Noun Phrases and Expanded Noun Phrases Mr Stink

Noun Phrases and Expanded Noun Phrases Mr Stink

Noun Phrases Noun phrases are built around a noun. bench wooden bench old, wooden bench an old, wooden bench Can you spot the different types of word which make up the noun phrase? an old, rather dirty wooden bench This noun phrase includes the head noun, adjectives, an adverb and a determiner.

Noun phrases can be replaced by a pronoun Mr Stink sat on an old, rather dirty wooden bench. Mr Stink sat on it. Her funny and rather musical dad sang loudly. He sang loudly. We can use this to test if something is a noun phrase.

We can expand a noun phrase further using a preposition. Her funny and rather musical dad with tired, kind eyes he an old, rather dirty wooden bench by the rosebush The preposition expands the noun phrase with a prepositional phrase. it Prepositions with, of by, from on, under, below, between, inside, next to, over, in We can still test if it is a noun phrase by replacing the whole phrase with a pronoun.

Spotting noun phrases Annabelle went into her pink bedroom with shiny awards covering the walls. The rather strange smell from Mr Stink lingered. Chloe loved the completely gooey filling of the sweet chocolates. Read each sentence. Can you spot the head noun and the expanded noun phrase in each. it. We can test if it is a noun phrase by replacing the whole phrase with a pronoun.

Why use expanded noun phrases? They tell us more about a noun. This can give extra information to build vivid images. Annabelle had trophies. The expanded Annabelle had many splendid trophies from her varied competitions. noun phrases build They went into a café. an image to help the reader imagine They went into the very busy café with people queuing to the door. the scene. The man ate daintily. The rather shabby man with torn clothes ate daintily. Chloe crept into the shed. Chloe crept into the cramped and damp shed with junk piled to the rafters.

Which noun could you expand? door windows Prime minister floor police officer staircase smell face butler paintings press Prepositions with, of by, from on, under, below, between, inside, next to, over, in