Verb Phrase

     Every sentence must have a verb. To depict doable activities, writers use action verbs. To describe conditions, writers choose linking verbs.

Examples

1)The tires screeched as Selena mashed the accelerator.

-In the first sentence, screeched and mashed, single-word verbs, describe the quick actions of both the tires and Selena.

2)Selena should have been driving with more care, for then she would not have gotten her third ticket this year.

-The auxiliary verbs that comprise should have been driving [a four-word verb] and would have gotten [a three-word verb] express not only time relationships but also evaluation of Selena's actions.

Another Examples:

Take My Heart-Soko

You can take my heart for a walk on the beach

You can take my heart for a little trip

You can take my heart very close to your heart

You can take my heart forever if you like

But not every heart belongs to any other

You and I

You and I are meant to be

I'm the one for you, You're the one for me

You love me as much as I do

When you look at me and we're skin to skin

I want you so

Please come in

And you love me more and more

And my love grows up with you

And you kiss me more and more

And I kiss you, too

And I kiss you, too

If I take your heart, I will cherish it every day

If I take your heart, I will heal these old wounds

If I take your heart, it's to make it happy

If I take your heart, it's forever close to mine

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Noun Phrase

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A word group with a noun or pronoun as its head. The noun head can be accompanied bymodifiers, determiners (such as the, a, her), and/or complements.

A noun phrase (often abbreviated as NP) most commonly functions as a subject, object, or complement.

EXAMPLES OF NOUN PHRASES:

EG: John was late.

('John' is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb.)

EG: The people that I saw coming in the building at nine o'clock have just left.

('The people ... nine o'clock' is a lengthy noun phrase, but it functions as the subject of the main verb 'have just left'.)

Another Examples:
Goodbye to you my trusted friendWe ve known each other since weWere nine or tenTogether we ve climbed hills and treesLearned of love and abc sSkinned our hearts andSkinned our knees
Goodbye my friend it s hard to dieWhen all the birds are singingIn the skyNow that spring is in the airPretty girls are everywhereThink of me and I ll be there
We had joy we had fun we hadSeasons in the sunBut the hills that we climbed wereJust seasons out of time
Goodbye papa please pray for meI was the black sheep of the familyYou tried to teach me right from wrongToo much wine and too much songWonder how I got along

Read more: WESTLIFE - SEASON IN THE SUN LYRICS 

Welcome..Structure in Context

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Phrasal Verb

A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination 

creates a meaning different from the original verb alone.

Transitive and intransitive phrasal verbs :

Some phrasal verbs are transitive.  (A transitive verb always has an object.)

Example : I made up an excuse. ('Excuse' is the object of the verb.)

Some phrasal verbs are intrasitive . (An intransitive verb does not have an object.)

Example : My car broke down.

Separable or inseparable phrasal verbs :

Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. (The object is between the verb and the preposition.)

Example : I looked the word up in the dictionary.

Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. (The object is placed after the preposition.)

Example : I will look into the matter as soon as possible.

Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places.

Example : I picked up the book.

   I picked the book up.

Preposition

Preposition

#A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in asentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

#A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:

The Selfish Giant

Note: Oscar Wilde intended this story to be read to children

Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.

     It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. 'How happy we are here!' they cried to each other.

     One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

     'What are you doing here?' he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.

     'My own garden is my own garden,' said the Giant; 'any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.' So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.

TRESPASSERS
WILL BE
PROSECUTED

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ADVERB

DEFINITION

Adverbs are words that modify everything but nouns and pronouns. They modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. A word is an adverb if it answers how, when, or where.

Adverb indicates:
Types:...........ly(slowly,quickly)
Where(place):here,anywhere,everywhere
When(time):last night,now,soon
How Often(frequency):always,usually,never
Adverb describe adjectives:i felt completely exhausted
Adverb describes another adverb:i slept here last night
very to intensify adverb:he worked very hard yesterday

Condition:
i)Adj-N + Adv- Verb
The young lady danced gracefully
young=adjectives
lady=noun
danced=verb
gracefully=adverb

ii)Adv - Adj
She is very beautiful
very=adverb
beautiful=adjectives

iii)Adj -N + Adv -Adv
The house is haunted,so the couple left the house very quickly.
house=noun
haunted=adjectives
very=adverb
quickly=adverb

iv)Adv - (Adv) - Adj - N
Quickly, the old lady jumped over the window
quickly=adverb
old=adjectives
lady=noun

POSITION OF ADJECTIVES

In order adjectives to look good in sentences,they must follow the position of adjectives:

Quality/  - Size  - Age  - Shape  - Colour  - Nationality  - Material  - Purpose/
opinion                                                                                                    Noun

Example:

a beautiful young lady

beautiful=quality

young=age

lady=noun

a huge japanese sumo wrestler

huge=size

japanese=nationality

sumo=purpose

wrestler=noun

a large old rectangular brown italy wooden clock

large=size

old=age

rectangular=shape

brown=colour

italy=nationality

wooden=material

clock=noun