Noun Phrase

Look at examples below:

NOUN                                                  NOUN PHRASE

computer         :          super computer, new computer, laboratory computer

cable                :          long cable, thick cable, long thick cable

area                  :          wide area, dangerous area, students area

printer              :          easily-broken printer, branded printer, white printer

scanner            :          smart scanner, dual-function scanner, original scanner

screen              :          wide screen, bright screen, movie screen, morning screen

keyboard          :          wired keyboard, wireless keyboard, computer keyboard

What can you conclude from those examples? (What is Noun Phrase?)

Noun Phrase is a phrase in which the word is a noun primarily with other words that describe the noun.

The word or words that describe this can be located in front of or behind the noun.

NOUN PHRASE

Determiner + Noun

DETERMINER

Countable Nouns                                                         Non-Countable Nouns

a/an, the, some, any                                                      the, some, any

this, that, these, those                                                    this, that

none, one, two, three,…                                               none

many                                                                            much

a lot of                                                                          a lot of

fewer or fewer … than                                                  less or less… than

more or more … than                                                   more or more … than

Example:

 I have been waiting for you for an hour.

There are many students in this class.

He gave me much information about the test.

The article ‘the’

Use THE with                                                              Don’t use THE with

                                                           

oceans, rivers, sea, gulfs, plural                                     singular lakes

lakes                                                                            mounts

mountains                                                                     planets, constellations

sun, earth, moon                                                           school, colleges, universities

schools, colleges, universities                                        when the phrase begins with a proper noun

when the phrase begins with                                         cardinal numbers after nouns

school, etc                                                                   countries with one word

ordinal number before nouns

countries with more than one word              

(except Great Britain)

Example:

I had a very good time in the United States.

Adjective + Noun

Hmm, smart choices!!!

Look at those beautiful ladies, wow!!!

Peak season always makes us busy.

One student was cut by a flying sharp thin card.

I want you to fix my broken stick.

Adverb + Noun

She invited me to come to her house for an evening tea.

I’m sorry, I have a morning meeting.

Noun + Noun

Tea time…..!!!!

She offers us a problem solving.

This is a group work.

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