1. Phrases
A phrase is a group of words that could be replaced by a single part of speech – for example, a noun.
is a group of words that functions as a single unit of a sentence.
Examples:
the house at the end of the street (example 1) is a phrase. It acts like a noun.
It contains the phrase at the end of the street (example 2), a prepositional phrase which acts like an adjective.
Example 2 could be replaced by white, to make the phrase the white house.
Examples 1 and 2 contain the phrase the end of the street (example 3) which acts like a noun.
It could be replaced by the cross-roads to give the house at the cross-roads.
2. Sentences
A sentence is a grammatical unit of one or more words. A sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. It must have a verb in it and make sense.A simple sentence is called a clause. A clause consists of a subject and a verb.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together like: and, but, although, when, whenever and because.
3. Types of sentence
Different types of sentence do different jobs.
Statements
A statement is a sentence that simply tells the reader something.
The fox Jumps.
Questions
Why did the fox jump over the lazy dog?
The fox jumped high!
Wake up you lazy dog!
Commands
(Commands usually start with a verb.)
Catch the quick brown fox.
4. Paragraphs
A paragraph is a unit of sentences that are all about the same thing:
Begin with a topic sentence,
-states main point for this paragraph
Give details, reasons, and examples to support your topic,
-sentence
End with a closing sentence.
-Restate main point for this paragraph
example:
The fox jumped. The fox jumped high! Why did the fox jump over the dog? The dog was lazy. Wake up you lazy dog! The fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Do you see the indent?
Lessons in this series:- BBC English: Spelling and Grammar - Spelling
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- BBC English: Spelling and Grammar - Compound and c...
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