UNIT 4

Practice - Lesson 3

THE NOUN PHRASE

1) Underline the head of the following noun phrases. State their category (noun,
pronoun, nominal adjective, or numeral).

a) Tropical cyclones frequently occur here

b) A low pressure system has appeared

c) A turbine driven by water was installed

d) The organization of the company collapsed

e) Many left early

f) Many people could visit the place

g) Two in the group were working yesterday

h) The greatest short story written in English

i) The dead will be buried tomorrow

j) Those were the most important aspects

k) The rich should help the poor

2) Match each NP with its description.

NOUN PHRASE

a) Any powdered sugar

b) The mild morning air

c) The best solution that they could find

d) An austere economic recovery plan

e) A final diagnosis of high blood pressure

f) The following graphical solution

g) A more integrated look

DESCRIPTION

1) Det +adj + HEAD NOUN + prepositional phrase

2 ) Det+adj+HEAD NOUN + clause

3) Det+ adj + noun + HEAD NOUN

4) Det+adj+adj+noun+HEAD NOUN

5) Det+participle+HEAD NOUN

6) Det+adv+participle+HEAD NOUN

7) Det+ adj+adj+HEAD NOUN

3) Provide the description corresponding to each of the following noun phrases

a) The communication systems exhibited

b) A layer that gives the bacteria its shape

c) Some important recent advances in biotechnology

d) The moving blood that pushes against the arterial walls

e) The amount of sodium dissolved in a saturated solution

f) The first method attempted

g) The victims in the ocean

h) A good popular song

4) Underline all the NPs in the following sentences. State their syntactic function
(subject, direct object, etc)

a) Many colleges are able to offer accommodation to their graduate students.

b) The amount of accommodation available varies in the main buildings.

c) Your college should be your first port of call.

d) They can give you more information on what is available.

e) The aims of education include the full development of the human personality

f) The same principle applies to adult education and learning.

g) Agricultural biotechnology is a range of tools that include both traditional breeding

techniques and more modern lab-based methods

h) Advances in biotechnology may offer consumers some food nutritionally-enriched