Noun Phrase

-    Noun Phrase adalah kelompok Kata yang terdiri atas:

1.   Kata inti (head): noun

2.   Penjelas kata inti atau modifier, yaitu bisa berupa:

a.    Kata (adjective, noun, gerund, present participle, past participle infinitive with to)

b.   Frase (adjective phrase, noun phrase, gerund phrase, infinitive phrase with to, prepositional phrase, present participial phrase, past participial phrase).

c.    Klausa (adjective clause, noun clause)

-    Kata dan frase yang terletak sebelum kata benda (pre-modifier), yaitu:

1.   adjective, misalnya: handsome man

2.   noun, misalnya: english book

3.   gerund, misalnya: swimming pool (kolam untuk renang)

4.   present participle, misalnya: flying kite

5.   past participle, misalnya: wanted man

6.   adjective phrase, misalnya: very beautiful lady

7.   noun phrase, misalnya: english book seller

-    kata, frase, dan klause tertentu terletak setelah kata benda (post-modifier), yaitu:

1.   infinitive with to, misalnya: the book to read

2.   gerund phrase, misalnya: the desire swimming in the pool

3.   infinitive phrase with to, misalnya: the book to read tommorow.

4.   prepositional phrase, misalnya: the cat under the chair

5.   present participial phrase, misalnya: the man flying the kite

6.   past partcipial phrase, misalnya: the room painted yesterday

7.   adjective clause. Misalnya: the man that came here yesterday.

8.   noun clause, misalnya: the feeling that he is a liar

-    Dalam kalimat, noun phrase berfungsi sebagai:

1.   subject: a beautiful woman is cooking in the kitchen

2.   object: I have a cute cat

3.   subject complement: the boy is a very good musician

4.   object complement: my mother calls my cat good boy.

5.   direct object: the rat ate all the mangoes

6.   indirect object: my husband bought his teacher beautiful flowers

-    noun phrase tidak dapat berfungsi sebagai predikat

participle

Participle

·        Past Participle

1.       He has flown to Chicago twice.

2.      The broken spirited boy returned home without a prize.

3.      That man looks lost.

4.     She is already eaten lunch.

5.      They had left for California before she called.

·        Present Participle

1.       They are watching TV at the moment.

2.      The sun was shining so I went for a walk.

3.      The man speaking English is our teacher.

4.     That movies was extremely exciting.

5.      He has been working in the garden for twenty minutes.

SENTENCE WITH INVERTED SUBJECTS AND VERBS

A.   To form a question with a helping verb (be, have, can, could, will, would, etc.)

1.      Can we go to the school?

2.      Would you love me?

3.      Was he buy book lastweek?

4.      Can you help me?

5.      Will you marry me?

6.      Does she tell me the truth?

7.      Did you go to the movies?

8.      Can you smile to me?

9.      Can you love me?

10.  Did you love him?

B.   Invert the subject and verb with question words

1.      What is the assigment?

2.      Where do you live?

3.      Why do you love me?

4.      Where are you going?

5.      When can I leave?

6.      I don’t know what the assigment is.

7.      Do you know where you are going?

8.      When I can leave, I will take the first bus.

9.      What is the exam?

10.  I don’t know what the exam is?

C.   Invert the subject and verb with negatives

•      Never

1.      Never in her life had she waited you.

2.      Never in his life had he loved you.

3.      Never in my life had i went to Malang with my friends.

4.      Never in her life had she get flower from his.

5.      Never in my life had I meet Dimas Anggara.

6.      Never in his life had he gave flower to you.

7.      Never in her life had she won the champion.

8.      Never in my life had I dreamed about you.

9.      Never in his life had he yelled to you.

10. Never in her life had she talked with me.

 

•      Not Only

1.      Not only did he handsome but he also smart.

2.      Not only does she clearly but she also cute.

3.      Not only does she smart but she also beautiful.

4.      Not only does she diligent but she also beautiful.

5.      Not only did he smart but he also diligent.

6.      Not only did he diligent but he also handsome.

7.      Not only does she beautiful but she also cute.

8.      Not only does she high but she also beautiful.

9.      Not only did he high but he also handsome.

10.  Not only did he handsome but he also cute. 

•    No Sooner

1.      No sooner was she opened window, than it was raining.

2.      No sooner was he playing football, than she hit his.

3.      No sooner was I dancing, than he kiss me.

4.      No sooner was I singing, than he give me flower.

5.      No sooner was he playing badminton, than I give his a drink.

6.      No sooner was he playing volley ball, than she called his.

7.      No sooner was I crying, than He give me a chocholate.

8.      No sooner was I sick, than mother give me a cake.

9.      No sooner was I put down the phone, than I get a short message.

10.  No sooner was I wake up, than mother called me.

D.   Invert the subject and verb with comparisons

1.      She was very smart, as were most of her friends.

2.      He was very diligent, as were most of his brothers.

3.      She was very beautiful, as were most of her friends.

4.      He was very handsome, as were most of his friends.

5.      She was very cute, as were most of her friends.

6.      My friend spends more hours in the librabry than does me.

7.      Eka spends more hours in the boarding house than does Yuni..

8.      Echa more cute than does Chika.

9.      Syifa more smart than does Alief.

10.  My sister more diligent than does me.