Curated OER
Clauses
Look at the basic parts of a sentence with your class. Definitions of the subject, verb, and various clauses are all included. Clear, succinct examples are given in this thorough presentation. A great way to start off grammar with your...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abstract Nouns
The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Absolute Phrase
Understanding how phrases are built and function will be an invaluable tool for students. This tutorial features many examples to help the student in grasping grammar concepts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Accentuating the Appositive
This slideshow lesson focuses on appositives; it defines them, explains how to identify them, and shows how to punctuate them. It also explains that appositives cannot stand alone and can be removed from the sentence without affecting...
University College London
University College London: Identify the Subject
Five "find-the-subject" sentences. Must identify entire noun phrase to be counted correct. Answers are explained. Browser must be Javascipt enabled. Netscape recommended. Site by University College London.
University College London
University College London: More Phrase Types
This University College London section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book defines and provides examples of different types of phrases, including noun phrases and verb phrases. This site is currently free but may not be in...
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Parts of a Sentence
Explore the world of "Parts of a Sentence." Find out about adjectives, nouns, prepositions and more. This site features an overview of each part of speech.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Noun Phrase
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a noun phrase in the context of a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Phrase
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a phrase in the context of a sentence.
Other
Critical Reading: The Noun Phrase
Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the noun phrase discusses pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, pronouns, construction of phrases, and more.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Grammar: Phrases
This site provides a general overview on phrases as an essential element of grammar.
TES Global
Tes: Expanded Noun Phrases Grammar Narrative
[Free Registration/Login Required] This activity gives students the opportunity to add a prepositional phrase to a noun. In this activity, students will use the preposition "with" to begin the elaborative phrase for each provided noun.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Garden of Phrases
This tutorial provides rules, explanations, and examples for noun phrases, prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, absolute phrases, gerund phrases, participial phrases, and infinitive phrases. Also includes an interactive quiz....
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun & Verb Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide provides definitions and examples of noun and verb phrases and how they are used in sentences.
University of Calgary
The Basic Elements of English: Phrase Identification
This section of an online grammar guide provides a definition and examples of phrases, as well as information and an interactive exercise on distinguishing types of phrases and clauses. It offers links to various types of phrases and...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Building Phrases
This discussion on the function of phrases includes a section on verb phrases, noun phrases, noun phrases used as verbals, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Practice Distinguishing Phrases
This section of an online grammar guide provides a review of and an interactive exercise on identifying different types of phrases.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Appositives
We use appositives to redefine or clarify a noun phrase; test your knowledge in this exercise!
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Gerund Phrases
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, but it has great information on the gerund phrase. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing gerund phrases.
University College London
University College London: Introducing Phrases
This entry is part of a chapter of an online grammar of English. It defines phrase and discusses and provides examples of noun phrases.
University College London
University College London: Phrases Within Phrases
This section of a chapter from an online English-grammar book gives examples of and instructions for identifying phrases within other phrases.
Other
Western Grammar: Module 2: Advanced Sentence Structure
Online grammar textbook explaining sentence structure provides definitions of different types of subordinate clauses and exercises related to this topic. There is also information on phrases and other components of sentences.
Other
Sil: Glossary of Linguistic Terms: Predicate Noun
This site briefly defines the predicate noun, provides an example, and lists several sources.
University College London
Internet Grammar of English: Introducing Phrases
This entry from an online English-grammar book discusses phrases, the structure of phrases, types of phrases, and provides an exercise for each section. In the top right corner, click on the page numbers 1-5 to follow through the...