Noun Phrase

What is a noun?

            Noun represents a person, place or thing. It is the hero of the sentence. Always it should appear at first in the sentence. Aways the sentence speaks about the Noun.

Examples:

• Ramu is a good boy
• Ganga is a good girl 

Here, Ramu and Ganga represent the noun in the sentence. The sentence is speaking about the noun (Ramu and Ganga).  

Phrase:

A Phrase is a collection of words, that gives you a meaning of a sentence. But a phrase doesn't have a subject and predicate. 

Examples:

• under process
• by the time
• by the way 

Types of Phrase : 

There are Five types of Phrase. They are, 

1. Noun Phrase 
2. Verb Phrase
3. Adjective Phrase
4. Adverb Phrase
5. Prepositional Phrase

Noun Phrase 

• A Noun Phrase is a group of words, that is headed by the noun. It includes the modifiers like of, a, with, with her, of them etc., 
• The modifiers can come before or after the noun 
• Sometimes it is headed by Pronoun like He, She, It, They, Them and That 

Types of Noun Phrase:

            There are two types of Noun Phrase. They are, 

• Pre modifier Noun Phrase 
• Post modifier Noun Phrase 

Pre Modifier Noun Phrase:

Pre Modifier Noun Phrase always comes before the noun. Again it has four kinds. They are,

• Determiners - These cars are so expensive
• Quantifiers - I have worked in lots of offices 
• Number - I have two sisters
• Adjectives - I love dark chocolates 

Determiners:

            

            Determiners always give specific quality to the noun. It presents in front of the noun.

Examples:

1. These cars are very smooth to drive 
2. That cat is in yellow colour
3. Those books are very expensive 

Quantifiers:

            Quantifiers always give you the quantity of the noun. Quantifiers do not represent the exact numbers of the noun. 

Examples:

1. Many people are different from others 
2. Any student will write on the road 

Numbers:

            Numbers denote the number of the noun in the sentence. 

Examples:

1. I have two brother 
2. Three children are playing in the garden.
3. Two friends are fighting each other

Adjectives:

            Adjectives describe the noun. 

Examples:

1. She is a graceful child
2. She is a beautiful girl 
3. I love black colour 

Post Modifier Noun Phrase:

Post Modifier Noun Phrase always comes after the noun. It has five kinds. They are, 

• Prepositional Phrase - a man with a balloon 
• -ing phrase - the girl standing over there
• to-infinitive - I have not got any neat dress to wear
• relative clause - The man who met yesterday
• that clause (speaks about the fact, idea and suggestion) - He got the idea that people like him 

Prepositional Phrase:

            Prepositional Phrase modifies the noun. 

Examples:

1. A woman with a girl is her mother 
2. A girl in a white dress looks like an angel

-ing Phrase:

            -ing Phrase represents -ing form after the noun. 

Examples:

1. The man talking to the girl 
2. The child standing with her mother 

To infinitive:

            Here we have to use "to+verb" after the noun. 

Examples:

1. You should take something to eat 
2. He has decent shoes to wear 

Relative Clause:

            The relative clause represents the words like that, who, whose, whom, which, etc.,.

Examples:

1. The man who was eating food 
2. The person who we met yesterday 

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