Expanding Noun Phrases Year 7 Sentence Starters Icons key:
Expanding Noun Phrases Year 7 Sentence Starters Icons key: For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation Flash activity. These activities are not editable. Extension activities 1 of 20 Web addresses Teacher’s notes included in the Notes Page Accompanying worksheet © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Contents Nouns and noun phrases Adjectives and adjectival phrases Prepositional phrases Expanding noun phrases activity and summary 2 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Expanding Noun Phrases – Nouns and noun phrases Nouns and noun phrases 3 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Nouns and noun phrases Hi Lei. Do you know how I can make my writing more descriptive? I think so...Yes – that’s it! You need to describe your nouns in more detail to interest your reader. Okay, that sounds good but can we recap nouns first? 4 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Nouns and noun phrases revision I know that nouns are used all the time in our writing… Nouns are people, places, things or emotions, e.g. Megan, France, a book, the sun, love etc. Noun phrases are too… Noun phrases are a group of words (including a noun) which form a sentence when they are used with a verb, e.g. My friends can ski. noun phrase 5 of 20 verb phrase © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Expanding Noun Phrases – Adjectives and adjectival phrases Adjectives and adjectival phrases 6 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Adjectives I know that one way of describing nouns in more detail is to use adjectives… Adjectives give us more information about a noun, e.g. The ginger cat sat on the table. The adjective ‘ginger’ gives us additional information about the cat which is more interesting for the reader and is specific. Try using different adjectives to change the description of the cat. 7 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Spotting adjectives 8 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Adjectival phrases Sometimes we use a group of words to describe a noun more thoroughly. These are called adjectival phrases… An adjectival phrase is a group of words (including an adjective) which describes a noun more thoroughly and makes a sentence when used with a verb, e.g. This cake is very nice. The book is really good. The play is boring and too long. 9 of 20 noun phrase verb adjectival phrase © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Identifying adjectival phrases Read these sentences and then decide which parts are adjectival phrases: 1. The golden retriever dog was extremely friendly. 2. My parents watch snooker and are really huge fans. 3. Your curly red hair is very pretty. 4. Our small, fragile Earth orbits the Sun. 5. I took ages to decide which dark blue jeans to buy. 6. You should eat fruit and vegetables as they are very healthy foods. Did you decide on these answers? 10 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Completing adjectival phrases 11 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Expanding Noun Phrases – Prepositional phrases Prepositional phrases 12 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Prepositional phrases Great, I can use noun phrases and adjectival phrases to improve my writing. Yes they are both useful ways of varying your writing, but you could go even further…by using prepositional phrases. 13 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Prepositions and prepositional phrases I know that prepositions are small words which explain the position of nouns. Prepositions describe where the noun is for the reader to imagine it clearly, e.g. in, on, to, at, with, under, over, above, below etc. A prepositional phrase is a group of words (including a preposition) which describes where a noun is so the reader can imagine it clearly… e.g. Many strange creatures live under the sea. adjectival phrase 14 of 20 verb phrase prepositional phrase © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Spotting prepositions 15 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Identifying prepositional phrases Decide which parts are prepositional phrases in the following sentences: 1. Above the clouds, the air is cold. 2. After the rain comes the sun. 3. Many of the students caught the bus to school. 4. Over the stile, the farm lay along the gravel track. 5. Pebbles were caught under the wheel of the bike. 6. A pot of gold lies at the end of the rainbow. Did you find these answers? 16 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Completing prepositional phrases 17 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Expanding Noun Phrases – activity and summary Expanding noun phrases activity and summary 18 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Writing phrases activity Read the noun phrases below and then write an adjectival phrase and a prepositional phrase to complete each sentence in an imaginative way, e.g. The parrot is very colourful and is sitting on a perch. noun phrase adjectival phrase prepositional phrase 1. The funfair 2. Martin’s skateboard 3. Scuba diving 4. School holidays 5. My bike 19 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006 Summary My writing is going to be fantastic now that I’ve learnt all these new techniques… Yes, you might even start writing nearly as well as I do soon…! Remember: adjectival phrases add description to noun phrases prepositional phrases explain the positions of nouns. TIP: Try to use a mixture of phrases in your writing. 20 of 20 © Boardworks Ltd 2006
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