Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. That book about the Romans was interesting.

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. That book about the Romans was interesting. A noun phrase contains a noun and all the information about that noun (including the determiner, adjectives and other information). All of this relates to the main noun (book)

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. My delicious, sugary-sweet pancake with maple syrup and nutella was ready in a few minutes.

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. My delicious, sugary-sweet pancake with maple syrup and nutella was ready in a few minutes.

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. I ate my delicious, sugary-sweet pancake with maple syrup and nutella at the end of the day.

Noun Phrases Underline the longest noun phrase you can find. I ate my delicious, sugary-sweet pancake with maple syrup and nutella at the end of the day. I can substitute my entire noun phrase with just ‘my pancake’.

Building Extended Noun Phrases Think of a noun; write it on your whiteboard. man

Building Extended Noun Phrases Next, improve it by adding adjectives. troubled, complex man

Extended Noun Phrases Add a determiner. The troubled, complex man

Extended Noun Phrases Add detail using a prepositional phrase ‘with’. The troubled, complex man with panicked eyes darting in every direction

Start at the determiner Extended Noun Phrases The troubled, complex man with panicked, darting eyes. You can also use other prepositional phrases: The troubled, complex man from London The troubled, complex man on the bus Now it’s your turn! Underline the full noun phrase in your sentence. Underline the noun in green. Start at the determiner

Extended Noun Phrases I go to the small, Christian school with lovely teachers in Sutton. The timid, delicate child with trembling hands walked up to the desk. The girl, who was five years old, spoke excitedly. Start at the determiner, stop when you get to a verb (what is happening in the sentence). Even though ‘who was five years old’ is a relative clause, we can still replace the whole noun phrase with ‘the girl’

Sentence Types Statement Command Question Exclamation

Sentence Types Statement Is a fact. Ends with a full stop. The sky is blue. Command Uses an imperative verb. Can end with a full stop or an exclamation mark. Stir the sauce. Question Ends in a question mark. Will often start with a question word. What is the time? Exclamation Always starts with HOW or WHAT and ends with an exclamation mark. What fun! How pleasant!