Using English Noun Phrases The Gingerbread Man Using English Noun Phrases
Once upon a time ...
One day ...
Suddenly ... *Knock! Knock!*
Then ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!
After that ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run away from .... And I can run away from you.
Next ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run away from ... , and ... And I can run away from you.
And then ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run away from ... , and ... , and ..., and I can run away from you.
Soon after that ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run away from ... , and ... , and ..., and even ...., and I can run away from you.
Soon after that ... Stop! Stop! I want to eat you for my tea! Run! Run as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ve run away from ... , and ... , and ..., and ..., and even ...., and I can run away from you.
But then ...
Along came...
Well, then ...
And so ...
Finally ...
A Noun Phrase often includes such as: 1. a determiner articles a an the quantifiers some many few numbers one six twenty possessive adjectives my your our his her their demonstrative adjectives this that these those
A Noun Phrase often includes such as: 2. modifiers adjectives huge, delicious nouns gingerbread possessive forms of nouns cat’s, people’s, horses’ adverb-adjective combinations really wet, deliciously sweet
A Noun Phrase often includes such as: 3. a noun woman man cat dog goat cow horse fox
A noun phrase can also include 1. a subordinate clause The old woman ... ... wearing a white apron 2. a prepositional phrase The old woman ... ... with grey hair A noun phrase is NOT a sentence.
Create a Noun Phrase to describe each character in the story. determiner: The modifier: delicious modifier: crunchy modifier: Gingerbread noun: Man prepositional phrase: with gumdrop buttons
Retell the story using noun phrases