1. What is a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words that DOES NOT contain BOTH a subject and a verb.

2. Types of Phrases Noun Phrases Participial Absolute Prepositional
Appositives
Gerunds
Infinitive
Participial
Absolute
Prepositional

3. Noun Phrases Noun phrases contain a noun and all of its modifiers.
There are three types of noun phrases:
Appositives
Gerunds
Infinitive

4. Appositives Appositives rename or describes another noun. Example:
One of eleven brothers and sisters, Harriet was a moody and willful child.
Bob, my best friend, works here.
The boy looked at them, big black ugly insects.

5. Gerund Phrases
Gerund phrases are noun phrases with a gerund (-ing) at the beginning.
Example:
I love baking cakes.

6. Infinitive Phrases
Infinitive phrases use the infinitive form (to ____)
Example:
I love to bake cakes.
Infinitive phrases can also be used as adverbial or adjectival phrase.

7. Participial Phrases
Participial phrases have a participle (a verb acting as an adjective; cascading water, broken table, etc.)
Example:
Crushed to pieces by a sledgehammer, the computer no longer worked.

8. Absolute Phrases
Absolute phrases are ALMOST complete sentences. They contain a subject, but are missing a verb. Instead of adding more information about a noun or a verb, absolute phrases modify an entire sentence, indicating something related happening at the exact same moment.
Example:
My cake finally baking in the oven, I was free to rest for thirty minutes.

9. Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases are phrases that contain a preposition at the beginning.
Example:
She sat around the house.
In the dark room, she felt all her old fears return.

10. Your Turn! Are these clauses or phrases? A boy and his dog.
Went to the store.
I had a soda.
The brown fox.
The brown fox and quick dog.
The boy laughed.
Someone stole my purse.
Stole my purse.

11. More!! When I go to the store. Suzie plays with her dog everyday.
Jonathan runs three miles a day.
Although I can’t see him.
After I go to the doctor.
Since I got an A on the test.
How do I get to the store?
With he dog.
To the store.