NOUN PHRASE

Noun Phrase is a group of words ending with a noun which gives an idea or
one meaning.

I. Modifier + Headword
II. Headword + Modifier
III. Combination I and II ( Mod + HW + Mod )

I. Modifier + Headword :

1. Determiner + Headword
a tree, the bridge, his ability, that ship, much water, one year,
another meeting, Darwin’s theory,

2. Adjective + Headword
a good university, our important problems, the beautiful island,
observable facts,

3. Present Participle + Headword

the developing countries, the changing colour, a challenging problem,
a sailing ship, falling water,

4. Past Participle + Headword

a written test, the forgotten facts, the unexpected result, a
beautifully-designed construction,

5. Noun Modifier + Headword

the bus station, the world food resources, a few reading books, the
opening ceremony, the swimming pool, harvesting time, the parking
area, a non-smoking cabin,

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II. Headword + Modifier :

1. Headword + Prepositional phrase

the colour of the sea, their motivation for learning, a letter from
Canada, the organisation of a ship’s crew,

2. Headword + Adjective
someone special , something important, a village nearby, anything
curious,

3. Headword + Present Participle

the man standing over there, most people working in the factory,
the ships crossing the channel,

4. Headword + Past Participle

the warship made in Germany, some points discussed before, the
small stars seen from the Earth,

5. Headword + To Infinitive
the food to eat today, several books to read, the applicants to
interview, the cargo to discharge at this port,

III. Modifier + Headword + Modifier (Combination I & II) :

- a smiling General from Asia

- soft skin powder made by Johnson’s
- a psychological approach to the problem
- a few contagious diseases caused by virus
- the careless wasting of our natural resources
- the government’s attempts to improve the socio-economic condition
of the people.
- some crucial and complicated world problems existing in the twenty-
first century.

Exercise: Find out some Noun Phrases in the passage or text (min. 10)

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Examples of Noun Phrases on Maritime
Texts

1. The good attitude needed for working on board ship.

2. Several high confidential shipping documents kept in
the file holder.
3. The up-to-date Radar manual instruction books stored
in the bridge.
4. Some expensive modern navigational equipment
automatically driven by computer.
5. International Regulations for Preventing Collision at
Sea.
6. The unpredictable tide existing when the tropical
storms happen.
7. A pilot boat approaching to the vessel from the
starboard side.
8. The newest urgent messages received from the US
Coast Guard.
9. The useless broken cylinder liner caused by the third
engineer’s carelessness.

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 10. Several ship officer certificates endorsed in
Norwegian Marine Safety Bureau.
11. A very cute male baby sleeping in his mother’s breast.

BASIC SENTENCE PATTERN

There are four basic patterns in English sentences as follow:

1. Subject + Verb + ( Object ) + ( Adverb )

2. Subject + To be + Complement + ( Adverb )
3. There + To be + Subject + ( Adverb )
4. It + To be / Verb + Complement + Subject + ( Adverb )

Examples:

1. - The passenger died

S V
- The Chief Engineer checked the new engine (S V O)
- I live at 40 Green Street London (S V A)
- They have done the research for seven months ( S V O A )

2. - All the crew were very happy during the party ( C = Adj. )
S to be C A
- I am a maritime college student (C = N)
- The master is in his cabin right now ( C = Adv. )

3. - There is a luxurious restaurant on board this vessel

there to be S A
- There are several deck cadets on the vessel
- There was a traffic accident in front of the post office yesterday

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4. - It is important to learn English nowadays ( To Be )
it to be C S A
- It is true that education determines one’s future ( To Be )
- It seems easy to do that job ( Linking Verb )
- It becomes clear that she is innocent ( Linking Verb )
- It needs a lot of money to finance your study here ( Verb )
- It took three and half hours to repair the engine ( Verb )

Exercises :
Indicate the Subject, Verb and other elements / parts of the sentences below
according to the four Basic Sentence Patterns and then try to translate them.

1. To love is to sacrifice.

2. The graduates of STIP should work in maritime sectors.

3. My father works in a foreign company in the city.

4. There are several longshoremen at the port.

5. The careless wasting of our natural resources is a great loss.

6. Please give in your assignment tomorrow.

7. It is obvious that man proposes but God disposes.

8. The passengers of the wrecked ship were hopeless.

9. Will there be a test tomorrow ?

10. It will be a great day for you when you are graduated from this
Institute.

Find out 10 sentences in the textbook and indicate the types of the
Basic Sentence Pattern being discussed.
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