NOUN PHRASE

Miss Rina
 A PHRASE
• is a group of words
• is a part rather than the whole of a sentence
• somehow has incomplete meaning

EXAMPLES
• my broken laptop that I put in the service center
• has been repaired
• truly madly deeply in love with you
• deep inside his heart
NOUN PHRASE

Is a group of words that consists of a noun and modifier(s). The head of a noun
phrase is always a NOUN.
• the girl
• the smart girl
• the small girl in my classroom

• my classroom near the stairs

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ALWAYS HAS A SUBJECT + A VERB

• My classroom near the stairs is very dirty. NP = Subject

• I always admire the smart girl in my classroom. NP = Object

• It was a Korean drama with lots of handsome guys. NP = complement

= head word
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• The captain of our class is a highly responsible person. NP = Subject, complement

• Some of the diligent students get unlimited access to digital books. NP = subject, Object

• Reading digital books help improve our literacy. NP = subject, object

• A best friend is someone with great patience and faithfulness. NP = Subject, complement

• I don’t want a new fancy car cause I already have a cute mini vespa. NP = object, object
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VERB PHRASE
A verb phrase is a group of words that consists
of a main verb and auxiliary verb(s).
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SIMPLE & COMPLEX VERB PHRASES
Subject Modal verb To have To be To be Main verb Tense Simple/
(tense) (passive complex
voice) VP?
She Tells SPr Simple
She Told S Past Simple
She Was Telling Past Cont Complex
She Has Told Pr Perfect Complex
She Had Told Past Perf Complex
She Has Been Telling Pst Perf Con Complex
She Might Have Been Telling Pr Perf Con Complex
She Has Been Told Pr Perf, Complex
passive
She Could Have Been Told Pr Perf, Complex
passive
She Might Have Been Being Told Pr Perf, Complex
passive
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Mirjam Nilsson​
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