Question

Activity 3: Identifying Noun Phrases

Answer 1

Answer: 1. A wooden interior door. 2. a local hospital 3. a girl talking about collecting beads. 4. loads of nice smooth pebbles. 5. The quote on a magnet on my grandma's refrigerator 6. someone who had a passion from making things out of wood. 7. A woman in blue jeans. 8. Little boys who play truant from school 9. A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian 10. A smiling policeman not to sit on the rubbish man.

Explanation: A noun phrase is a group of words that are directed by a noun and have modifiers on it, such as "a", "the", "which", "of us", etc. On some occasions, modifiers can be an adjective or a determiner. Therefore, in the given sentences, some phrases describe a noun with these modifiers, such as in "A local hospital", where we have "a" and "local", making then a noun phrase.