NOUN

PHRAS
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 What is noun phrase?
Noun phrases consist minimally of a
noun or pronoun, which acts as the head
of the noun phrase.

A noun phrase is a group of words

with a noun as its main part.
 Function of the noun phrase

as subject:
The first kid who got a perfect score in Maths is now in grade 4.

as an object:
She went home and found a box of pizza on her table.

as complement:
–Of a verb: he was a good swimmer.
–Of a preposition: I did it for the children.
 Structure of Noun Phrase
Basically a noun phrase is consist of four parts.
they are following –

pre-modifier +Head + post-modifier

For example : The poor people of the Society suffer most.

Here, The-is Determiner “Poor” is premodifier ,People is head and
of the society is post modifier
 Pre-modifier
Pre-modifier is a modifier placed before head on noun

1.Determiner
2.Adjective
3.Noun
 Determiner
1. article: a, an, the

2. possessive: my, your, our, their,

student’s, John’s

3. demonstrative adj: this, that, these,

those.

4. Quantifier : some, any, enough,

every, each, either, neither, no
Adjective
Very beautiful girl
Extremly man
Good day
Hot issue
Handsome baby
 Noun
It is an office chair (a chair for an office)

May I have a soup spoon (a spoon for soup)

Ring the door bell. (the bell of the door)

He rides a mountain bike. (a bike for mountains)

It is a picnic table. (a table for a picnic)

 Post-modifier
Post-modifier is Phrases placed after noun are
called post-modifiers.

1. Noun followed by a prepositional

2. Noun followed by present participle
3. Noun followed by past participle
4. Noun in the form of to-infinitive
Noun followed by a prepositional:

a girl with a big smile (a girl with a big smile)

the man in the black suit (man in black suit)
that shop on the corner (shop in that corner)
this rubbish is lying at the bottom of the harbour
 Noun followed by present participle

the boy sitting over there (the boy sitting there)

the person walking behind me (the person walking behind me)
the other debris lying on the sea floor (= the other debris which
is lying on the sea floor)
 Noun followed by past participle

This is a roasted chicken

Fallen trees littered the forest floor.
 Noun in the form of to-infinitive

You should give her something to eat.

She's looking for somewhere to stay.
The shop has no fresh milk to buy.
A noun phrase can also consist of more than
one post-modifier

An eleven-year old girl with blonde hair who

loves to wear pink
That old man over there brown sweater
holding a newspaper
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