Question

II Pick out the Noun Phrases in the following sentences:

1. He dislikes having to punish his servants.

2. I should hate to do such a thing.

3. Horses prefer living in dark stables.

4. Promise to come again.

5. To write such rubbish is disgraceful.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)servant.

2)I

3)Horse

4)promise

5)rubish.

Answer 2

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To find:

Noun phrases in given questions

Question:

1. He dislikes having to punish his servants

Answer:

Noun phrase: having to punish his servants

• Here, having to punish his servants act as object for verb dislikes

Question:

2. I should hate to do such a thing.

Answer:

Noun phrase: to do such a thing

• Here, to

Question:

3. Horses prefer living in dark stables.

Answer:

Noun phrase: living in dark stables.

Question:

4. Promise to come again.

Answer:

Noun phrase: to come again

Question:

5. To write such rubbish is disgraceful.

Answer:

Noun phrase: To write such rubbish

Knowledge booster:

✭ Noun phrase are group of words which act as subject or object of verb or even preposition

✭Noun phrase serve same purpose as noun

✭ Preposition such as to, at etc before a word help us in finding noun phrase easily

✭ To succeed in life, to work hard etc are examples of noun phrase

✭ Try to examine more such questions to get good hold on it

Additional examples:

Note: Bold and underlined words indicate that it is noun phrase

1. Ram decided to work hard
2. He refused to answer the question
3. I hate to have dinner so early
4. Renu denied baking the cake
5. He tried to climb the tree