Understanding Adverb Phrases and Verb Phrases in English Sentences - Prof. Vivancos Machim, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Understanding Adverb Phrases and Verb Phrases in English Sentences - Prof. Vivancos Machim y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! THE ADVERB PHRASE (modifier) + head + (postmodifier) (complement) H M + H (H + M) H + C M + H + C Head – Adv Circumstance Adverbs: yesterday, now, quickly, here, always Degree/Intensifying Adverbs: very, rather, extremely, very, quite Sentence Adverbs: fortunately, surely, however, secondly Modifier -AdvP NP Enough (postmodifier) Complement – PrepP NP Finite Clauses Non-finite Clauses AdvPs as phrase elements Modifier in AdjP Modifier in AdvP Pre-modifier in NP Post-modifier in NP Modifier of determiner Modifier in PP Complement in PrepP Post-Modifier in AdjP Post-Modifier in AdvP THE VERB PHRASE –VP Lexical Verbs & Auxiliary Verbs V - Lexical verb A - Auxiliary Plays 6. The Rabbit noticed Alice very soon 7. We had a wonderfully relaxing holiday in France 8. Come here! 9. I’m quite tired of being so tiny. 10. She arrived yesterday 11. It’s not long enough 12. Quite frankly, I’m worried 13. It’s an almost impossible task 14. Her wife died recently 15. Peter talks very fast 16. Unusually high levels of pollution 17. They had once been close friends 18. I’ m almost ready B. Identify the phrases in the following clauses: 1. The fat brown dog chased a girl [NP The fat brown dog] [VP chased] [NP a girl] 2. The red hen ate her corn 3. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog 4. Sue’s dog seems remarkably happy 5. Those unhappy students might have failed their final exams 6. This hateful child has given my best coat to Oxfam 7. The electricity board sent her a nasty letter 8. This is a tree diagram 9. My younger sister might become a taxi driver 10. I bought a new computer game