Question

Which two phrases in this information about Medicare prescription drug coverage are noun phrases?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The subset of the US population with Medicare

C. Not all Medicare drug plans

Answer 2

Answer:

The two noun phrases are:

B. The subset of the US population with Medicare

C. Not all Medicare drug plans

Explanation:

A noun phrase consists of a noun and any determiners or modifiers that accompany it. It functions as a noun in the structure of a sentence, which means it can be, for example, the subject or the object of that sentence.

With that definition in mind, we can easily eliminate option A. This is an infinitive phrase, its main element being the infinitive verb at the beginning. We can also eliminate option D. What we have here is a prepositional phrase - notice how "for" was included. We are left with options B and C, both of which are noun phrases. They both function as subjects in the sentences where they are included.