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2. How did Kuttamma’s perception of education help the society? life skill logical thinking

3. Draw the character sketch of Kuttamma. life skill analytical thinking

Her qualities Examples from the text

Which quality appealed to you the most?

Time to study language

You have learnt that a phrase is a group of words that conveys some sense but does not contain a

subject or a verb.
Depending on the construction and its function in a sentence, phrases can be categorised into

four kinds.

• noun phrases • adjective phrases
• adverb phrases • verb phrases

Let us study more about them.

Noun phrase: It consists of a noun, which is called the head, and a few dependent words before
or after the head. For example,

• She reminded me of my large-hearted grandmother.

• The district of South Canara in Karnataka is very different from any other.

Adjective phrase: It is a group of words that modifies nouns or pronouns in a sentence. It
usually contains an adjective, an adverb and/or a preposition. For example,

• He had been caught up in some important work and not been able to attend the function.

• Aithappa could retire to this godforsaken sleepy village.

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