Question

What is the phrase in these sentence? 1. Promoted by his boss, Kunle rejoiced. 2. Driven by greed, he duped his uncle. 3. It is not an easy thing to eat once a day. 4. The privileged talk carelessly. 5. I am leaving because of your presence.

Answer 1

Answer:

3. It is not an easy thing to eat once a day.

Explanation:

The third sentence is the phrase in the sentence because it does not contain both a subject and a verb simultaneously. There is a verb there notably which is, eat, but there is no accompanying subject. A phrase is a group of words that do not contain a subject and a verb.

There are various types of phrases and these include; the verb phrase, adjectival phrase, noun phrase, adverbial phrase, etc. The third sentence is simply an observation or statement without reference to a subject.