Noun Phrases in English: A comprehensive guide for English learners

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I will cover the basics of what a noun phrase is, how to identify them in sentences, and how to use them correctly in writing and speaking. This video is perfect for ESL students who are looking to improve their grammar and sentence structure. I will provide clear explanations and examples to make the topic easy to understand. By the end of this video, you will have a solid understanding of noun phrases and be able to use them with confidence in your own writing and speaking.
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[@zain-raz]

Mam, you know your eyes shine when you smile, keep teaching and keep smiling

[@user-lx4ox9yx2i]

Thumbs up! I appreciate that. Quite clear explanation, exact and to the point. Rise and shine! Cheers!

[@stacysu414]

Thank you Anna for a brilliant lesson! I thought I had already nailed noun phrases, but watching your video just shed new light on this grammar point, for which I'm very grateful! One more thing, I particularly enjoy the podcasts with transcripts you've been creating, and those C1-C2 vocabulary lessons! Hope to see more of these in the future!

[@fabrice9252]

A brilliant lesson Anna which I guess will be very useful for beginners and 'lower/middle intermediates'. That said I suppose we could live without it, a bit like Monsieur Jourdain was making and speaking prose without even knowing it ! ;-) ('Le bourgeois gentilhomme' by Molière). Personally I like grammar lessons. I think that is important to master and get a good understanding of the structure and the logical of a language. I think that 3 / 4 years at a normal school rhythm is enough to master the entire English grammar (which was my case), where 8 to 9 years are necessary for a good mastery of French grammar. And still, beyond and after middle and even high school, rare are those who really master it and without making mistakes ... Vive l' anglais ! Even if French, of course, remains that beautiful and extraordinary language. That red colour suits you well, you're magnificent! Merci beaucoup Anna, love ya, bisous bisous 😘🌹💕💕 ❤.

[@IORIYAGAMI32]

Many thanks for this lesson

[@7810]

Even a bit complicated, but very useful. Thanks!

[@yaroslavkey2356]

Thanks ANNA for the reasonable explanation and I gave been listening your classes for about one year. You really helped me to improve my English) I respect and appreciate you greatly because you are intelligent and honest and of course very beautiful) I wish you to be Happy Healthy Loved 😮

[@AlexSoft-lx1gv]

Thank you very much, it's very helpful

[@ivoquinteronunez4257]

What a great lesson. It'd be fantastic if you do a video about prepositional phrases.

[@sergiosorbo6955]

Great video as always. I'd really appreciate a lesson on adjective order. Thank you.

[@KhalidNageb]

Thanks Anna, keep it up 💪

[@eustaquiozambrano2974]

Thank Anna so much. Have a good weekend. 👍

[@patriciavicttori2310]

thank you so much, Ana . Accurate and precise as usual . you 're great !

[@EnglishLikeANative]

You are so welcome

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Thank you

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Thanks❤

[@francy2610]

I didn't get a high score in the quiz and please Anna go ahead with the other videos that you suggested. Of course we'd love to watch them!

[@comercialeletronsp3457]

Thanks

[@PANKAJKUMAR-xl3fr]

I am very satisfied to have had watched your video on KZbin. Ma'am , help me understand the uses of participial phrases at the of sentence and tell me subject of participial phrases used in sentence.

[@danielgutierrez5522]

Amazing class!!! Thanks 👏👏😊

[@parkash9999]

Very helpful video for English learners 🙏🌹❤.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Glad you think so!

[@rukathehamsteratwork8896]

Thank you for the very articulate and logical explanation. Actually, I like learning English (or European languages in general) because it’s (grammatically) way more logical than my native language (Japanese). 😊

[@nastyamastereng1893]

Great as always! Cheers! ♡

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Thank you!

[@user-qm6se1oz1x]

Niceee, thank you, so helpful.

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Glad it helped!

[@Crisguay]

What more could I say than: wow!? what an outstanding explanation! 🙌

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Ahhhh thank you so much :)

[@nuruzzaman33]

Mam, this is really an instructive lesson for us... We want to get prepositional phrase from you..

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Noted, thank you. :)

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Great and helpful content, as usual. Thank you very much

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for commenting as always ;)

[@waqarmalik6135]

Wonderful Video Anna. Keep up the great work cheers x

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Thank you! Will do!

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Thank you for making content ❤️

[@EnglishLikeANative]

It's my pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@RaulLopesLagoaPratra]

let's get grammatical! Nice one. Thanks!

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Thank you so much. :)

[@bernardmansire8642]

thanks teacher

[@EnglishLikeANative]

You are welcome

[@harshvardhankumar5124]

9:09 yeah sure sure!

[@jeewakasilva8409]

Thanks teacher

[@EnglishLikeANative]

You are welcome

[@laurapavoni6507]

When I was in England, in a library I found a three horizontal sections cut book ( each page was cut in 3 sections) with swear words taken from Shakespeare's work that you could combine matching each of the upper stripe of the swear word page with any of the other lower stripes. Shakespeare was a maestro at making naughty noun phrases 👅

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Indeed he was. I have done a similar exercise with shakespearian words and it was hilarious.

[@darlingkoka1888]

You are really so cute . I admire you for you kindness

[@moongleam450]

The scruffy black and white cat wearing a red collar with a silver bell on it,was lost during all the video 😂🥺

[@malamincamaraceesay5691]

Hi there this abdourahmane I am from senegale I glad to see, and I hope so that I new person this country but right now I live in Peterborough so I need to improve the English language and how to know regular verb irregular .I can speak French then I need yours helping me thank.

[@onesandzeroes]

In the example with uncle, you first misidentified "uncle" as the head noun. It is of course"man".

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Ah, yes, you are correct, a slip of the tongue there, my bad. The man (my uncle) is the head noun. Thank you for picking that up.

[@pyaeeainlinn7405]

Mam, however I test my level in British Council, never be more than B1 level. What should I get C1?

[@bayodeadedamola2388]

I want details on the adjective please

[@jean-louismorgenthaler4725]

Hi Anna. This sounds like a most useful lesson. Thank you. By the way, would you say that "noun phrase" and noun clause" are two different concepts and explain a bit about how to use both?

[@onesandzeroes]

Before Anna has a chance to reply, let me give it a try, Yes, these are two different concepts. A *noun phrase* is just a noun plus its modifiers (adjectives, quantifiers, articles, even relative clauses, as shown in the video). A *noun clause* is (as the name suggests) a *clause,* i.e. a subject (noun/pronoun) + verb + (optionally) object, adverbials, etc. that *functions like a noun* in a sentence. For example, in _What he said made no sense,_ "What he said" is a noun clause because it behaves the same as a noun or prooun ( *It* made no sense, *The story* made no sense) . The clause functions as the subject of the sentence. In _I don't believe what she said._ "what she said" is also a noun clause, but this time it's the object of "believe". The clause could be replaced with a pronoun or noun (I don't believe *it,* I don't believe *her story* ). To compare the two concepts: I don't believe *the unbelievably stupid story.* - the highlighted part is a noun phrase. I don;t believe *what she told me last night.* - the highlighted part is a noun clause. It can get a little confusing when a clause is part of a noun phrase: I don't believe *the unbelievably stupid story that she told me last night.* The clause which is part of this noun phrase is a relative (adjecive) clause, though, not a noun clause. It doesn't function like noun, but more like an adjective that tells us more about the head noun ("story").

[@fabrice9252]

@@onesandzeroes Excellent explanation Pawel ! Well done ! 👍👌

[@EnglishLikeANative]

Wow 🤩 just wow! @pawel X

[@onesandzeroes]

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[@onesandzeroes]

@@EnglishLikeANative Thanks 😊

[@moboy19]

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[@EnglishStorywithPerla]

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[@user-hp1vq6ki2x]

Было бы лучше для обучаемых, чтобы каждое произнесенное учителем слово, выделялось визуально. Спасибо.

[@Smartstudy965]

Kindly let me know how to make difference between noun phrase and adjective phrase as both sounds identical. Heere some examples are I bought a beautiful black decent shirt. What kind of shirt? Beautiful black decent shirt... It should be adjective phrase but is is noun phrase.. Why? Could you explain the reason pls..

[@jarek23s]

If someone is studying the English Language, ok, this is a lesson for him. But if someone wants to learn to speak English .. all that is useless, unfortunately.

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[@fabrice9252]

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[@fabrice9252]

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[@REPORT_SPORT]

I can't understand whole of grammar 😢😢