NOUN PHRASES

The beautiful girl

Demi and Joe on the stage

Cute baby

Do y know the sentences that I make above is included to “noun phrases”

®    Noun is word that names a person, animal,place, thing, ide or concept or anything considered as noun.

Note: Gerund (kata kerja yang dibendakan) can also be classified as noun.

®    Noun phrases (frasa kata benda) is either a single noun or pronoun or a group of words containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of a verb.

Structures of Noun phrase :

1.       Noun premodifiers – Modifiers before the noun are called pre-modifiers.

pre – modifiers + noun
a). White house ; here white is a premodifier and house is a noun.
b). The three old Democratic legislators ; here the three old Democratic is premodifier and legislators is a noun.

2.      Noun Post - Modifiers – Modifiers coming after a noun are called post – modifiers.

noun + post-modifiers. (The most common post-modifier is prepositional phrases).
a). The glass on the table ; here on the table is the post-modifier.
b). The boy in the store ; here in the store is the post-modifier.

3.     Noun phrase - pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier

pre-modifier + noun + post-modifier.
a). The boys on top of the house are ...... here The is the pre-modifier, boys is the noun, on top of the house is the post-modifier