Tuesday, 12 April 2016

ADJECTIVAL PHRASES USED AFTER A NOUN OR PRONOUN(POST MODIFICATION)

1 a prepositional phrase

  • the girl in the ticket office
  • anybody with any sense
  • people of real integrity
  • an operation on the kidneys
  • changes to the timetable
2 an adverb of place or time emphasized or focused by another adverb:

  • my folks back home
  • the rubbish in there
  • the weather down here
  • the situation  right now
  • my mood just then

3 an adjective + prepositional phrase (consisting of a a customary preposition+object):

  • the person responsible for the confusion
  • people allergic to wheat flour
  • something wrong with my computer
  • teenagers dependent on drugs
4   a participle phrase:

  •     an operation lasting five hours
  •  an operation performed with enormous skill
  • the people waiting for the bus
  • tests set by education inspectors
  • chairs made of moulded plastics
5    a noun phrase:

  • my operation last year
  • her behavior the following day 
  • the meeting next week
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES AS COMPLEMENTS:

  • subject complement after a linking verb :
  • The operation was very successful .
  • you are perfectly right .
  • My voice sounded strangely loud .
  • Is the timetable absolutely up-to-date ?
  • Such behavior is typical of teenagers .
  • She became disillusioned with teaching .
  • Are you still angry with me?
  • These questions are not relevant to the main enquiry.
  • The strangers were dark-skined and long-haired.
  • object complement after the object of a complex transitive verb:
  • You've made your mother very proud.
  • Consider yourself extremely fortunate.
  • The approaching storm had turned the sky quite black.
  • We'll paint the walls pale green.
  • You've lost yout key?I call that very careless.
  • The shock left him incapable of speech.
  • My doctor has declared me fit for work.
  • I found the content of the programme very up-to-the minute. 

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