Nouns, Noun Phrases, Direct Objects and Indirect Objects.
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1. Give Marie the prize. Nouns = Marie, prize; Noun phrases = Marie, the prize (head=prize)
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2. The taxi driver charged us twenty dollars. Nouns=taxi, driver, dollars; noun phrases=the
taxi driver, us, twenty dollars
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3. I wished my friends a happy new year and headed back into the house. Nouns=friends,
year, house; noun phrases=I, my friends, a happy new year (head= year), the house
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4. After washing the dishes, I told the children a bedtime story about otters and eagles.
Nouns=dishes, children, bedtime, story, otters, eagles; noun phrases = I, the children, a
bedtime story about otters and eagles. Head= story
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5. Preetha often lends her brother money, but he never pays her back. Nouns=Preetha,
brother, money; noun phrases= Preetha, her brother, money, he, her.
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6. Mikey handed me a note from his mother explaining his absence the day before.
Nouns=Mikey, note mother absence day; noun phrases=Mikey, me a note from his mother
explaining his absence the day before. Head= note
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7. The young man built his family a house in an isolated hollow near White Bluff. Nouns=
man, family, house, hollow, White Bluff; noun phrases = the young man (head=man), his
family, a house, an isolated hollow near White Bluff (head = hollow)
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adverbial = where?)
8. Lynn bought her uncle a Western-style gray felt hat (at the Franklin Sporting Goods store(.
Nouns=Lynn, uncle, hat, goods, store; noun phrases=Lynn, her uncle, a Western-style gray
felt hat.
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9. Kate passed him the canteen, and he took a big drink of the cold water. Nouns=KLate,
canteen, drink, water; noun phrases=Kate, him, the canteen, he, a big drink of cold water.
10. Last fall our church group sent the missionaries mops and pails and building supplies.
Nouns=fall, church, group, missionaries, mops, pails, building, supplies; noun phrases= last
fall, our church group, the missionaries, mops, pails, building supplies. (for theses last two
sentences, identify heads of the noun phrases).
Nouns, Noun Phrases, Adjectives, Subject and [Object] Complements
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1. Pablo is extremely intelligent. SC=adjective
2. [I find him intelligent.]
3.[ Ginger's hair dye turned the water pink.]
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4. After our fight on the first day of school, Jenny became my friend for life. SC=noun phrase
5. [We painted the ceiling blue.]
6. [You are making me angry.]
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7. Paula is a good dancer. SC=noun phrases
8. [Dorothy named her parakeet Onan.]
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9. Known as "the father of the Texas blues," Blind Lemon Jefferson was a popular entertainer
in the 1920s. SC=noun
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10. The gift Karen gave her brother was a hamster. SC= noun
Here the subject is composed of the following noun phrase:
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The gift Karen gave her brother
Gift is the head
The determiner “the” is the pre-modifier
Karen gave her brother is the post-modifier