A gerund phrase always begins with a gerund. A gerund is a word that ends with –ing. A gerund phrase will always contain modifiers. The gerund phrase works in a sentence as a noun, but they are [...]

What are verb phrases? Here is the meaning according to a Google: “the part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.”  Okay, so what does [...]

Prepositional phrases describe the relationship between and object and the preposition used with it.  Words such as inside, on top, around, all, any, more are examples of prepositions and can be [...]

It is very important to understand the difference between phrases and clauses. In our next few blogs we will go into more detail about the different forms of phrases and clauses. A phrase is a [...]

As you become more familiar with speaking, reading and writing English, you discover that the most common phrases in use are so deeply embedded in  the language that few people stop to think [...]

As the world prays and anticipates the end of a great icon, Nelson Mandela, we at TALK remember him by some of his great quotes. Some of Mandela’s most Famous Quotes Nothing in this world [...]