GRAMMAR FOR IELTS UNIT 20

GRAMMAR FOR IELTS UNIT 20

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VOCABULARY

A noun phrase gives extra information about the subject or object of a sentence. The extra information in a noun phrase can come before and/or after the main noun as follows:

Eg: The recent increase of female graduates who have studied technical subjects

NOUN PHRASE

It is important to notice where the noun phrase begins and ends in a sentence to help you understand what the sentence means. The way to do this is to find the verb in the sentence; everything before the verb is the subject noun phrase and everything that comes after the verb is the object noun phrase.

Eg: The recent increase in female graduates who have studied technical subjects has changed the modern job market.

NOUN PHRASE

The general noun describes the category and the specific noun tells us more about the category.

Eg1: the development of scientific analysis the pattern of marriage statistics

Eg2: an approach of primary school teachers the number of male arts students

The/an + general noun + specific noun

The relative clause provides details which focuses the subject/noun. In the phrase the men who make the operational decisions we know exactly which group of men.

Eg1: the experts who advised the government 

Eg2: figures that support the doctors’ claims

Relative clauses

Some noun phrases are composed of a series of two or more nouns. In the noun phrase female business owners all the words are nouns which together form one specific meaning.

Eg1: community support workers 

Eg2: women government officials

Relative clauses