Bread and cheese are the minimum ingredients for making a cheese sandwich.
Correct answer: A. Noun Phrase.
- A. Noun Phrase.
- B. absolute phrase
- C. gerund phrase
- D. prepositional phrase
Explanation
The phrase "bread and cheese" is a noun phrase, which is a phrase that functions as a single noun unit.- In this case, the noun phrase "bread and cheese" functions as the subject of the sentence, indicating the minimum ingredients required.
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