Topic Content:
- Noun Phrases II
- Noun Phrase as Object
- Noun Phrase as Complement
- Subject Complement
- Object Complement
The Examination Pattern:
In the examination, the question takes the following pattern:
The hardworking village carpenter…
i. What is the grammatical name given to the above expression?
ii. What is its function in the sentence?
The first question requires that you identify the expression either as a phrase or as a clause. You will notice that the expression: The hardworking village carpenter… has no predicateA predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence. For the simple sentence "Amina [is blue]", Amina acts as the subject, and "is blue" acts as the predicate,... More. It is therefore a phrase. You will, however, earn no marks at all if you simply identify the expression as a phrase. You must go ahead to tell the examiner what type of phrase it is – noun, adjectival prepositional, or adverbial.
Two things will help you to identify the expression correctly as a noun phrase. One, it begins with the. Two, you can replace the expression with a single noun – Kolo.
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