Example Sentences
1. The sun was shining brightly in the clear blue sky.
2. The teacher asked the students to write a short essay.
Parts of Speech Examples
1. In the first sentence:
The is an article (a type of determiner)
- sun is a noun
- was shining is a verb phrase (in the past continuous tense)
- brightly is an adverb
- in is a preposition
- clear blue sky is a noun phrase (with clear and blue as adjectives)
2. In the second sentence:
The is an article (a type of determiner)
- teacher is a noun
- asked is a verb
- students l is a noun
- to write is an infinitive verb phrase
- short is an adjective
- essay is a noun