Phase Analysis in terms of MHM
Modifiers in Phrases
The term modifier is a function label that is used for words or phrases that modify the Head of a phrase. A modifier gives more information about the Head. it makes its meaning more specific.
All phrase types can contain modifiers. Here are some examples:
1. Noun phrase modifiers:
- big issues
- small painting
- very nice passages
2. Verb phrase modifiers
- have always been
- can actually cheat
- probably manage
Note Modifiers inside verb phrases are called Adverbials, though these can also modify clauses.
3. Adjective phrase modifiers
- quite sweet
- not too large
- just so predictable
4. Prepositional phrase modifiers
- really in favour
- right up my street
- straight down the drain
5. Adverb phrase modifiers
- very quickly
- more consistently
- never really
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No of Questions-20
Share your Results:Q.1 lions eat meat daily.
Q. 2 Mahesh needs and intelligent assistant
Q.3 he dislikes having to punish his servant
Q.4 he speaks like a born orator
Q.5 the crowd in the Bazaar was very noisy
Q.6 then why did she looked Beneath her
Q.7 almost all the first hundred foreign tourists
Q.8 an ancient Grey Gothic church Tower
Q.9 this heavy new moral responsibility
Q.10 this must be the house
प्रश्न=11-a phrase has.......factors. ?
प्रश्न=12- the word which is qualified is known as-
प्रश्न=13- how many types are phrase ?
प्रश्न=14- Reeta's two beautiful sisters..Here head word. ?
प्रश्न=15- a complex noun phrase contains. ?
Q16 what is the structure of a noun phrase
Q.17 pre modifier of an NP is/are:
Q. 18 the function of an verb phrase as a element is
Q19 the function of an prepositional phrase as a element is
Q.20 the function of an adverbial phrase as a element is
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