Identify the phrase in this sentence.

The cheetah watches its prey, a gazelle.

A.

a gazelle

B.

The cheetah watches its prey

C.

watches its prey, a gazelle

D.

The cheetah watches

The phrase in the given sentence is option A. A gazelle.

What is a phrase? A phrase consists of words, but cannot stand alone because it does not give a complete idea, unlike a clause. Phrases do not possess a subject and a verb. For example: In the garden, my notebook, her sisters.