FIRST GROUP

NOUN
PHRASE
A noun phrase is a phrase where the main noun is
a noun with other words or another nouns that
describe the main noun.
A noun phrase is a phrase where the main noun is a noun with
other words that describe the noun Formation of Noun Phrase
Noun phrases can be in the form of words like the
following:

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Noun
Phrase

Demonstra Possesive
Article+ tive + Numerals Quantifier Adjective +
Adjective +
Noun + Noun + Noun Noun
Noun Noun
a) Indifinite Article + Noun
Noun Phrase can be formed in the presence of
“a” and “an” article before the noun.
example :
a girl
an apple

a girl's series of words is a noun phrase,

“a” describing the girl noun; girl is the main word
(headword) in that phrase,
“a” is a word that explains the word girl.
b) Difinite Article + Noun
What is meant by Definite article is the article
“The” Example:
• The house
• The boys
• The pens

“The” explains nouns house, boys, and pens.

The words house, boys, pens are the main words
and “The" explains the main words.
2. Demonstrative Adjective + Noun
It has also been explained several demonstrative
adjective words including the words this, these,
that, and those.
Example:
This song
That poem
Those disasters
That stranger
These tragedies
This liquid
3. Possessive Adjective + Noun and Possessive
noun + noun
What is meant by possessive adjective are
words that state the owner of something, for
example my, your, his, her, her, our, their,
jean’s, Mr.Jones', etc.Example:
Her computers
your ideas
Toni’s pen
4. Numerals (number words)
What is meant by numerals are one, two,
three, ten, etc.Example:
two women (= two women)
Four members (= four members)
Three books (= three books)
5. Quantifier + noun
Is a word that states the number of objects,
for example some, any, much, many, a lot of,
few, a little, etc.
Example:
some brothers
much money
many pencils
6. Adjective + Noun Adjective
is a word that describes an object in other words
explaining the object's nature. Examples of
adjectives; big (big), tall (tall), old (old), far (far),
angry (angry), sad (sad), etc.
for example:
big houses
tall men
clever students
the word "big" is an adjective that explains the
noun "houses"