Department of Education Region IX,

Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboanga del Sur
Tambulig National High School
LOWER TIPARAK ANNEX
 EN7G-II-a-1:
Use phrases, clauses, and
sentences appropriately
and meaningfully

-know and understand the

difference of noun phrase
from verb phrase
-distinguish noun phrase from
verb phrase
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  PHRASE
 - a group of related words
without both the subject and
verb.

-consist of noun and other related words

(usually modifiers and determiners) which
modify the noun. It functions like a noun in
the sentence.

The phrase a weak heart is

considered a noun phrase, heart is
the noun and weak is a modifier
-a combination of main verb and its auxiliary
(helping) verb.
Some examples of helping verb are:
am, is, are, be, has, have, do, does
,might, must, can, shall and will

The phrase did

not scare is a
verb phrase,
scare is the main
verb and did is
the helping verb
Directions: Underline the phrases in the sentences and write
VP or NP on the space provided for each number.

1. Father had told me that hunters always spat for

luck.
2. Eddie had passed that phase.
3. I saw three pigeons fall to the ground.
4. I offered him my bloody palm.
5. My sister was the meanest creature.
6. Biryuk’s eye had been pierced.
7. The flimsy wall collapsed.
8. Delia was embroidering a strip of white cloth
9. I was engulfed with sudden feeling of pity and
guilt.
10. It was a big centipede.
Read the paragraph below and identify whether the
underlined phrase is a verb phrase or a noun phrase.

Dogs can teach us many lessons of life. It

can teach us through its acts of love and
faithfulness, endangering itself just to
accompany you. We can also learn from its
eating habits. It will never over-indulge and
knows which food to avoid. Dogs are able to
adopt to its surroundings quickly without
complaining as compared to man who
complains at the slightest change. Dogs
are also unselfish, choosing to be burden to
his love ones but to go away and die. Dogs
also know when to work and when to play .
They do not waste their efforts
unnecessarily like some of us do at work.
Thus, dogs can set us great examples
through their day-to-day living.
I: Underline the phrases in the sentences and write
VP or NP on the space provided for each number.

1. Our principal would probably leave for Manila

on Tuesday.
2. The hardworking teachers receive praises.
3. She baked tasty chocolate cookies for fund
raising.
4. My mother is a true hero.
5. Rose could have worked on that project today.

II: Read the paragraph below and identify whether the

underlined phrase is a verb phrase or a noun phrase.

Teaching is the noblest profession. A

teacher himself leading a simple pure
and disciplined life can mold the
character of the young children and
make them neat and good mannered
citizens. Besides, he remain very young
forgetting his own domestic worries in
the constant company of the young.
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pp. 169, 170, 171,189
1. Had told-VP
2. Had passed-VP
3. Three pigeons, To the
ground- NP
4. Bloody palm- NP
5. Meanest creature- NP
6. Had been pierced-VP
7. Flimsy wall- NP
8. A strip of white cloth-
NP  Can teach- VP
9. Big centipede-NP
 Can learn-VP
10. Sudden feeling of pity
and guilt- NP  Slightest change-NP
 Do not waste-VP
 Can set-VP
 Good examples- NP
1. Would probably
leave- VP
2. The hardworking
teachers- NP
3. Tasty chocolate
cookies- NP
4. A true hero- NP
5. Could have  The noblest profession-
worked-VP NP
 A simple, pure and
disciplined life- NP
 Can mold-VP
 Neat and good
mannered citizen- NP
 The constant company-
NP