1. Using English Noun Phrases
The Gingerbread Man
Using English Noun Phrases

2. Once upon a time ...

3. One day ...

4. Suddenly ...
*Knock! Knock!*

5. 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!

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. But then ...

12. Along came...

13. Well, then ...

14. And so ...

15. Finally ...

16. 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

17. 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

18. A Noun Phrase often includes
such as:
3. a noun
woman
man
cat
dog
goat
cow
horse
fox

19. 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.

20. 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

21. Retell the story using noun phrases