Noun phrases - exercises

Noun phrase

premodification – HEAD - postmodification

Premodification

A determiners

B adjective

C -ing participle

D ed- participle

E noun

F adverbial

G genitive

H sentence

Postmodification

a relative pronoun & adverbial

b defining relative clause

c non-defining relative clause

• non-finite clause:

d –ing participle

e –ed participle clause

f infinitive clause

g appositive clause

h prepositional phrase

1. Then he met Barbara, who invited him to a party.

2. The table the boy crawled under was dirty.

3. I hate city traffic.

4. She traveled to many far-away places.

5. The lady towards whom the dog ran was his mother.

6. The news that appeared in the papers this morning was well received.

7. The present for John costs a great deal.

8. A report written by my colleague appeared last week.

9. That is the place where she was born.

10. The next train to arrive was from York.

11. The belief that no one is infallible is well-know.

12. We also met her delightful family.

13. They never found the missing report.

14. Have you reported the stolen car?

15. The person writing reports is my colleague.

16. I visited his pop-down-for-the-weekend-cottage.

17. I visited his fisherman’s cottage.

18. People who live in new houses may have a lot of money.