2015-10-29 Grammar: noun phrases

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 35 exercise 5 - write about things you (or someone else) do every day, for your health, etc.
1 I take my medicine every day.
2 I do exercise for my health.
3 I speak English very well.
(Eating vegetables is very good for your health.)
4 I always take a shower before bedtime.
5 I always smoke outdoors.
6 I occasionally go to the beach.
7 I speak English better than anyone else in my family.
I take care of my brother better than anyone else in our family.
= I take care of him better than other people take care of him
or = I take care of him better than I take care of other people.
8 I woke up automatically in the morning.
9 I do my homework with considerable difficulty. Usually I don’t even finish it.
10 I always smoke outdoors after class.
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http://mommyshorts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/6a0133f30ae399970b019b00087c83970c-pi.gif - What are some words we can use to describe this costume?
scary
creepy
amazing
sad
lovely

cute
black
small
Edward Scissorhands
Halloween

The child is wearing a cute small black Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume.

article first
opinion before size
size before color
adjective modifiers before noun modifiers
more “fundamental” nouns last (“Halloween costume” is a thing by itself, and “Edward Scissorhands” tells us what kind of Halloween costume it is.)
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In noun phrases, the last noun is the head. It tells us what the phrase is about.
(A noun phrase is a type of phrase. An English class is a type of class. Scissorhands are hands made from scissors. Handscissors would be scissors made from (or for) hands.)

Prepositional or participial phrases go after the head noun:
I want to buy the cute Edward Scissorhands costume in the picture.
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Homework: p. 149 exercise 1 - combine the words in the box to make different noun phrases