The noun phrase is very important in structure. A noun phrase actually comes in 3 basic places. Subject place, object place, or as a complement discussed in the previous lecture. The easiest way to make a noun phrase is to take a noun and add a determiner to it. Then add an adjective followed by a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase indicates a place. That means ‘from Pakistan’. An easy way to create a prepositional phrase is to put a preposition before any noun phrase.

 

Noun Phrase - NP

1 Man

2 A man

3 A handsome man

4 A handsome man [from China]

You can use a noun phrase as a subject.

[A handsome man from China] came here.

 

Iٰt can also be used as an object.

I saw [a handsome man].

We can also shift it to passive voice structure. 

A handsome man was seen by me. 

 

Some more examples:

 

[My communication at job place] [is] [not effective]. 

I can’t communicate effectively at my job place.

 

A girl] talks.

[A sad girl] talks. 

I saw [a sad girl].

 

He hit me.

[that tall student of Maths in the hat] hit me. 

[The greatest poet of Asia whose name was Iqbal] [died] in 1938.

 

[A great student from Karachi] is taking [these interesting English lessons with Mr. Ali].

 

Prepositional Phrase = P + [NP]

Look, “a rich man” is a noun phrase. If a preposition is added to the same noun phrase, it will become a prepositional phrase. See 

the examples below.

a) with [a rich man]

b) about [that rich man]
c) for [a rich man]

Prepositional Phrase can be used as an adverbial.

I am [with a rich man]. 

She went [in the car] [with my brother][to the restaurant][at evening][on Sunday]۔

 

[A great doctor] in [that poor family] will operate on [the serious patient] because he met [a horrible accident]. 

 

A smart man in the meeting

A lazy girl in a forest

 

A smart man in the meeting [is reading] an English newspaper. 

A lazy girl in a forest [was playing] hockey. 

 

A rich man bought [a bag/some books/a red watch/an expensive car].

 

Activity

Separate NP and PP from the following sentences.

A child is running slowly [adverb].

A child is running on the track with a tiger behind the monkey.

He goes to school.

A tall boy [aggressively danced at the wedding of his younger brother at a famous five star hotel near Model Town in Lahore therefore, his parents were excited to see the performance of their son.

 

I speak English with my brother at evening time during walk in the ground. 

I told a horrible story about a little child] on a phone call on Sunday] after dinner because he was continuously asking me but I did not tell at that time.

I get a gift from my cousin before my birthday around 8:00 up the stairs.

I play outside in a park under the slide and I run towards football.