Grammar and Syntax

Assignment #1
Submitted to Mrs Farrukh Shah
Submitted by Mahnoor Asif
Roll Number: LHR-2058
BS English (6th Semester)

Question:
Identify the types of phrases in the given paragraph. (05)

Growing a garden can be fun, good exercise, and will provide fresh fruits and
vegetables for the gardener. It is interesting to watch the seeds pop their heads above
the soil for the first time. It is sometimes hard to believe that a little seed can become
a large vine or plant in just a few weeks. Planting the seeds and pulling weeds are
good exercise for anyone. Then, after watching the plant grow and produce, the
gardener ends up with delicious tomatoes, beans, or other yummy produce from the
garden.
Answer:
Growing a garden can be fun, good exercise, and will provide fresh fruits and
vegetables for the gardener. It is interesting to watch the seeds pop their heads above
the soil for the first time. It is sometimes hard to believe that a little seed can become
a large vine or plant in just a few weeks. Planting the seeds and pulling weeds are
good exercise for anyone. Then, after watching the plant grow and produce, the
gardener ends up with delicious tomatoes, beans, or other yummy produce from the
garden
• Growing a garden Gerund phrase, it can also be considered as a noun phrase.
• fresh fruits and vegetables Noun phrase( fruits and vegetables are noun and the
head words)
• To watch the seeds Infinitive Phrase (because the phrase is starting with to+verb)
• for the gardener. Prepositional Phrase (because of preposition for and ending on
noun)
• for the first time Adverbial phrase( it is giving information about noun)
• A little seed Noun phrase (seed is a head word)
• With delicious tomatoes Adjective phrase (head word is delicious)
• in just a few weeks Adverbial phrase( modifying the verb ,giving more
information about verb related to timing)
• from the garden prepositional phrase ( because of the preposition from and ending
on noun garden.)