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ADVANCED ENGLISH

GRAMMAR2ND REPORT: NOUN PHRASE AND

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

SUBMITTED BY: KINNO ROGER D. ANTONIO

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A noun phrase includes anouna person, place, or thingand themodifierswhich distinguish it.

You can find the noun dogin a sentence, for example, but you don't know which canine the writer meansuntil you consider the entire noun phrase: that dog, Aunt Aud rey 's dog, the dog on the sofa, theneighbor 's dog that chases our c at, the dog digg ing in the new f lower bed.

Modifiers can come before or after the noun. Ones that come before might include articles, possessivenouns, possessivepronouns,adjectives, and/orparticiples.

Articles:adog, t h edog

Possessive nouns:A u n t A u d r e y 's dog, the n e i g h b o r ' s dog, the police o f f i c e r ' s do g

Possessive pronouns:o u rdog, h e rdog, t h e i r dog

Adjectives:t h a t dog, the b i gdog, the s p o t t e d dog

Participles: the d r o o l i n g dog, the b a r k i n g dog, the well t r a i n e d dog

Modifiers that come after the noun might includeprepositional phrases,adjective clauses,participlephrases, and/orinfinitives.

Prepositional phrases: a dog o n t h e l o o s e , the dog i n t h e f r o n t s e a t , the dog b e h i n d t h e f e n c e

Adjective clauses: the dog t h a t c h a s e s c a t s , the dog t h a t l o o k s l o s t , the dog t h a t w o n t h e c h am p i o n s h i p

Participle phrases: the dog wh i n i n g f o r a t r e at , the dog c l i p p e d a t t h e g r o om i n g s a l o n ,the dog wa l k e d d a i l y

Infinitives: the dog t o c a t c h , the dog t o t r a i n , the dog t o a d o p t

A subordinate clausealso called a dependent clausewill begin with asubordinate conjunctionorarelative pronounand will contain both asubjectand averb. This combination of words will notformacomplete sentence. It will instead make a reader want additional information to finish the thought.

Here is a list of subordinate conjunctions:

after

although

as

once

provided that

rather than

until

when

whenever

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because

before

even if

even though

if

in order that

since

so that

than

that

though

unless

where

whereas

wherever

whether

while

why

Here are your relative pronouns:

that

which

whichever

who

whoever

whom

whose

whosever

whomever

Examples:

Af te r Am y sneeze d all ove r the tun a sal ad

After= subordinate conjunction; Amy= subject; sneezed= verb.

Once Adam smashed the spider

Once= subordinate conjunction; Adam= subject; smashed= verb.

Until Mr. Sanchez has his first cup of coffee

Unti l= subordinate conjunction; Mr. Sanchez= subject; has= verb.

Who ate handfuls of Cheerios with his bare hands

Who= relative pronoun; Who= subject; at e= verb.