By form the underlined part in ‘on the river bank sat little Robert, covered with mud’ is a

False

True

A phrase is a group of words which functions as a grammatical unit

A phrase is a group of words consisting of a head word and all its modifiers or complement.

A phrase has its own function in a sentence.

A phrase contains a finite verb

A phrase contains a non-finite verb

A phrase is named by its function

True

An adverb phrase is a phrase completing a verb

An adverb phrase is a phrase in function modifier

An adverb phrase is a phrase modifying a noun

noun phrase

past participle phrase

verb phrase

An adjective phrase is a phrase completing a noun

An adjective phrase is a phrase in function of modifier

An adjective phrase is a phrase following a noun

in a preposition phrase, the noun is the most important word

in a preposition phrase, the preposition is always the first word

in a preposition phrase, the preposition is a nominal modifier

An infinitive phrase can perform different functions in a sentence.

An infinitive phrase usually begins with an infinitive verb

The head word in an infinitive phrase is an infinitive verb

A gerund phrase is used as a noun phrase

A gerund phrase can perform the functions of a noun

In a present participle phrase, the head word is a present participle verb

A present participle phrase is used as an adjective

A present participle phrase is used as an adverb.

A past participle phrase is used as an adjective

A past participle phrase consists of a past participle and all the words clustering around it

A past participle phrase can perform the functions of an adverb

In an absolute phrase, the participle has its own subject

An absolute phrase is used as an adverb phrase

In a sentence, the absolute phrase is usually in function sentence modifier

present participle phrase

gerund phrase

noun phrase