NOUN PHRASE

• Noun phrase ia a group of

words that has a noun
head. It acts as SUBJECT,
OBJECT, or COMPLEMENT
 PATTERN:
1. Cats sleep a lot. (no noun phrase)
2. The cat (article + noun)
3. The fluffy cat (article +adjectives + noun)
4. The cat on top of the stool is sleeping.
• (article + noun + prepositional phrase)
5. Most big cats hunt at night. (determiner + adjective +
noun)
6. This room is clean (Demonstrative pronoun + noun)
7. Her computer is broken. (Possesive adjective+ noun)
8. The Coffe Table is in the corner. (noun+noun)
 Noun Phrase as a Subject

• A subject is a noun that the sentence is about.

• Example

• Very few giant pandas remain in the wild

• This sentence is clearly about the small number

of wild Pandas, and so ‘very few giant pandas’ is
the subject of the sentence.
 Noun Phrase as a Complement

• A compliment re-states or gives more information about a noun. It always

follows a state-of-being verb (is, are, am, will be, was, were).

• Example
• It is a wide open sea

• The noun phrase ‘a wide, open sea’ gives us more information about it .
Therefore it acts as a complement to ‘it’.
 Noun Phrase as a Object

• An object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of a

verb.
• Example:

• Grandma cooked a delicious meal.

 URUTAN ADJECTIVE DALAM NOUN
• DOSASCOMP PHRASE
1. D = Determiner (the, a, an, some, dll)
2. O = Opinion (beautiful, rich, diligent, dll)
3. S = Size (big, small, long, dll)
4. A = Age (young, old, new)
5. S = Shape (round, fat, thin, dll)
6. C = Color (white, yellow, red, dll)
7. O = Origin (ItalIan, Indonesian, Malaysian, dll)
8. M = Material (rubber, plastic, cotton, dll)
9. P = Purpose (wedding, school, dll)
10.Kata Benda
 1. Opinion /pendapat

• Pendapat atau penilaian seseorang

diletakkan di awal adjective order/ urutan
kata sifat.
• Contoh dari opinion/pendapat
adalah Beautiful, horrible, difficult, easy, etc.

• Contoh kalimat : a beautiful girl, an easy test,

a handsome teacher,
 2. Size /ukuran
• Ukuran menceritakan tentang seberapa ukuran dari kata
benda yang akan kita deskripsikan ukuran ini
contohnya Large, Tiny, enormous, little, big, small, tiny,
tall, high,

• Contoh kalimat.
• A beautiful high mountain.
• An beautiful tall girl.
 3. Age / umur
• Age atau umur menceritakan tentang seberapa tua atau
muda seseorang atau sesuatu. Contohnya, ancient, new,
young, old

• A beautiful tall young girl

• A fast small new smartphone.
 4. Shape atau bentuk fisik
• adalah bentuk fisik dari benda,menjelaskan tentang
bentuk fisik dari benda. Contoh Square, round, flat,
rectangular.
• Contoh kalimat:

• a beautiful tall new rectangular book

 5. Colour
• Adalah warna dari benda yang kita jelaskan.
• Contoh : black, pink, reddish, white, blue

• Contoh kalimat : a thin new rectangular black book

 6. An Origin
• Menjelaskan tentang asal dari mana benda tersebut bisa
negara atau tempat lain. Contoh : french, lunar,
American, Eastern, Greek.
• Contoh dalam kalimat :
• a rectangular black american book.
 7. Material
• Jenis adjective ini menjelaskan tentang apa bahan
pembuat dari kata benda yang dijelaskan. Contoh
= wooden, metal, cotton, paper.

• Example:
• I buy a wooden doll.
 exercise
1. A – table – large - round – wooden
2. Five –winter – black –large – italian – beautiful –coat
3. Six – brillian – mexican –young – director – film
4. Indonesian – four- pink – cotton –shirts
5. Clock – Italian – old - A - wonderful
 Exercise:
• 1. They live in a __________________ house.
a. large and white
b. white and large
c. large white

• 2. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?

• a. I like that really big red old antique tractor in the museum
• b. I like that really big old red antique tractor in the museum
• c. I like that old, red, really big antique tractor in the museum.
• 3. Which sentence uses the correct order of adjectives?
a. My brother rode a beautiful big black Friesian horse in the parade.
b. My brother rode a beautiful Friesian big black horse in the parade.
c. My brother rode a big, black, beautiful Friesian horse in the parade

• 4. I bought a pair of _________________ boots..

a. new, nice, red rain
b. nice new red rain
c. red nice new rain

• 5. I’ve been spending a lot of time in antique shops looking for the
perfect _______________ clock.
a. little silver Italian cuckoo
b. little Italian silver cuckoo
c. silver little Italian cuckoo