NOUN PHRASE

VERB PHRASE
MEMBERS:
1. PHAN TUẤN ANH
2. HUỲNH PHAN THÙY DƯƠNG
3. NGUYỄN THANH HẢI
4. TRẦN MINH QUÂN
5. HỒ NGUYỄN TƯỜNG VI
Noun
phrase
 WHAT IS IT?
Noun phrase (NP) consists of
nominal head ( normally noun
or pronoun) with or without
the modifiers before or after it.
Noun phrase has just two
immediate constituents DET
( determiner) and NOM
(nominal)
 1.DETERMINERS
:

Determiners are words somewhat

like adjectives in that they come
before a noun.
Determiners include: NP

+ The articles (ART): a, an, or the

+ Demonstratives ( DEM): this, that, DET NOM

these, those…
ART
+ Quantifiers (QA): some, any, no,
each, every, either, neither…
The thin girl
+ Possessives (POSS): my, your,
his, her, Jay’s…. ARTICLES
 EXAMPLES

NP NP NP

DET N’ DET N’ DET N’

QA headN PossA headN DEM headN

Some mistakes his books this table

QUANTIFIERS POSSESSIVES DEMONSTRATIVES
 2.NOMINAL
( NOM)

Any language unit that

functions as a noun is
called Nominal.
 2.1. Pre-modifiers in NOM:
There are four major structural types of pre-modifiers:

• Adjective phrases: the commonest pre-modifiers of the noun

Ex: A luxurious hotel
• -ed participial: the progressive, perfect, passive participles
(V- part)
Ex: The broken window in the room.
 Adjective Ed participial

NP NP

DET COM DET COM

ART AP N
ART PartP N

A
V- Part

A luxurious hotel
The broken window
• -ing participial: work as an ADJECTIVE.
(V –part)
Ex: The sleeping child

• noun: may act as pre-modifiers of head nouns

and Possessive Common Noun
Ex: The summer’s roses
 2.2. Post-modifiers in NOM:

• The most complex types of phrases.

• Not only do they have two possible constituents before

the head noun (determiners and pre-modifiers).
• Give extra or specific information about the noun.
 Including five parts:
• Prepositional Phrases

• Adjective Phrases

• Participial Phrases

• Infinitive Phrases

• Subordinate Adjective Clauses

Ex: The blue cotton shirt that I borrowed from my brother.
NP1

NP2 AP

DET N’1 Relative Clause

AP1 N’2

ART A AP2 N’3

ModN HeadN

The blue cotton shirt that I borrowed from my brother.

VERB PHRASE
 What is a verb phrase (VP)?
- The one constituent of sentence.
- Must contain the VERB GROUP (Vgrp).

head

- Contains other words (Modifier, Complement)

 VERB GROUP (Vgrp)
● Lexical verb ● Auxiliary verb

● The girl smiles ● The girl is smiling

● I live in America ● I have lived in America
● Tim marry his girl friend ● Tim will marry his girl friend

- One lexical verd

- Up to four auxiliary verbs, besides the negative work (NOT)

E.g: the criminal may not have been being interrogated

 Modifiers

- The adverbial adjuncts provide

information about action, the
event,…
- Can be omitted affecting the
sentence (one-way dependency
btw Vgrp)
E.g: The baby was sleeping (soundly).

E.g: Phil had lost his leather wallet (beside a

stream).
Complement
 What is the complement?
- The parts that add information to the
sentence become clearer about the meaning

- Cannot be omitted (two-way dependency btw

Vgrp)
E.g The cat chases a rat

E.g The boy are lying on his bed

 TYPES OF VERBS
1. Intransitive VP = Vgrp
e.g: The man sunbathed
3. Ditransitive VP =Vgrp + O
+O
e.g: I gave Steven a prize
I gave a prize to Steven
5. Intensive VP Vgrp +
AP/NP/PP (complement)
e.g. is+ rather extravagant/
an auctioneer/in the room
2. Transitive VP = Vgrp + NP
e.g: The police have identified
the victims
4. Complex Transitive VP
=Vgrp NP (DO) + AP/NP/PP
(OC)
e.g: The teacher made the
lesson interesting/a mess
6. Prepositional VP =Vgrp
+ PP
e.g: He talk about linguistics
In the VP had lost his leather wallet beside a stream, had lost is the Vgrp,
his leather wallet is the complement and beside a stream is the modifier
of the Vgrp. S

NP VP1

PropN
VP2
Adverb phrase
[ optional Adjunct of Location]

Vgrp NP
[transitive] [direct object]
PP

Phil HAD LOST his leather wallet beside a stream.

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How many types of
derterminers ?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4.
Any language unit that
functions as a noun is
called ...............
A. Abverbial
B. Clause
C. Nominal
D. Tense
 Lucky
question
In a noun phrase the
determiner normally
….... the head noun
A. Before
B. Under
C. After
D. Below
What is a verb phrase?
A. A group of words that includes a verb
and its objects, complements, and
modifiers.
B. A group of words that includes only a
verb and its direct object.
C. A group of words that includes only a
verb and its subject..
Which of the following
is an example of a direct
object in a verb phrase?
A. The cat jumped over the fence.
B. I will eat pizza for dinner.
C. She sent the email to her boss.
Wish you luck
next time
Which of the following is an
example of a modifier in a
verb phrase?
A. She ate breakfast.
B. He runs quickly.
C. They are singing loudly.