PHRASES

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 Verb
phrases
 Verb phrases

Definition Structual Point

contains main  Aux 1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
verb preceeded Main Verb
optionally by
maximum of four
auxiliary verbs
Main Verbs are Auxiliaries Verbs
constructed this way: can be :

- Modal : may,will,
shall,can,must,etc.
1. Base form : laugh, play,
mention, etc. _ Perfect : has, have,
had.
2. -s form : laughs, plays,
mentions, etc. - Progressive be : is,
3. -ing form : laughing, am are, was, were,
playing, mentioning, etc. been.
4. - ed form : laughed, - Ing : being
played, mentioned, etc.

Verb Phrases
 Watch your Kids While Watching TV

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Television becomes one of the most important devices
which takes place in almost houses. It can unite all
members of the family as well as separate them. However,
is it important to know what your kids are watching? The
answer is, of course, absolutely "Yes" and that should be
done by all parents. Television can expose things you have
tried to protect the children from, especially violence,
pornography, consumerism and so on.
Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too

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much time on watching TV during the day or at bedtime
often cause bed-time disruption, stress, and short sleep
duration. Another research found that there is a
significant relationship between the amount of time spent
for watching television during adolescence and early
adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.
Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship
between kids who watch TV a lot and being inactive and
overweight.Considering some facts mentioning above,
protect your children with the following tips:
Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day
Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own
bedrooms
Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch
Watch television with your children and discuss what is
happening in the show.
Adjective
Phrases
 Function
Definition
Adjective phrase have two
primary function :
Adjective phrase is
a phrase that consist of • First, it can be used to
adjective (as head) modify nouns inside
and modified by noun phrase.
modifier, determiner, and
qualifier/intensifier, • Second, main function
prepositional phrase. of adjective phrase is as
Adjective phrase is to predicatives in clause
explain noun . structure.

Adjective Phrases
 Adjective Phrases
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Pussy, My sweet cat
I have a cat. Her name is Pussy. She is my beautiful gray
Persian cat. She has a small body. She also has two ears. It
has smooth fur. She has four legs. She walks with pride and
grace, performing a dance of disdain as he slowly lifts and
lowers each paw with the delicacy of a ballet dancer. Her
pride, however, does not extend to her appearance, for she
spends most of his time indoors watching television and growing
fat.
Pussy is as finicky about visitors as she is about what she
eats, befriending some and repelling others. Pussy does not do
this to establish his territory, as many cat experts think, but
to humiliate me because she is jealous of my friends. After my
guests have fled, I look at the old fleabag snoozing and smiling
to herself in front of the television set, and I have to forgive
her for her obnoxious, but endearing, habits.
 Adverb Phrases

Definition : Function :

Adverb phrase is • Modifier of an

a phrase that consist of adjective or an
adverb (as head) adverb in phrase
and modified by pre- and structure
post modifier. • Adverbial in
sentences structure
 Adverb Phrase
Examples :
• Modifier of an adjective : The description was
remarkbly accurate.

• Modifier of an adverb : She spoke French very

fluently.
 The Zoo Job Story

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One day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some
money by making a street performance. He acted and mimed perfectly some
animal acts. As soon as he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed
him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the clown
that the zoo's most popular gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was
fear that attendance at the zoo would fall off. So he offered the clown a
job to dress up as the gorilla until the zoo could get another one. The clown
accepted this great opportunity.
So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered
the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could

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sleep all he wanted, played and made fun of people and he drove bigger
crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires.
He began to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in
the next cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided
to make a spectacular performance. He climbed to the top of his cage,
crawled across a partition, and dangled from the top to the lion's cage. Of
course, this made the lion furious, but the crowd people loved it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave him a raise
for being such a good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept
taunting the lion, the audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept
going up. Then one terrible day happened. When he was dangling over the
furious lion, he slipped and fell into the lion cage. The clown was really in
big terrible situation. He was terrified.
Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce. The clown
was so scared. He could do nothing and he began to run round and round the
cage with the lion close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him.
The clown started screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion
was quick and pounces. The clown soon found himself flat on his back looking
up at the angry lion and suddenly he heard a voice from the lion’s
mouth;"Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?".
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