Phrase

Phrase adalah rangkaian kata yang berpola M + H (Modifier + Head) dan bukan berpola S + V

Jenis jenis phrase

1. Noun Phrase

2. Adjective Pharse

3. Adverbial Phrase

4. Verb Phrase

5. Prepositional Phrase

1-      Noun Phrase (NP)

Def : Phrase yang induknya (Head) terletak pada noun

Pola M Adj + H Noun           M Noun + H Noun        

Eg. Beautiful Girl

      Big House

      Book Store (Book : Noun Adjunct dan harus singular)

2-      Adjective Phrase (AP)

Def : Phrase yang induknya terletak pada Adjective

Pola M Adv of Deg + H Adj            H Adj + M Adv of Deg (Enough)

Modifier : Adverb of Degree (Tingkatan)

Eg. Too, Rather, Extremely, Quite, Enough etc

Eg. Very diligent       Too lazy       Extremely greedy     Brainy enough

      Rather brainy        Quite fat       Diligent enough

3-      Adverbial Phrase (AVP)

Def : Phrase yang induknya terletak pada Adverb

Pola  M Adv of Deg + H Adv of manner             H Adv of manner + M Adv of Deg (Enough)

Head : Adverb of Manner (keterangan cara)

Eg. Very beautifully     Too hard     Too fast

       Rather diligently      Cleanly Enough   Fast enough

4-      Verb Phrase (VP)

Def : Pharse yang intinya ada pada Verb

Pola  V Aux + V Ord + O/Adv         V Ord + O/Adv

Eg. She was listening to the music

      They come to that party

      He has been reading a novel

5-      Prepositional Phrase (PP)

Def. Phrase yang intinya ada pada preposisi atau phrase yang berpola

Preposition + Object of  Prposition

Eg.

Berupa Noun - My father stood beside John

Berupa Pronoun – He does do this job for her

Berupa NP – We are studying in this class

Berupa Noun Clause – I am thinking about what you say

Berupa Gerund – By reading books, we will know everything

ENOUGH Pada noun phrase tidak di balik Eg. Enough class (Enough + Noun plural/uncountable)       Beautiful enough song Enough pada NP kelas katanya adalah Adjective ENOUGH 1.      Adverb: pada AP dan AVP 2.       Pronoun : Enough is Enough 3.      Adjective : Pada noun phrase