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  • Recognizing the Noun Phrase
  • Functions of the Noun Phrase
    • Noun Phrase as Subject

You studied noun phrases when you were in Senior Secondary 1. You learned that a noun phrase is a phrase whose main word or head is a noun. Examples include a big bag, an empty treasury, the last drop of blood, my sister’s old handbag. (Note the main word in bold in each of the examples above)

Recognizing the Noun Phrase:

An expression that is a noun phrase usually begins with any of the articles a, an, or the. Consider the following examples:

1. A candidate in an examination hall … – WASSCE, June, 1998
2. An intelligent law official in the Ministry …
3. The courage to fail … – WASSCE, November, 1998

The noun phrase may also begin with a pronoun (my, his, her, our, their, etc), a gerund, or a ‘to + infinitive’

Example:

1. My mother’s love for pets.
2. His arrogant disposition toward his subordinates …\

A gerund is a verb that ends in –ing and functions as a noun.

 

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