Noun Phrases

Noun is the word to point / signed at the thing. For example, the marble, the ball, my brother, lone lines, etc. and phrases is a group of words. So, noun phrase is a group of word that to point / signed at the thing.

Noun phrases consist of a pronoun or noun with any associated modifiers. Noun phrases can act as a subject, object, complement, subject complement, object complement, object of preposition, and object of verb.

The function of noun phrases:

• Subject

Ex : The children play on the forest.

• Object

Ex : My mother buys a basket of vegetables.

• Complement

Ex : Calgary is a rainy location.

How can we develop nouns into noun phrases???

• By adding a determiner: a, an, the, some, your, his, many, more, five, etc.

e.g: # an envelope

# five coconuts

• By adding adjectives: good, bad, long, short, beautiful, etc.

e.g.: # a good university

# beautiful palaces

# long bamboos

• By adding a present participle: opening, walking, running, sleeping, etc.

e.g.: # an opening ceremony

# a running brook

# the tree standing in the garden

# The girl sitting between John and me.

• By adding a past participle: written,spoken,crooked,made,etc.

e.g.: # a written text

# a spoken test

# the letter typed by the secretary

# the door opened by the maid

• By adding a noun: bus, TV, arm, potato, etc.

e.g.: # a bus station

# a TV screen

# an arm chair

• By adding a preposition: in, on, at, of, in front of, etc.

e.g.: # the house at the foot of the hill

# the color of the ocean

# the bank opposite the cinema

• By adding an infinitive: to read, to cover, to send, etc.

e.g.: # a few books to read

# a stamp to send a letter

# a blanket to cover your body

• By adding a WH clause:who,which,whose,etc.

e.g.: # the man whose daughter married to the King

# the lady who had a big house on the hill

# the river which ran across the land

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