc.
- A Noun phrase is described as a group of words that function as a subject or object in the sentence.
- The spotted dog, the potato curry, the table of teak wood, the expensive hotel, etc. in the given sentences consist of nouns plus modifiers and function as subjects. Thus, they exemplify noun phrases.
- The other type of phrase used in these sentences is prepositional phrases which primarily function to link a noun or pronoun to the other elements of the sentence.
- These phrases begin with a preposition followed by an object and any of the modifiers.
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