Professional English I

Prof. Corina Chire Rosas

NOUN PHRASES

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Unit : Communication Skills

Objective: Identify noun phrases

A. Highlight the noun phrase in each sentence given below and indicate in bold the head noun.
(10 pts)

Example: The building around the corner was repainted last night.

1. The new architect is from Italy.

2. We need a complete financial report for tomorrow.

3. The world economy is being highly affected lately.

4. A new staff handbook on security will be delivered next week.

5. The education system around the world is drastically changing.

Objective: Identify premodifiers, head nouns and postmodifiers.

B. Put the noun phrases found in exercise A in the following chart. (10 pts)

PREMODIFIERS HEAD NOUN POSTMODIFIERS

Example: The building around the corner

1. The new architect

2. A complete financial report for tomorrow

3. The world economy

4. A new staff Handbook on security

5. The education system around the world