Expanded noun phrases

Expanded noun phrases

What is an (expanded noun phrase)

It adds more information and details about a noun

It has: a determiner, adjective/s, a noun

• She walked through the dark, mysterious forest.

• Tashi shivered in the cold, green morning

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun phrase in this sentence:

The fresh, green leaves astonished Tashi.

• astonished Tashi

• The fresh, green

• The fresh, green leaves

• The fresh, green leaves astonished Tashi

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun phrase in this sentence:

The howling, whirling brown air blotted out the sun.

• blotted out the sun.

• The howling, whirling

• The howling, whirling brown air blotted out the sun

• The howling, whirling brown air

Or you can add a prepositional phrase

to give more information and details to the noun

The prepositional phrase gives more details about a noun:

• The man with the wooden walking stick walked slowly across the road.

• the tea-taster with a moustache like a spread of snowy wings

look at these examples about the prepositional phrase

Multiple Choice

Now identify the expanded noun phrase:

On the cart was a chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

• On the cart

• a chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

• a tall back, like a throne

• with cushions and a tall back

Multiple Choice

Identify the expanded noun phrases in the following:

The brightly-coloured parrot flew through the canopy

• flew through the canopy

• The brightly-coloured

• the brightly-coloured parrot

Multiple Choice

Spot the expanded noun phrase with the prepositional phrase:

Under the waves, the fish with the jagged fins swam swiftly through the reef.

• swam swiftly through the reef

• the fish with the jagged fins

• under the waves

• through the reef

Remember:

• An expanded noun phrase gives more details about the noun

• This is usually done by adding adjectives to describe a noun.

• OR: by adding a prepositional phrase to add more information about a noun.

• Or by doing both at the same time.

Multiple Choice

Spot the expanded noun phrase that is describing a noun:

On the cart was a grand chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

• On the cart

• a grand chair

• like a throne

• a grand chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

Multiple Choice

Spot the expanded noun phrase that is describing a noun:

On the cart was a grand chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

• On the cart

• a grand chair

• like a throne

• a grand chair with cushions and a tall back, like a throne

Multiple Choice

Spot the expanded noun phrase:

The fresh, green leaves in the basket astonished Tashi

• The fresh, green leaves in the basket

• The fresh, green leaves

• astonished Tashi

Poll

Why do we need the expanded noun phrase?

• the reader builds strong images of the setting and characters

• The expanded noun phrase makes the writing more interesting

• The reader can imagine the setting or the character without looking a picture or illustration

• The verb in the expanded noun phrase is well described