Noun phrase and Verb phrase

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   A.    NOUN PHRASE(NP): A group of related words that can act as a single noun-like within unity in a sentence.

Noun phrases start with determiners which are placed at the beginning of noun phrase. It’s divided into 2 part; basic and complex noun phrase.

1.      Basic NP

a.       Noun: book, student

b.      Det+N: the city, a friend

c.       Q+N: some people

d.      Det+Adj+N: my wonderful mom, a new house

e.       Q+Det+Adj+N: most of the animals, all the ways

f.       Adj+N: Asian girl, scary woods

g.      Q+Det+Adj+N: some of my best friends, all those smart students

h.      Det+Adv+Adj+N: the most beautiful girl, everything in scary wood

2.      Complex NP

a.       Pre Modifier

Including modifier that stand alone before the head of complex NP.

Det, adv, adj phrase, noun.

b.      Including modifier that stand alone after the head of complex NP.

Adj, prepositional phrase, infinitive, participle, relative clause.

    B.     Verb phrases are verbs that are made up of more than one word. Verb phrases consist of a main verb alone, or a main verb plus any modal or auxiliary verbs (helping verbs). Those helping verbs are; could, would, should, can, will, shall, may, might, must, did, do, does, and forms of “to be” (was, were, am, are, is, have been, has been, will be, will have been, and being).

1.      Basic VP

a.       Main verb: we are here, I like it.

b.      The auxiliary verb be and a main verb in the –ing form: we were laughing, everybody’s watching

c.       The auxiliary verb have and a main verb in the past participle form: they have enjoyed themselves, i had finished my work

d.      A modal verb (can, could, may, should, will, shall, must) and a main verb: they will come, i can get it.

2.      Intermediate VP

a.       Have been and v-ing

A verb phrase with have, been and the -ing  form expresses both perfect aspect and continuous aspect. A verb with have/has  expresses present perfect continuous and a verb with had expresses past perfect continuous. e.g: everybody has been working hard, he had been singing

b.      Verb and be, have and have been

They will be listening, he might have arrived

c.       Be and past participle

English is spoken all over the world, lunch was being served.

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