What is a phrase?

A phrase is a group of words that are related and focus on an idea; however, this group of words does not have a subject, a verb, or both. See the examples below: - Without financial support. - Running toward the sea.

ADJECTIVE PHRASE

Adjective phrases act just like adjectives. They modify, describe, or give more information about a noun or pronoun. Some examples are: without a penny, of great importance, devoid of life, covered with dirt, running in the park, and man of the hour.

Example
The mayor was a wealthy man. The mayor was a man of great wealth. In sentence 1, the adjective wealthy says what sort of man the mayor was. In sentence 2, the group of words of great wealth also says the same thing. It qualifies the noun man as an adjective does. It therefore does the work of an adjective and is called an adjective phrase.

An adjective phrase is a group of words that does the work of an adjective. The magistrate was a kind man. (Here the adjective kind modifies the noun man.) The magistrate was a man with a kind heart. (Here the adjective phrase with a kind heart modifies the noun man.)

They lived in a stone house. They lived in a house built of stone. The workers belonged to a hill tribe. The workers belonged to a tribe dwelling in the hills.

Study the following adjectives and the adjective phrases that are equivalent to them. A golden necklace a necklace made of gold A white coat a coat of white color A jungle track a track through the jungle A deserted city a city with no inhabitants The French flag the flag of France A wooden hut a hut built of wood A blank page a page with no writing on it

Reference
http://www.englishgrammar.org/324/ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adjective_phrase http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergra mmar/phrfunc.html