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.

This section of an online grammar guide provides definitions, examples, and an interactive exercise on identifying appositive and absolute phrases. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses

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...

This lesson focuses on various types of phrases including: Prepositional, Appositive, Participial, Gerund, and Infinitive. It defines each and provides examples; these are followed by a self-assessment identifying the different types of...

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.