Exercises on Nouns & NPs

Exercise 1

In the following sentences, (i) put all noun phrases (including those that consist of just one word) in brackets (remember that noun phrases can be contained within larger noun phrases!)

From The Brave Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen

1. There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. Solution: [There], [five-and-twenty tin soldiers], [who], [brother], [they], [the same old tin spoon].