A noun phrase includes a nouna person, place, or thingand the modifiers which distinguish it.

Modifiers can come before or after the noun. Ones that come before might include articles, demonstratives possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, adjectives, quantifiers, and Numerals, etc

An example of NOUN?

Car

NOUN

Did you see what happened to this noun?

My

sporty

new

small

gold

Japanese

Car

Its just been expanded!!!

ADJECTIVE
Article : an, an, the Intensifier : most, few, some, etc Descriptive : beautiful, smart, ugly Size : small, big, tall Age :young, new, old Temperature :hot, warm, cool, cold.. Shape : circle, triangle, square Color : all colors Where is from:Japanese, Australian.. What is from : wooden, silver, golden

NOUN

Book
Book store Toothpaste

Bedroom

A Rin

1 2

De Size Age Te Sha Co W2= N Where /what is from 3 4 5 6 7 8 9/10 11

Examples A girl A very beautiful girl Avery beautiful big girl A very beautiful big young girl A very beautiful big young white Japanese girl

Exercises
Arrange the words in brackets into a good order!
QUESTION 1.The king wore (golden crown- a) 2.Carla and Stevi bought (an artifactancient Egypt valuable) for their parents. 3. John has got(big - new aJapanese- black - bag) 4. The headmaster invites (foreigners - charming some of Australian white) to school 5. My dad makes (wooden - new that square - pencil case- unique) special for me 1. 2.

3.

4.

5.

ANSWER The king wore ( a golden crown) Carla and Stevi bought (an ancient valuable Egypt artifact) for their parents John has got( a new big black Japanese bag) The headmaster invites (some of charming white Australian foreigners) to school My dad makes (that unique new square wooden pencil case) special for me

Exercises
Arrange the words in brackets into a good order!

ANSWER 6. Mr. President is in 6. Mr. President is in (German- very black- (the very expensive black German BMW) expensive -the - BMW) 7. The refugees got (deliciousfoods warmvery - Indonesian -thosecheap) from the Government.

QUESTION

7. The refugees got (those very cheap delicious warm Indonesian foods) from the Government

Exercises
Arrange the words in brackets into a good order!
ANSWER 8. Mr. John gives (leather 8. Mr. John gives (this thick pink - thick - warm - jacket- warm pink Korean leather Korean - this) to Dea jacket) to Dea 9.I have just met (tall- the 9. I have just met (the Chinese young - smart smart tall young white girl- white) Chinese girl) 10. Mr. Arlan has just married 10. Mr. Arlan has just with (widow wise -brown married with (a generous wise slim brown Javanese - slim- Javanese- a widow) generous)

QUESTION

Another Example

I have bought a pair of new shoes. I was expensive. It was red. It is made by Indonesia

COMBINE THEM TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE BY USING NP FORMULA

The Result
I have bought a pair of expensive new red Indonesian shoes.

Simple isnt it!!!!! ^_^

Exercises
1. Tina gives me a Jacket. It is made from leather. It is from Korea. It is big enough. 2. My father meets the investor. He is generous. He is rich. He has white skin. He is from German

Exercises
3. Kania made a cake. It was delicious. I was small. It was circular. It was hot. It was fat. 4. Justin Beiber wore a hat. It was blue. It was charming. It was small. It was magic. 5. The princess use a Laptop. It is white. It is 14. It is from China. It is very luxurious. It is thin. She holds it for more than 10 years.

NOW ????!!!!

WHO WANTS TO TRY TO MAKE A STORY LIKE THAT AND THE OTHER STUDENT WILL TRY TO GUEST THE ANSWER?????

Choose one of the nouns below.

Make a list of words that will expand the noun when you put them before the noun.

forest

school

Book store

music

artist