LCL138-2 Noun Phrases Review

review of
the noun phrase

LCL138-2
Tuesday 24th (Sept)

Multiple Select

FIRST OF ALL! What is a phrase?
(More than one option is correct)

• It is a syntactic unit.

• It is a group of words without a subject and verb.

• It always has a subject and a verb.

• Phrases help us build clauses and sentences.

don't forget!

• A phrase consists of a head element plus any other required or optional elements that appear alongside with the head element. The head element determines which other elements can appear with it.

• It is a syntactic unit which can have any number of words, but it doesn't have a subject or verb.

• We can have noun phrases, prepositional phrases, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases.

• Phrases help us to build clauses and sentences.

Multiple Select

Which of these are DETERMINERS?

(You can choose more than one)

• in / on

  up / down

• his / her

  a / the

• some / any

  two / three

• this / that

  those / these

• pretty / ugly

  smart / dumb

1. Quantifier

2. Article, demonstrative, or possessive

3. Numeral

4. Head

All my five cousins All three pages

Those two girls Both your nieces

Half a dozen My first exam

WE MUST FOLLOW AN ORDEr

• Predeterminers (half, all, double, both, such)

• Central determiners (the, a/an, this, every, each)

• Postdeterminers (cardinal & ordinal numbers)

We can't say: *the all trouble or *five the all boys

We can say: All the trouble or All the five boys

there can be more than 1

about determiners...

Multiple Choice

What is a MODIFIER?

(Choose only 1)

• It is a word that gives us a characteristic about the determiners.

• It is a word that goes before the determiners.

• It is a word that gives us a characteristic about the head noun.

• It is a word that goes after the head noun.

Multiple Select

Which of these are MODIFIERS?

(Look at the highlighted words, choose more than 1)

• The pretty girl

• All the four dogs

• Some cats

• The car door

what is a modifier?

• A modifier is a word that gives us a characteristic about the head noun.

• This word can be an adjective:
  There are [many delicious candies].

• Or another noun!

  My auntie is the lady with [all the unicorn tattoos.]

look at this example

[Those old shoes] were [my favorite ones] for [a long time.]

     D       M      H                   D           M         H              D    M      H

Open Ended

Identify the noun clauses following the example.

1.  Cats make affectionate pets.