Noun Phrase : āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ
Noun Phrase
Definition : A Noun Phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence.
Structure : Determiner + Adjective(s) + Noun + Extra Information
Examples
- The big house
- A beautiful red flower
- My best friend
- Those three old books
Examples in Sentences
- The intelligent boy won the prize. Noun Phrase: The intelligent boy
- She bought a very expensive car. Noun Phrase: a very expensive car
- That small village near the river is peaceful. Noun Phrase: That small village near the river
Types of Noun Phrase
1. Simple Noun Phrase : Contains Determiner + Noun
Examples: i. The dog, ii. A pen
2. Expanded Noun Phrase : Contains adjectives or extra information
Examples: i. The cute little puppy, ii. An old wooden chair
Noun Phrase with Prepositional Phrase
Examples:
- The boy in the blue shirt
- The house on the hill
Important Points
- A noun phrase always contains a noun or pronoun.
- It can act as:
- Subject – The smart student solved the problem.
- Object – She bought a new phone.
- Complement – He is a great teacher.
2. Noun Phrase – Assamese (āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ)
āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž : āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ (Noun Phrase) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻ āύ : Determiner + Adjective + Noun + Extra Information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- The big house (āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§°)
- A beautiful red flower (āĻāĻāĻž āϧā§āύā§āϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻāĻž āĻĢā§āϞ)
- My best friend (āĻŽā§ā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§)
- Those three old books (āϏā§āĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ)
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
- The intelligent boy won the prize. (āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϞ’ā§°āĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āĻāĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤)
- She bought a very expensive car. (āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤)
- That small village near the river is peaceful. (āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§°ā§° āϏā§āĻ āϏ⧰⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻāύ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĨ¤)
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
1. Simple Noun Phrase (āϏāĻšāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ)
- The dog
- A pen
2. Expanded Noun Phrase (āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ)
- The cute little puppy
- An old wooden chair
Preposition āĻĨāĻāĻž Noun Phrase
- The boy in the blue shirt
- The house on the hill
āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻž
- āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāϤ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
- āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ:
- āĻā§°ā§āϤāĻž (Subject) – The smart student solved the problem.
- āĻāϰā§āĻŽ (Object) – She bought a new phone.
- āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āĻ (Complement) – He is a great teacher.