Scribd
Upload
8K views5 pages

Noun Phrases Notes and Worksheet

A noun phrase is a group of words that acts as a noun and includes a head noun and any modifiers. It consists of a noun or pronoun and any dependent words that come before or after to provide more specific information about the head. Noun phrases can be just a single noun or pronoun, or can include determiners, adjectives, nouns as modifiers, and quantifiers preceding the head noun. They can function as subjects, direct objects, objects of prepositions, or indirect objects in sentences.

Uploaded by

TSL10621 Andrea Sia Jia Wei
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
8K views5 pages

Noun Phrases Notes and Worksheet

A noun phrase is a group of words that acts as a noun and includes a head noun and any modifiers. It consists of a noun or pronoun and any dependent words that come before or after to provide more specific information about the head. Noun phrases can be just a single noun or pronoun, or can include determiners, adjectives, nouns as modifiers, and quantifiers preceding the head noun. They can function as subjects, direct objects, objects of prepositions, or indirect objects in sentences.

Uploaded by

TSL10621 Andrea Sia Jia Wei
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 5

Noun phrases

- A group of words which has a subject but no finite verb


and does the work of a noun.

- A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun, which is


called the head ( main noun or pronoun), and any
dependent words (modifiers) before or after the head.

- Dependent words give specific information about the


head.

Noun phrase makes the noun more specific

Car = Noun

Modifier + Noun = Noun phrase

Modifier Noun

The green sporty car

Noun phrase
How to use noun phrases?

1. Determiner + Noun = Noun phrase


= Our friends have bought a house in the village.

2. Adjective + Noun = Noun phrase


= Our closest friends have just bought a new houses in
the village.

3. Quantifier + Determiner + Noun = Noun phrase


= All those children waiting for food.

4. Can be just a noun or a pronoun


= People like to have money.
= I am tired.

Noun phrases : order

Determiner > Adjectives > Nouns as modifiers > Head


A heavy iron gate.
Functions of noun phrases

1.A noun phrase acting as a subject


= The yellow house is for sale.

2.A noun phrase can be a direct object


= I want a skate board.

3.A noun phrase can be the object of a preposition


= Andrew rode on a skate board.

4.A noun phrase can be an indirect object


= Alex gave the little boy a candy.
WORKSHEET FOR NOUN PHRASE

Section A
Underline the noun phrases and identify the types of structure for the noun phrases in the
following sentences.

1. He wished to talk to the girl he met yesterday.

2. The wicked man loves getting poor people into trouble.

3. I will never do such a thing.

4. Have you ever tried to sneak out of your house?

5. She denied stealing the money.

6. He hates having to punish his students.

7. Students prefer reading online books.

8. I was sick for the whole week.

9. My football coach was really strict.

10 In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard a loud scream.


.

11 He refused to look directly at me.


.

Section B
Write a noun phrase with each noun given below. Then, write a sentence with that noun
phrase on the lines provided.

1. Bee
Noun phrase =
Sentence =
2. House
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

3. Box
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

4. Woman
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

5. Airplane
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

6. Pen
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

7. Phone
Noun phrase =
Sentence =

You might also like