verbal - parts of speech Flashcards
(27 cards)
the fool on the hill
on the hill - adjectival phrase
somewhere over the rainbow
over the rainbow - adjectival phrase
turn of the screw
don’t know
interpretation of dreams
of dreams - adjectival phrase
a man riding a white stallion
riding a white stallion - adjectival phrase
unhappy in its own way
in its own way - adverbial phrase
as wide as the sky
as the sky - adverbial phrase
all quiet on the Eastern Front
on the Eastern Front - adverbial phrase
blowing in the wind
in the wind - adverbial phrase
In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea.
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where I was born
The moment I wake up before I put on my make up I say a little prayer for you.
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before I put on my make up
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s Amore.
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When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
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that were his eyes
Do not ask for whom the bell tolls.
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for whom the bell tolls
They also serve who only stand and wait.
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who only stand and wait
The stone which the builders had rejected has become the cornerstone.
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which the builders had rejected
Punctuated equilibrium is a biological theory that regards evolution not as a gradual process by which one species slowly and continuously transforms into another, but as a process in which species remain stable for long periods and change dramatically in isolated short bursts.
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- that regards evolution not as a gradual process by which one species slowly and continuously transforms into another, but as a process in which species remain stable for long periods and change dramatically in isolated short bursts.
- by which one species slowly and continuously transforms into another
- in which species remain stable for long periods and change dramatically in isolated short bursts
Whoever wins the election will not change the current trends in the market.
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Whoever wins the election
Why we fail to wake up every day at the same time even when we try so hard has been arcane for centuries.
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Why we fail to wake up every day at the same time even when we try so hard
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy
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in heaven and earth - describing “things”, hence adjectival
in your philosophy - describing “dreamt of” which itself is acting as an adjective, hence adverbial - “dreamt of” where? in your philosophy, hence adverbial.
Death, the undiscovered country from whose border no traveler returns, puzzles humanity.
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Appositive phrase - noun1, noun2
the undiscovered country from whose border no traveler returns ( modifying clause )
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Whoever wins the election will not change the current trends in the market.
I do not know where this nation is going.
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where this nation is going - substantive clause - acting as a direct object
She doesn’t care about what the doctor says.
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what the doctor says - substantive clause - acting as an object of a preposition
