LM-0353

English Grammar 2
Introducing
PHRASES AND CLAUSES
Outside a bistro in France, Henri Cariter-Bresson (1969)
Sample: Outside a bistro in Paris last spring,
when there were no people watching, a man
smoking a cigareBe tenderly and lovingly
kissed the woman siEng opposite him, while
his dog watched approvingly.
Packing a sentence with informaIon

Packing a sentence with informaIon

Front structures
Adverbial phrase: Yesterday morning

Prepositional phrase: On a busy

street,

Adjectival phrase: Happy to be on

vacation,
Present participial phrase: Sitting
outside the restaurant,

Past participial phrase: Watched only

by the dog,

Infinitive phrase: To show his love,

Adverbial dependent clause:

Because he felt romantic,

Write an independent clause about the picture.
Modify the subject by adding extra informaIon.
PRE
Adjectives
Nouns
POST
Prepositional phrases
Present participial phrases
Past participial phrases
Adjectival dependent clauses
 Insert informaIon aKer the subject of each
sentence

1. Students have a hard life.

2. Professors don’t like to give grades.
3. My favorite professor teaches…
4. Professor Smith teaches Gothic Literature.
5. My friend decided to drop her course.
6. The course isn’t a very popular one.
Adverbial phrase: yesterday morning.

Prepositional phrase: in front of the

restaurant.

Adjectival phrase: ,enthusiastic about

her beauty.
Present participial phrase:
…., hoping she would respond.

Infinitive phrase: … to show that he

loved her.

Dependent clause (Adv):