What is a noun phrase?
My Friends (noun phrase)
A noun phrase includes a noun (person, place, or thing) and the modifiers which
distinguish it.
For example: My friends can runMy Friends (noun phrase)
can run(verb phrase)
The head word in a noun phrase will be a noun or a pronoun.
A noun phrase can be a subject, an object or a complement.
Trust is a wonderful feeling. (‘Trust’ is a noun phrase without modifiers. However, a ‘wonderful feeling’ is a noun phrase that includes a noun, ‘feeling’, and the determiner ‘a’ and the adjective ‘wonderful’)
Uncle Bill’s car. (Uncle Bill’s car is a noun phrase which consists of the noun ‘car’ and a modifier - the possessive noun, ‘Uncle Bill’) You can find the noun, ‘car’ in a sentence, but you will not know anything about the car until you study the entire noun phrase: Uncle Bill’s car, the green car at the garage, the car with big tyres.
Modifiers can come before or after the noun. Ones that come before may include articles, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, adjectives, and/or participles
. Articles: A car, the car Possessive nouns: Uncle Bill’s car Possessive pronouns: His car
Adjectives: The green car
Participles: The well-maintained car
Noun phrases are a group of words (including a noun) which form a sentence when they are used with a verb.
The head word in a noun phrase will be a noun or a pronoun.
A noun phrase can be a subject, an object or a complement.
Trust is a wonderful feeling. (‘Trust’ is a noun phrase without modifiers. However, a ‘wonderful feeling’ is a noun phrase that includes a noun, ‘feeling’, and the determiner ‘a’ and the adjective ‘wonderful’)
Uncle Bill’s car. (Uncle Bill’s car is a noun phrase which consists of the noun ‘car’ and a modifier - the possessive noun, ‘Uncle Bill’) You can find the noun, ‘car’ in a sentence, but you will not know anything about the car until you study the entire noun phrase: Uncle Bill’s car, the green car at the garage, the car with big tyres.
Modifiers can come before or after the noun. Ones that come before may include articles, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, adjectives, and/or participles
. Articles: A car, the car Possessive nouns: Uncle Bill’s car Possessive pronouns: His car
Adjectives: The green car
Participles: The well-maintained car
Noun phrases are a group of words (including a noun) which form a sentence when they are used with a verb.
Examples of Noun Phrase
- This cake is absolutely delicious.
- Teacher Tracy is really kind.
- Sandra’s bicycle is brand new.
- Monty magician is extremely funny.
- Toby’s play was very good
- The parrot is very colourful
- The car was bright red
- The lifeguard swam quickly to save the man
- A policeman stopped the busy traffic
- My friends are extremely funny
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