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Noun phrases:

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A simple noun phrase is a group of words, including a noun, that form part of a sentence. The noun is the main word in the phrase and other words give information about it. For example:

a cat
his toy
those shoes
the house
two children

The examples above all contain a determiner and a noun to make a noun phrase. Most noun phrases contain a determiner. In the sentence below, the noun phrase is shown in bold:

Bring your children with you.

What Is an Expanded Noun Phrase?

In an expanded noun phrase, other words and phrases are used to give further information about the noun in the sentence. This is usually done by adding adjectives to describe the noun in the noun phrase, for example:

She walked through the dark, mysterious forest.

In the example above, the expanded noun phrase is ‘the dark, mysterious forest’, the words ‘dark’ and ‘mysterious’ have been used to expand the noun phrase. They make writing more interesting as they help the reader to build an image in their mind.

Another noun can also be used to create an expanded noun phrase by giving more detail about the noun, such as: