Grammar: The Phrase

What is a phrase?

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audio button Complete Sentence

A complete sentence says both "what happens"--the verb--and "who does it"--the subject. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

A phrase is not a sentence. It is a group of words that make sense together, but it does not say "who does it" and "what happens." Phrases may contain a noun or a verb. But phrases do not have nouns and verbs together.

Sentence

I went to the store.

Phrase

to the store

Neither a sentence or a phrase

the store

audio button Can you spot two phrases in the sentence below? Write the phrases in the text box. Then, click the Next button to check your answer.

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	on each other from behind chairs

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The grown cats pounced on each other from behind chairs.