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Adjective

Phrases

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Adjective phrase

Structure

Changing Adj clause -> Adj phrase

Form

Introduction

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INTRODUCTION:1. Adjective phrases are defined as phrases

in which an adjective functions

as the head of the phrase.

Example:

1. The pizza is very spicybut quite small.

2. People angrywith the high prices is Tim.

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STRUCTURE

Pre-modification HEAD Adj. Complement

Modifying, describing or

qualifying constituents

which precede

the head

An Adj or participle

serving as thefocus of the

Phrase

Completes the

meaning implied bythe head

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FUNCTION

Ex: The man covered with sweat, trudged his way home.

Ex:The pizza is very spicybut quite small.

1. They may be attributive(appearing inside a noun phrase)

2.They are predicative(appearing after a linking verb)

http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/attribadjterm.htmhttp://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/predadjterm.htmhttp://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/predadjterm.htmhttp://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/attribadjterm.htm

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FORMADJECTIVE PHRASE

An adjective phrase whose headword is an adjective,

Prepositional Phrase with Adjective Function

Participial Phrase with Adjective Function

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(linguistics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(linguistics)

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Example:

1. The nearby motel offers cheapbut comfortable rooms.

2. These are unbelievably expensiveshoes.

3. Sarah was fairly boredwith you.

Example:1. I went for a walk in the dark woods.

2. The baby crawled under the table.

FORMADJECTIVE PHRASEAn adjective phrase whose headword is an adjective

Prepositional Phrase with Adjective Function stars with Preposition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(linguistics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjectivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(linguistics)

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Begins with a participle and includes the object of the participial

or other words that are connected to the noun by the participle

*Present participial _ing form

The little girl, crying loudly, stepped in front of the crowd

*Past participial_edformNo one bothered to listen to the man dressed in shabby clothes

FORMADJECTIVE PHRASE

Participial Phrases with Adjective Function

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REDUCING

AN ADJ.CLAUSE TO AN ADJ. PHRASE

Clause: Ms Harrison who isthe vice president of the company was promoted.

Phrase: Ms Harrison vice presidentof the company was promoted.

Clause: The car that wasstolen from Tom was Toyota

Phrase: The car stolenfrom Tom was Toyota

Clause:The woman who teaches Psychology was educated at Yale

Phrase: The woman teaching Psychology was educated at Yale

1.Verb TO BE: Eliminate the subject and the be-verb

2. If there is no Beverb, eliminate the subjectand change the verb to Ing

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Exercise 1: Reduce the adjective clauses

into adjective phrases1. I know the student who is sitting in the front row of the theater.

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2. The girl who was chosen to be the captain has played for three years.

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__________________3. John Brown, who is 23, works at Chase Bank.

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4. Pauline Johnson, who is the manager of the restaurant, lives in Ottawa.

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__________________5. I went to a hotel that was located on 7th and Broadway.

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Exercise 2: Combine the two sentences into one,using the second as the adjective phrase.Remember to place the adjective phrase

immediately after the noun it describes.1. Simon Bolivar was born in Venezuela. Venezuela is located in South America.

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2. Germany is now a unified country. It was divided into East and West in 1945.

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3. Sudan has a population of 121,000,000. It is the largest country in Africa.

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4. Thailand has never been ruled by a foreign power. It is situated in SoutheastAsia.

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__________________5. There are six principal dialects of Spanish. Spanish is the official language oftwelve South American countries.

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Exercise 3: Complete the sentences withadjective phrases1. I met a person ___________________ .

2. That is the woman ______________________________ .

3. My sister has an apartment_____________________________________ .

4. Gianna has a dog ________________________________________ .

5. John, _____________________________________ , is standingover there.

6. I would like to introduce you to __________________ ,____________________ .

7. The person who sits next to me in class is _____________________ ,__________________________ .

8. Bob likes to eat at a restaurant _________________________ .

9. The person who sits in front of me in class is ____________________, ____________________ .

10. I borrowed a pen from ________________ ,_____________________ .

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Exercise 4: Place a comma in the

following sentences, if necessary.

1. The elk standing by the cabin was six feet tall.

2. Dogs the most loyal of all animals usually love to take walks with their owners.

3. Rice the staple food in Korean cooking is rarely eaten in France.

4. The rice made by your sister yesterday tasted like glue.

5. Prof. Balango a lazy man doesn't prepare for class.

6. I have fond memories of my hometown located near a nuclear waste dump.

7. We took a trip to Vancouver the hockey capital of western Canada.

8. San Diego located in southern California has perfect weather.9. Joanna's husband a dirty scoundrel left her for good, which caused her to

celebrate for four days.

10. I fell in love with the woman wearing the army uniform.