NOUN PHRASE
Noun Phrase makes the noun more specific.
Example :
- Woman –> à non specific
The mysterious woman in black –> à more specific - Car –> à non specific
he green sporty car à more specific
modifier + noun à noun phrase
Definition of Noun Phrase
A Noun Phrase consists of a noun or pronoun, which is called the head (main noun or pronoun), and any dependent words (modifier) before or after the head.
Dependent words give specific information aboy the head.
Kinds of Noun Phrase
- Determiner + noun
Examples :
Our friends have bought a house in the village
Those houses are very expensive - Adjective + Noun
Example:
Our closest friends have just bought a new house in the village - Quantifier + determiner + noun
Example:
All those children are waiting for food - Can be just a noun or pronoun
Example:
People like to have money - Noun Phrases ; Order
Determiner à adjective à nouns as modifiers Head
Examples :
A heavy iron gate
you dark blue woolen jacket
My two favourite superhero films - Noun + Modifier :
modifiers can come before or after the noun
- Noun Phrase can function in several different ways in a sentence- as aubject
Examples :
The yellow house is for sale
The glistening snow covered the field
Playing in the rain is one of my nephew’s favorite activities
The camera never lies
The quick Brown fox jumped over the lazy dog– as direct object
Examples:
I wan a skate board
Should we buy the yellow house?– Object of a preposition
Examples :
Rohit rode on a skate board
Karan lives in the yellow house– Inderect object
Example :
Radha gave the little boy a candy