Adjective Phrases

Introduction

Structure

Adjective phrase

Form

Changing Adj clause -> Adj phrase

INTRODUCTION:
1. Adjective phrases are defined as phrases in which an adjective functions as the head of the phrase.

Example:
1. 2. The pizza is very spicy but quite small . People angry with the high prices is Tim.

STRUCTURE
Pre-modification + HEAD + Adj. Complement
Modifying, describing or qualifying constituents which precede the head
An Adj or participle serving as the focus of the Phrase Completes the meaning implied by the head

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

Ex: The man covered with sweat, trudged his way home.
2.They are predicative (appearing after a linking verb)

Ex: The pizza is very spicy but quite small.

FORM ADJECTIVE PHRASE

An adjective phrase whose head word is an adjective,

Prepositional Phrase with Adjective Function

Participial Phrase with Adjective Function

FORM ADJECTIVE PHRASE

An adjective phrase whose head word is an adjective
Example: 1. The nearby motel offers cheap but comfortable rooms. 2. These are unbelievably expensive shoes. 3. Sarah was fairly bored with you. Prepositional Phrase with Adjective Function stars with Preposition

Example: 1. I went for a walk in the dark woods. 2. The baby crawled under the table.

FORM ADJECTIVE PHRASE

Participial Phrases with Adjective Function
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 _ed form

No one bothered to listen to the man dressed in shabby clothes

REDUCING AN ADJ.CLAUSE TO AN ADJ. PHRASE

1.Verb TO BE: Eliminate the subject and the be-verb Clause: Ms Harrison who is the vice president of the company was promoted. Phrase: Ms Harrison vice president of the company was promoted. Clause: The car that was stolen from Tom was Toyota Phrase: The car stolen from Tom was Toyota 2. If there is no Be verb, eliminate the subject and change the verb to Ing

Clause: The woman who teaches Psychology was educated at Yale Phrase: The woman teaching Psychology was educated at Yale

Exercise 1: Reduce the adjective clauses into adjective phrases

1. I know the student who is sitting in the front row of the theater. _______________________________________________________________ _________________ 2. The girl who was chosen to be the captain has played for three years. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 3. John Brown, who is 23, works at Chase Bank. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 4. Pauline Johnson, who is the manager of the restaurant, lives in Ottawa. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 5. I went to a hotel that was located on 7th and Broadway. _______________________________________________________________ __________________

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. _______________________________________________________________ 2. Germany is now a unified country. It was divided into East and West in 1945. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 3. Sudan has a population of 121,000,000. It is the largest country in Africa. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 4. Thailand has never been ruled by a foreign power. It is situated in Southeast Asia. _______________________________________________________________ __________________ 5. There are six principal dialects of Spanish. Spanish is the official language of twelve South American countries. _______________________________________________________________ __________________

1. I met a person ___________________ . 2. That is the woman ______________________________ . 3. My sister has an apartment _____________________________________ . 4. Gianna has a dog ________________________________________ . 5. John, _____________________________________ , is standing over 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 ________________ , _____________________ .

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with adjective phrases

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.