Is one that restates a preceding term, or expands or explains it, in a parenthetical statement.

Consists of a person, place, or thing and any modifiers

Is a modifying parenthetical or subordinate phrase of a root sentence that includes a subject but does not have an acting verb so cannot stand on its own as sentence.

Consists of verbals ending in -ing or -ed, or another irregular form of a verb, and serves as an adjective

Is one that restates a preceding term, or expands or explains it, in a parenthetical statement.

Is a phrase that modifies a phrase

Is a phrase consisting of a verb root plus ing (a present participle) and any modifiers or objects associated with it.

It's just a phrase that modifies a verb

Consists of verbals ending in -ing or -ed, or another irregular form of a verb, and serves as an adjective

Is a verb that modifies a phrase.

Includes the word to and a verb as the basis of a modification of a root sentence.

Consists of a person, place, or thing and any modifiers.

Is a noun that modifies a phrase.

Consists of a preposition and a noun or pronoun that serves as the preposition’s object, and often one or more adjectives.

Consists of a person, place, or thing and any modifiers.