PHRASES AND NOUN CLAUSES (ADJECTIVAL PHARASES, ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES)
NOUN PHRASE
A noun Phrases does the work of a noun in a sentence. Example
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- Ade, the school driver, has died
- Jerusalem a city on high land has cool weather.
NOUN CLAUSE
A Noun clause functions as the subject of a verb or the object of a verb in sentences. In other words, a noun clause perform the function of a noun in sentence. It introduced by the following words what, that, how, when, if, etc. Example:
(i). How she escape the accident is mysterious.
GN- Noun Clause
GF-Subject of the Verb “is”
(ii) Mr. Ogbonnaya told me that he had delivered the envelop.
GN- Noun Clause
GF- Object of the verb “told”
- ADJECTIVAL NOUN: It does the work of an adjective in the sentence. It qualifies pronoun or noun. It is shown by the following words; whose where, that, whom, when, which, who. Example:
(i) Bola followed the road which was very high
GF- It qualifies the “Road”
(ii) He met the girl who stole has bag.
GN: Adjectival/relative Clause
GF: It qualifies the noun “girl”
ADJECTIVAL PHRASE
An Adjectival Phrase qualifies a noun. In other words, it does the work of an adjective in a sentence. It always begins with preposition words such as in, on with, from etc. Example:
(i) The boy with a dirty cloth stole the money.
GN-Adjectival Phrase
GF- It qualifies the noun “boy”.
(ii) The book in the box belongs to my teacher.
GN-Adjectival Phrase
GF- It qualifies the noun “book”
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