The term 'of mysteries' is a prepositional phrase. The preposition 'of' connects the noun 'mysteries' to another word in the sentence.
For example:
The author wrote a series of mysteries.
A lot of mysteries go unsolved.
I'm sick of mysteries, I want some facts.
Infinitive Phrase
"The ducks" is a noun phrase. "waddled by" is a verb phrase. "the creek" is a noun phrase.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." It's where the phrase or sentence has a lot of words with the same kind of sound in it.
prepositional phrase.
Adverb phrase
The phrase 'of mysteries' is a prepositionalphrase. The plural noun 'mysteries' is the object of the preposition 'of'.
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The phrase 'of mysteries' is a prepositionalphrase. The plural noun 'mysteries' is the object of the preposition 'of'.
Infinitive Phrase
The bolded words, "that deal with current events in an exciting way," are an adjective clause. This type of clause provides more information about the subject (books) by describing the specific kind of books being discussed.
"are" is a verb to be in the present tense, used to indicate the plural form of a subject or for the second person singular.
The phrase, "inside the skeleton" is a type of adverbial phrase. In other words, it is a type of prepositional phrase.
"The ducks" is a noun phrase. "waddled by" is a verb phrase. "the creek" is a noun phrase.
Object complement.
Object complement.
"Red" on its own is not a phrase. A phrase is more like a sentence, or a group of words. The word 'red' is a noun and an adjective; the name of a colour, and the colour of an object.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." It's where the phrase or sentence has a lot of words with the same kind of sound in it.