Eng II Noun phrases are any head noun and the articles and adjectives that modify that noun Head nouns are the main nouns of phrases Sometimes it is easiest to find each of the head nouns to find each noun phrase ID: 393502
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Noun Phrases
Eng IISlide2
Noun phrases are…
any head noun and the articles and adjectives that modify that noun.
Head nouns are the main nouns of phrases. (Sometimes it is easiest to find each of the head nouns to find each noun phrase.)Slide3
Noun phrases act as…
subjects, objects of the preposition, direct objects, indirect objects, subject complements and object complements.Slide4
How to determine a complete noun phrase
An entire noun phrase can be replaced by the pronoun “it” (also “she, he, they”)
Noun phrases can exist within other noun
phrases.Slide5
Examples
The girl who won the state championship
finished as runner-up this year.
Can be replaced by she:
She
finished as runner-up this year.Slide6
Examples
The girl who won
the state championship
finished as runner-up this year.
Can be replaced by it:
The girl who won
it
finished as runner-up this year.Slide7
Examples
The girl who won the state championship finished as
runner-up
this year.
Can be replaced by it:
The girl who won the state championship finished as
it
this year.Slide8
Why is this year
not a noun phrase?
The girl who won the state championship finished as runner-up
this year.
Consider this:
The girl who won the state championship finished as runner-up
it.Slide9
Noun phrases as subjects
Noun phrases function as subjects when they answer the question: “Who are what did the
verbing
?”
The man with brown hair
went to the store.
Who went to the store? The man with brown hair.Slide10
Noun phrases as direct objects
A noun phrase functions as the direct object when it
directly receives
the action of the verb.
I ate
the cookies with chocolate chips.
Who or what was being eaten? The cookies with chocolate chips.Slide11
Noun phrases as objects of the preposition
A noun phrase functions an object of the preposition when it follows a preposition and is part of a prepositional phrase.
She took her bonnet to
the new hat shop.Slide12
Noun phrases as indirect objects
A noun phrase functions
as an indirect object when it indirectly receives the action of the verb.
I bought
Peter
a new hat.
You gave
the dog
water.Slide13
Noun phrases as subject complements
A noun phrase functions
as a subject complement when it describes the subject of a sentence.
Obama is
President of the United States.
I am a
teacher
and
runner.Slide14
Noun phrases as object complements
A noun phrase functions
as an object complement when it describes an object (direct object, object of prep, etc.).
The American people have elected Barack Obama
president
.
My coworkers often call our boss
an idiot
.