CURSO DE INGLÉS PROFESIONAL PARA LA SALUD II Mikhail FIDAROV

PRACTICA
TEMA: NOUN PHRASES

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Docente: Dr. Mikhail FIDAROV   Nombres:……………………………………

Circle the noun phrase in each sentence given below.

1. Has anyone seen the little, green, parrot?

2. The football coach got very upset with his team.
3. She is my favorite English teacher.
4. The kids were surprised by the summer rain.
5. I live in a good, family home.
6. We are excited about the championship game
7. He gave the crying child a toy to play with.
8. I decided to walk down the yellow, brick, road.
9. I went to watch the beautiful play.
10. I picked the dark horse to win the race.
11. Has anyone seen my big, brown, dog?

Add modifier words to each noun given below to create a noun phrase.

1. The _____________________ child was disruptive at the restaurant.

2. The _____________________ horse galloped around the track.
3. I took the ball from the _________________________ child.
4. We walked to the ______________________ farm on the weekend.
5. My ___________________ coach gave me an award.
6. The _______________________ park was open until the afternoon.
7. My ______________________, _____________________ dog ran fast.
8. My _____________________, _____________________ cat is fun to play with.
9. The _____________________ man gave me a free baseball card.
10. Our _____________________ family outing was our vacation to the Grand Canyon.
11. I jumped into the _________________________ pool.
12. We looked at the __________________________ sun.
13. I looked at the ___________________________ clouds.

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Write a noun phrase with each noun given below. Then, write a sentence with that noun
phrase on the lines provided.
Example A: coach
Answer: tennis coach My tennis coach was really strict.

1. dog- ________________________
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2. tree- ________________________
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3. horse- ________________________
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4. cat- _________________________
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5. bicycle- _____________________
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6. computer- ________________________
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7. cellular- ________________________
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8. bird- ________________________
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9. table- _________________________
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10. skateboard- _____________________
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Identify the noun clauses in the following sentences.

Example: I hope to win the first prize.
Answer: Noun phrase: to win the first prize; it acts as the object of the verb hope

1. I would like to buy a car this year

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2. I tried to solve the puzzle.
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3. Did you enjoy reading this book?
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4. The boy wants to go home.
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5. Horses prefer living in dark stables.
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6. The accused refused to answer the question.
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7. The boy denied stealing the money.
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8. To write such rubbish is disgraceful.
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9. I dislike having to punish my kids.
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10. I will hate to do such a thing.
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In the following examples, put brackets around the whole noun phrase, and underline the
noun head; also, give the correct present-tense form of the verb (in brackets) such that it
agrees with the noun head.

1. The schedule showing the jetfoil arrivals and departures ____________ (be) out-of-date.
2. His book of old photographs _____________ (be) missing.
3. The recent development of new public facilities _______________ (have) led to an
increase in tourism in the area.
4. The trees in the park __________________ (need) trimming.
5. The floods which hit Hunan Province recently _______________ (have) caused untold
damage.
6. The search for the terrorists _______________ (go) on.
7. The new neighbour who moved in yesterday with 11 dogs ______________(seem) a
little weird.
8. The Olympic athlete with the greatest number of gold medals Mark Spitz. ___________
(be).
9. A car with four doors _______________ (cost) a little more than one with two.
10. The mathematician whose Nobel Prize surprised many people (be) John Nash.

In each of the sentences below, the subject is a noun phrase. Put brackets around the whole
noun phrase, underline the noun head, and fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb
given in brackets.
Example: The film which won the greatest number of Academy Awards _ (be) Lord of the
Rings 3.
Answer: [The film which won the greatest number of Academy Awards] was Lord of the
Rings 3.

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1. The first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ______________ (be)

commemorated all over the world.
2. The families of the victims _______________ (be) invited to attend memorial services in
New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
3. The names of all those who died in the World Trade Centre _______________ (be) read
out by the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, and others.
4. Documentaries on the attacks and their aftermath _______________ (be) shown on TV
in Hong Kong.
5. The documentary which caught the attention of most viewers _______________ (be)
about a young fireman on his first job in New York.
6. The cameramen who shot this documentary brothers. _______________ (be) two
French
7. The film which they shot inside the World Trade Centre during the attack ___________
(be) the only one of its kind.

In the following texts, some of the articles and other determiners have been left out. Fill in the
blanks with suitable articles/determiners (a, the, this, that, his, her, their etc.), only if one is
needed. Compare your answers with your classmates’ and teachers’, and discuss any
problems or disagreements that you may have – especially if you are unable to understand
why a certain determiner should or should not be used.

Text 1:
___________ evidence is growing of _________________ link between global warming and
_______________floods and droughts that devastated parts of Asia, southern Africa and
Europe ____________ year _____________, head of ______________United Nations' body
on climate change said yesterday.
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, told
summit delegates there was undeniable proof that ____________Earth was warming.
"I think the evidence is becoming stronger that ______________ lot of these extreme
[weather] events are part of _______________ overall process of climate change . . . there is
__________________ fair amount of statistical evidence and there is certainly anecdotal
evidence . . . and I think ___________ indications are that there is ____________ link there."

Text 2:
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_____________ love-struck Chinese couple handcuffed themselves to each other during

______________ tour outing and ended up being stopped by ______________ policemen
after ____________ authorities. tourist mistook them for escaped convicts and
alerted_____________ authorities.
The man, identified only as Mr Wang, had returned to Shanghai recently to visit
_____________ girlfriend.
He had been studying in _____________ Japan for two years, Shanghai Morning Post
reported.
On ______________ Wednesday night, _______________ couple decided to travel to
Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.
To show _____________ deep love for her, he produced ________________ pair of
handcuffs and locked ______________ wrists together, explaining to her that this was
currently _______________ most popular way of expressing love in Japan.
As they walked _____________ hand in hand - literally - in _______________ city,
____________ tourist, thinking that they were ______________ escaped convicts, reported
them to ______________ policeman.

Text 3:

_____________ pet shop in Hong Kong is renting out _______________ puppies in

____________ effort to find ______________ ''solution to _______________ problem of
dogs being dumped by ______________ owners'' (South China Morning Post, August 29).
I am opposed to ______________ horrible rental scheme, because it will not be good for
_________________ mental health of ______________ puppies.
Imagine having __________________ human baby on rental. ____________ child would be
traumatised and grow up without any sense of having ______________ permanent identity.
_____________ puppies that are rented out will be troubled in _____________ own canine
way. As they grow up they may find it difficult to respond to _____________ humans. It may
be good for ________________ pet shop's business, but ______________ proprietor should
think about how it will affect ________________ dogs mentally.

Text 4:

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Premier Zhu Rongji is more popular than President Jiang Zemin among ______________
young Hong Kong people, _______________ survey found yesterday - but late leaders Deng
Xiaoping and Mao Zedong are admired even more.
Mr Zhu ranked fourth in _____________ list of best leaders, with 23 votes, while Mr Jiang
came 12th with only eight votes.
_______________ survey of 502 people was conducted by ______________ Hong Kong
Federation of Youth Groups.
Topping _____________ list was Sun Yat-sen, founder of ________________ China,
followed by Deng Xiaoping and Mao.
Former US president Bill Clinton, at seventh, was ______________ highest ranking foreign
leader.
_____________ phone survey was carried out ______________ last month and
respondents were aged 15 to 34.
Democratic Party legislator Cheung Man-kwong said that Mr Zhu had successfully
established __________________ good image among _________________ Hong Kong
public with ____________ determination to fight corruption on _______________ mainland.
"It seems that Zhu is _____________ type of leader Hong Kong people would accept”, he
said.
Interviewees were also asked to list ______________ qualities needed most by
_______________ good leader.
________________ integrity was ranked top, followed by _______________ credibility,
management skills and ability to communicate well.

Text 5:
Fixed-line phone networks were flooded with 26 million calls in _________________ hour on
Wednesday after ______________ Observatory announced just before ____________
midday ___________ that No 8 typhoon signal would be hoisted.
______________ flood of calls between midday and 1pm was up to six times
______________ capacity of ______________ networks, which between them can handle
only about four million calls an hour, ___________________. Office of the
Telecommunications Authority (Ofta) said.
__________________ mobile networks, which have ______________________ similar
combined capacity, were flooded with 14 million calls in same hour.
There are four fixed-line operators and six mobile phone networks in _______________
territory. Ofta secretary-general Anthony Wong Sei-kei defended the networks, saying all
remained functioning and none crashed. " ______________ reason people could not get
through was because all the networks were over-loaded," he said.
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NOUN PHRASES

Objetivo: Reconocer las diferentes reglas para frases nominales y su aplicación.

• Lea esta breve lectura y descubra las diferentes aplicaciones de reglas para frases
nominales.
• Etiquete los constituyentes en cada regla y la regla.

Mardi Gras scenery, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910

Mardi Gras Season in New Orleans: A Local Legacy

Do you celebrate Fat Tuesday? If you live in New Orleans, Louisiana, or any place else
along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, you probably do.
Every year, the people of New Orleans celebrate Mardi Gras, which is French for "Fat
Tuesday." This holiday is the day before Ash Wednesday, and it begins a season of fasting,
called Lent, for many Christians leading up to Easter Sunday. It's called Fat Tuesday
because it's the last day that many people eat meat and fatty foods before Lent begins.
Today, Mardi Gras season in New Orleans is a time of merry-making and festivity. Many
clubs in the city, called crews (pronounced "crews"), sponsor extravagant parades and
masked balls in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday. It's a lot of fun to try to catch the
trinkets that are thrown to the crowds from the parade floats. Every crewed has a king and
queen, whose identities are kept secret until the night of the ball. It's all part of the fun and
mystery of Mardi Gras.