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Today we are learning about NOUN PHRASES
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What is Noun?
noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, idea, or concept, or anything considered as noun
see the Noun examples
• Persons: girl, boy, instructor, student, Mr. Smith, Peter, president
• Animals: dog, cat, shark, hamster, fish, bear, flea
• Places: gym, store, school, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, village, Europe
• Things: computer, pen, notebook, mailbox, bush, tree, cornflakes
• Ideas: liberty, panic, attention, knowledge, compassion, worship
The Functions of Nouns in Sentences
1.Subject of the sentence
2.Predicate Noun (also Predicate Nominative or Subjective Complement)
2.Predicate Noun (also Predicate Nominative or Subjective Complement)
3. Appositive (noun in apposition)
4. Direct object of a verb
5. Indirect object of a verb
6. Object of the preposition
7. Object Complement (Objective Complement)
What is PHRASES?
A phrase is a group of related words that lacks both a subject and a predicate. Because it lacks a subject and a predicate it cannot act as a sentence.
So, definition of Noun Phrase is....
Either a single noun or pronoun or a group of word containing a noun or pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.
Noun phrase can be inform of gerund (base+ing) or gerund and other nouns compounding.
Example :
Seeing the exam watching nature.
