Kamis, 17 Februari 2011

=) Noun phrase




Noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea, or concept, or anything considered as noun

Remember that...


There are more nouns in the English Language than any other kind of words.
see the Noun examples

  • Persons: girl, boy, instructor, student, Mr. Smith, Peter, president
  • Animals: dog, cat, shark, hamster, fish, bear, flea
  • Places: gym, store, school, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, village, Europe
  • Things: computer, pen, notebook, mailbox, bush, tree, cornflakes
  • Ideas: liberty, panic, attention, knowledge, compassion, worship

The Functions of Nouns in Sentences
  1. Subject of the sentence
  2. Predicate Noun (also Predicate Nominative or Subjective Complement)
  3. Appositive (noun in apposition)
  4. Direct object of a verb
  5. Indirect object of a verb
  6. Object of the preposition
  7. Object Complement (Objective Complement)

Gerunds can also be classified as noun

For example:
I like swimming
The word ‘swimming’
is a gerund

HOW DO WE identify noun phrases in the sentences?
GUYS,…

Today we are learning about NOUN PHRASES

WELL, LET’S SEE …

PHRASES
A phrase is a group of related words that lacks both a subject and a predicate. Because it lacks a subject and a predicate it cannot act as a sentence.

A noun phrase consists of a pronoun or noun with any associated modifiers, including adjectives, adjective phrases, and other nouns in the possessive case.
Like a noun, a noun phrase can act as a subject, as the object of a verb or verbal, as a subject or object complement, or as the object of a preposition, as in the following ...

Subject

Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.

Object of a verb 

They have found Eugene's goal.


Object of a preposition 

The arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring break up.

Subject complement 

Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.

Object complement 

I consider Loki my favourite cat.

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