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Expanded Noun PhrasesYear 3/4

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1A Noun Phrase

A noun phrase is a group of words which describes a noun (a person, place or thing).

The noun is introduced by a determiner.

Example:

determiner noun

The man

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Expanded noun phrase

An expanded noun phrase makes noun phrases more descriptive and adds more detail.

We do this by adding adjectives to describe the nouns.

Example:

determiner adjective noun

The tall man

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Expanded noun phrase

Sometime we can use more than one adjective to describe the noun.

When we do this, we need to use a comma to separate our adjectives.

Example:

determiner adjectives noun

The tall, slim man

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What adjectives can we think of to describe a child?

Let’s try expand a noun phrase by adding adjectives before the noun:

The child

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Now use some of these adjectives to create an expandednoun phrase. Don’t forget the commas!

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The child

the small child

the blonde child

the innocent child

the chubby child

the bright child

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the blonde child with grey pants

Let’s try using ‘with’ to add another expanded noun phrase:

Now you try using ‘with’ to write another expanded noun phrase.

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The blonde child with grey pants walked across the grass.

Now we can add a verb and a preposition to create a sentence:

Now use a verb and preposition to create a sentence fromyour expanded noun phrases.

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Write a sentence that includes two expanded noun phrasesand the word ‘with’.

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