Phrases

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From the sentence pattern table, you already know S, V, O1, O2, C, pN, A.
They tell us the job/duty of a sentence part.

S V O1 O2 C pN/ A
SV I grow. ... ... ... ...
SVA I wake ... ... ... up.
SVC1
SVC2
I
I
am
am
... ... a boy
happy.
...
SV0 I like my work ... ... ...
SVOO It gives me new skills ... ...
SVOC1
SVOC2
They
It
call
makes
me
me
... Messi!
proud
...
SVOA I keep my hopes .. .. to myself.

Now, we want to know how they are made up, what they are made of, etc.

S,O1,O2, C Noun, or Noun Phrase
V Verb Phrase
C Adjective, or Adjective Phrase
A Adverb, or Adverb Phrase
pN Preposition + (Noun or Noun Phrase)


Noun Phrase

See how the S and O columns grow and expand.

S V O O C pN/ A
SV0 I like Mary ... ... ...
SV0 The boys like Mary ... ... ...
SV0 The tall boys like Mary ... ... ...
SV0 The tall boys in that class like Mary ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes me ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the boys ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the kind boys ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the kind boys from that town ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the boys who are playing in the rain ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the boys playing in the rain ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the boys who are praised by her teacher ... ... ...
SV0 Mary likes the boys praised by her teacher ... ... ...


Adverb Phrase

quickly ==> very quickly
quickly ==> as quickly as you can

in a park
near a park
inside a park
outside a park
to a park
for our town park

to win ==> to win fairly
to win for the club and the country
for my mother
for the sake of my mother

before 8 o'clock
after 8 o'clock
at 8 o'clock


pN Phrase

See how the N column grows and expands.

Preposition N
pN for Mary
pN for my daughter Mary
pN for my daughter Mary dancing there
pN for my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen
pN to Mary
pN to my daughter Mary
pN to my daughter Mary dancing there
pN to my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen
pN with Mary
pN with my daughter Mary
pN with my daughter Mary dancing there
pN with my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen


Adjective Phrase

good ==> very good
good ==> as good as my friend

better than my friend
a lot better than my friend
a little better than my friend

China-made, China-make

(the girl) in front of the class
(the girl) behind the class
(the girl) coming to our class



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