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    The document discusses nominal groups (noun groups) and how they can be used to provide information. A nominal group is a group of words built around a noun that tells the reader about a thing. Nominal groups can vary in length and pack a lot of information. The document then provides examples of different types of words that can be added to nouns to build nominal groups, including describers, intensifiers, classifiers, pointers, numeratives, and qualifiers. Building complex nominal groups helps improve writing skills.

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    EXPLORING NOMINAL

    GROUPS (NOUN GROUPS)


    NOMINAL GROUPS
    WHAT IS A NOUN GROUP?

    A noun group is a group of words that tells us


    about some thing.We can provide the reader
    with a lot of information if we knew how to
    build our noun groups. In spoken language,
    the noun groups are often short, while in
    written language, they can be very long.

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    NOMINAL GROUPS

    • Group of words built around the noun


    • Can vary in length
    • Pack a lot of information
    • Building noun groups help to read and write
    texts

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    NOUNS

    • Whale
    • Trees
    • House
    Give your own examples:
    • ---------------------------
    • ---------------------------
    • ----------------------------
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    DESCRIBERS

    • Huge whale
    • Tall trees
    • Magnificent houses
    Give your own examples:
    • -----------------------
    • -----------------------
    • -----------------------
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    INTENSIFIERS

    • Extremely large humpback whale


    • Very tall pine trees
    • Absolutely magnificent gothic houses
    Give your own examples:
    • ------------------------------------------
    • --------------------------------------------
    • --------------------------------------------
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    CLASSIFIERS

    • Huge humpback whale


    • Tall pine trees
    • Magnificent gothic houses
    Give your own examples:
    • --------------------------------
    • ---------------------------------
    • ---------------------------------
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    POINTERS

    • The extremely large humpback whale


    • That very tall pine tree
    • Those absolutely magnificent gothic houses
    Give your own examples:
    • -------------------------------------------------
    • ---------------------------------------------------
    • ----------------------------------------------------
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    NUMERATIVES

    • The only extremely large humpback whale


    • Those five absolutely magnificent gothic
    houses
    Give your own examples:
    • -----------------------------------------------
    • -------------------------------------------------
    • -----------------------------------------------
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    QUALIFIERS

    • the whale that was near the coast


    • tall pine trees behind the school
    • Gothic houses around the suburbs
    Give your own examples:
    • -----------------------------------------------------
    • -----------------------------------------------------
    • -----------------------------------------------------
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