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    A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun, and contains a noun head. A noun phrase can be formed from a noun by adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives. Common ways to form noun phrases include adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives.

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    A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun, and contains a noun head. A noun phrase can be formed from a noun by adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives. Common ways to form noun phrases include adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives.

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    A, An, The, Some, Your, His, Many, Five: by Adding A Determiner

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    A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun, and contains a noun head. A noun phrase can be formed from a noun by adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives. Common ways to form noun phrases include adding determiners like "a" or "the", adjectives, present or past participles, other nouns, prepositions, or infinitives.

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    PHRASE: IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT DO NOT HAVE SUBJECT AND

    PREDICATE
    NOUN PHRASE: IS A PHRASE THAT FUNCTIONS AS A NOUN
    EVERY NOUN PHRASE HAS A NOUN HEAD
    EXAMPLES :
    A story (Story is noun head)
    A good story book in the cupboard (Book is noun head)
    HOW CAN WE MAKE NOUNS INTO NOUN PHRASE?
    o By adding a determiner
    o By adding adjectives
    o By adding present participle
    o By adding past participle
    o By adding a noun
    o By adding a preposition
    o By adding an infinitive

    By adding a determiner

    a, an, the, some, your,


    his, many, five
    a pen
    the class
    your assignment
    many tables

    an hour
    some students
    his body
    five books

    By adding adjectives
    Good university
    Bad score
    Short leg
    Perfect moment

    Long bamboos
    Beautiful picture
    Wet floor
    Trustful government

    By adding a present participle


    An opening ceremony
    A sleeping bag
    A racing car
    A swimming pool

    A running brook
    A camping ground
    A walking gallery
    The girl sitting between john and me

    By adding a past participle


    A written text
    Smoked beef
    A haunted house
    Melted ice

    A spoken test
    Broken leg
    Salted fish

    By adding a noun
    A bus station
    A television screen
    A telephone conversation

    Potato chips
    An arm chair

    By adding a preposition
    The house at the foot of the hill
    The color of the ocean
    The bank opposite the cinema
    The book in the bag
    The students in front of the class
    The pen on the table
    The lamp above my head

    By adding an infinitive
    A few books to read
    A stamp to send a letter
    A blanket to cover your body
    Some money to buy a book

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