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• Tenali Ram was a man of great wisdom.
• The girl in the blue skirt is my sister.

3. Adverb Phrase: An adverb phrase is a group of words that does the work of an
adverb in a sentence. For example,
• I waited for her all day long.

• You will learn in due course of time.
• You must come as soon as possible.

4. Prepositional Phrase: A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and a noun
phrase and generally functions as an adverb or an adjective in a sentence. For
example,
• She is in the room.

• They left in the morning.
• The books are on the table.

5. Verb Phrase: A verb phrase is made up of an auxiliary and/or the main verb.
For example,
• She is writing a letter.

• They have been waiting for a long time.

A. Underline the phrase in each sentence.

1. Yuvraj hit the ball out of the stadium.

2. A little girl was crying near the gate.
3. His cat and his dog are good friends.

4. The tourists got off the bus one by one.
5. The players ran on to the field after the match.

Let’s Play

Get into pairs. Make a few flashcards with prepositional phrases. For example,

across the river along the beach near the ocean

behind the curtain beside her with a pen

in a city through a tunnel for a visit

Then, use the phrases to form sentences. For example,
• The boat took us across the river.

• The train went through a tunnel.
Be as imaginative as you can!!!

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