EnglishYear 4Grammar & Punctuation

Expand noun phrases with modifiers

Expand noun phrases by adding modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases (the teacher expanded to the strict maths teacher with curly hair)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a plain biscuit 🍪. Now add chocolate chips and sprinkles — much more exciting!

  2. 2

    What is a noun? 🧐

  3. 3

    Build a noun phrase by adding describing words to 'cat'. Choose words to make it more exciting! 🐱

  4. 4

    Let's improve 'the man' together. 🧑

  5. 5

    Now try 'the house'. Add two describing words to make it more interesting. 🏠

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    Which of these is an expanded noun phrase? 🤔

  7. 7

    What do we add to a noun to make an expanded noun phrase? 🎯

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