We know what noun is. Let's understand noun phrase. Do you know what noun phrase is?
Noun phrase makes the noun more specific. Like when we say woman which is a noun, it can refer to any woman in general. But when we say the mysterious woman in black, it means we are making the noun woman more specific. Similarly, when we say car, it means car can refer to any car in world. But when we add something to modify noun car, such as the green sporty car, then we are making the car more specific.
Whatever we have added to modify car is called modifier. Noun plus modifier is called a noun phrase. As here, the green sporty car is a noun phrase. In this, the green sporty is a modifier and car is a noun.
So, A noun phrase includes a noun and the modifiers. The definition of noun phrase is A noun phrase consists of a noun or pronoun which is called the head, means main noun or pronoun, and any dependent words, means modifier, before or after the head. Dependent words Give specific information about the head. A noun phrase can be a determiner plus a noun.
Our friends have bought a house in the village. In this sentence, our is a determiner and friends is noun and both together are forming a noun phrase. Those houses are very expensive. Here those is a determiner and houses is noun and both together are forming a noun phrase.
A noun phrase can also be an adjective and a noun. Our closest friends have just bought a new house in the village. In this sentence, closest is an adjective and friends is a noun. together they are serving as noun phrase in the same way new is an adjective and house is a noun and together they are acting as noun phrase a noun phrase can also be a quantifier plus determiner plus noun in the sentence all those children are waiting for food All is a quantifier, those is a determiner and children is a noun and together they are forming a noun phrase. A noun phrase can be just a noun or a pronoun.
People like to have money. Here people is a noun used as a noun phrase. I am tired.
In this sentence, I is a pronoun. Used as a noun phrase. Noun phrases order.
Before the head of a noun phrase, determiners comes first, then adjective, then nouns acting as modifier. The spoken stress is normally on the head. In a heavy iron gate, A is a determiner, heavy is adjective, Iron is non-modified.
Gate is a main noun or head noun. Here, while speaking, emphasis will be on gate. In your dark blue villain jacket. Your is determiner.
Dark blue villain are adjective. We do not have any noun as modifier here. Jacket is main or head noun. My two favorite superhero films.
We know that noun phrase is noun plus modifier. Modifiers can come before or after the noun. Ones that come before might include articles, possessive nouns, determiner, possessive pronoun, adjectives and or participles. Here, a and the are articles.
Rita's, the neighbor's, the army officer's and Jimmy's are possessive nouns. Our, her, their are possessive pronouns. That, big, spotted are adjectives. The barking and the well-trained are participles. Modifiers that come after the noun might include prepositional phrases, adjective clauses, participle phrases and or infinitives.
Here on the bench, in the front, behind the fence. and in the attic are prepositional phrases. That chases hens and that looks happy are adjective clauses. Whining for a treat, trimmed at the grooming salon, and walk daily are participle phrases.
To catch, to train, and to adopt. are infinitives. Noun phrases can function in several different ways in a sentence.
A noun phrase acting as a subject. In the sentence, the yellow house is for sale. The yellow house is acting as subject of the sentence.
Same way, the glistening snow playing in the rain. The camera and the quick brown fox are subject of their sentence. A noun phrase can be a direct object in a sentence. In this sentence, I want a skateboard.
A skateboard is the direct object of the sentence. Here, the yellow house is direct object of the sentence. A noun phrase can be the object of a preposition. In the sentence, Rohit rode on a skateboard.
A skateboard is an object of the preposition on. The yellow house is an object of the preposition in. A noun phrase can be an indirect object.
In the sentence, Radha gave the little boy a candy. The little boy is an indirect object of the sentence. Thank you.