Good afternoon students.

Before we start our lesson,

let us all feel the presence of the Lord. In the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen. Father of Light and Wisdom. Send us your
Holy Spirit, to guide us in our studies. As we begin
this class, we ask you to bless each one of us, our
classmates, present or absent. Help us to make most
out of this period, and make us respect each person
here, always conscious of the truth, that whatever
we do to everyone, we do to you. This we ask in
Jesus’ name. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen
Again, good afternoon my dear
students especially my grade 8
students. I am your Teacher in
English, Valen Lyka Q. Asuncion
and our topic for today is all about
noun phrases.
So sit back, relax, listen, and
enjoy!
First and foremost, these are our
objectives.
• Analyze noun, noun phrase, and
identify the components that make
it up.
• Examine the function of a noun
phrase in a sentence whether it is a
subject, an object, or a
complement.
Are you familiar with nouns? How about
noun phrase? In order for you to
understand, let us first answer this
question. What makes up a noun phrase?
A noun phrase has two parts: a noun, and
any modifiers connected to that noun.
When we say modifiers, most often,
these are adjectives, articles, and
prepositional phrases. This modifiers may
also be determiners.
To be more understandable, do you
remember the meaning of the word
noun? A noun is a person, place, thing,
or idea. All noun phrases will have core
noun, with modifiers connected to it.
For example:
The pirate buried his treasure on an
island for retirement.
In the sentence, how many nouns can
you see?
The four nouns in the sentence are
a person, thing, place and idea,
respectively.
Note: For a noun to be called a
noun phrase, it should be
accompanied by determiners,
articles, or modifiers.
For example:
The black cat is on the roadside.

Determiner noun Adjective or determiner noun

Modifier

In the sentence above, we have 2 noun

phrases:
• The black cat; and
• The roadside
Okay! Now that you already know how to
identify noun phrases, it is time you are
going to find out the function of each
noun phrase into a sentence. Do you still
remember when you were in grade 7, we
used to identify the infinitives and
gerunds whether they function as
subjects, objects, or complements in a
certain sentence? This is what we are
going to do in noun phrases too…
I have made examples here for
you to find out:
1. A noun phrase as a subject:
– The spotted puppy is up for adoption.
S
The underlined noun phrase is the subject
of the sentence since it is what is talked
about.
2. A noun phrase as an object: (there are
two kinds of objects, the indirect and
direct object)
Noun phrase as a direct object
- The Samaritan fed the hungry beggar on
the streets. DO
The underlined noun phrase serves as the
object of the verb “fed.” Who was being
fed by the Samaritan? Of course, the
beggar.
 Noun phrase as an indirect object
- Mother cooked my hungry brother a delicious
meal. IO DO
An indirect object is someone or
something affected by the action of the
transitive verb. What did mother cook? A
delicious meal. To whom did she cook the
delicious meal to? To my hungry brother.
Therefore “my hungry brother” serves as
the indirect object in the sentence.
3. A noun phrase as a complement: (a
complement is something that tells
further about the subject of the
sentence)
Miriam Defensor Santiago is the Iron Lady of Asia.
C
The underlined noun phrase in the
sentence tells something about the
subject ‘Miriam Defensor Santiago.”
Therefore, it is used to complement her.
So these are the functions of noun phrases
in a sentence.

That is all for today.

As we end our lesson, let us all pray.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Father in heaven, hollowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us; and lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.
St. Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
Again, I am Valen Lyka Q. Asuncion,
your teacher in English.

Good day everyone!