The phrase that completes the sentence "The clumsy bear lumbered" could be "through the dense forest." This phrase adds detail to the bear's movement, indicating that it was moving slowly and heavily through a thickly wooded area. It paints a vivid picture of the bear's cumbersome progress through its environment.
The phrase "hunting jaguar in the Amazon" is a fragment rather than a complete sentence. It lacks a subject-verb structure that would make it a complete thought. To turn it into a full sentence, you could say, "The jaguar is hunting in the Amazon."
The verb phrase in the sentence is "is protecting."
The prepositional phrase is from the zoo.
The phrase in the sentence "the sick whale died in silent agony on the beach" is "the sick whale." This phrase serves as the subject of the sentence, indicating what the sentence is about. It conveys both the condition of the whale and its location when it died.
The verb phrase in the sentence "The female grizzly is protecting her cubs" is "is protecting." This phrase includes the auxiliary verb "is" and the main verb "protecting," indicating the ongoing action of the female grizzly safeguarding her young.
A sentence phrase is a group of words that together express a complete thought, but it is not a complete sentence on its own because it lacks either a subject or a verb. Sentence phrases are often used in combination to form complete sentences.
No, but it can have the meaning of an entire sentence.
A gerund phrase is not considered a sentence. See below: waiting for the bus (a gerund phrase, not a complete sentence) While waiting for the bus, I like to listen to music. (complete sentence)
"They can" is a complete sentence, not a phrase.
An absolute phrase is a phrase that when you add the words Was or Were you can get a complete thought out sentence.
"Could have forgotten" is the complete verb phrase in the sentence, "Could you have forgotten your sunglasses in the car."
Lisa wants to go quickly.
A sentence gives a complete thought, with a subject and verb. A phrase is a sequence of words intended to have meaning.
Sure! A partial phrase is a group of words that does not form a complete sentence on its own. For example, "in the morning" is a partial phrase because it lacks a subject and verb to make it a complete sentence.
No, a preposition is not a complete sentence. It is a part of speech that typically comes before a noun or pronoun to show its relationship to another word in the sentence. A complete sentence must have a subject and a verb.
No, because it does not have a subject and verb. For example, "under the mat" is a prepositional phrase, but it is not a sentence. An example of a sentence that contains a prepositional phrase is "The key is under the mat."
Please phrase this in the form of a complete sentence.