Noun phrase
A noun phrase is either a single noun or pronoun or any group of words containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.
For example, ‘they’, ‘books’, and ‘the books’ are noun phrases, but ‘book’ is just a noun, as you can see in these sentences (in which the noun phrases are all in bold)
Example 1:
Shaggy: Do you like APPLES?
Bean : Yes, I like THEM .
Shaggy: Do you like APPLES over there?
Bean : Yes, they are nice.
Shaggy: Do you like the APPLE I brought yesterday?
Bean : Yes, I like it. (Note: ‘It’ refers to ‘the APPLE’, not ‘APPLE’)
Example 2:
Asrie was late.
(‘Asrie’ is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb.)
Some noun phrases are short: The students
Some are long : The very tall education consultant
Structures of noun phrases:
▪ A beautiful old painting on the wall
The structure of this noun phrase contains three sections:
Pre-modifier | Head noun | Post-modifier |
A beautiful old | painting | on the wall |
A beautiful old | painting | - |
- | painting | on the wall |
This is the table of the adjectives that are combined with the nouns:
Determiner | Opinion adjectives | Descriptive adjectives | Nouns | ||||||
General | specific | size | shape | age | colour | nationality | material | ||
A | Lovely | comfortable | big | - | - | - | - | Wooden | chair |
The | Cheap | - | - | - | new | black | German | - | car |
| | | Large | round | - | - | - | metal | table |
When you use a noun in front of another noun, you never put adjectives between them. You put adjectives in front of the first noun.
Example: We just spoke with a young American boy.
Noun phrase can be in form of gerund (Vbase+ing) or gerund and other nouns compounding.
Example: passing the exam watching TV
preparing the equipment sliding down a rope
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