Noun Phrase

True or false? A noun phrase consists of a noun (a person, place, or thing) and any modifiers

• True

• False

True or false? A noun phrase can function as a subject, an object, or a complement within a sentence.

• True

• False

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• Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

• Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

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• When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it.

• The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

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• Democracy is the name we give the people whenever we need them.

• One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

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"One true love of mine"

• One

• True

• Love

• of

• Mine

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"Three devils in disguise"

• three

• devils

• in

• disguise

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• There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

• You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

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• I am just going outside and may be some time.

• In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks that he takes.

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"The heavy one in the middle"

• the

• heavy

• one

• in

• middle