Question

Join each of the following pairs of sentences into a single simple sentence by using
a noun phrase in apposition.
1.
Bombay was once a fishing village. It is now the financial capital of India.
2.
Edison invented the gramophone. He was an American scientist.
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Answer 1

Noun Phrase

Answer:

• Bombay, the financial capital of India, was once a fising village.
• American scientist Edison invented the gramophone.

Explanation:

• A group of words that makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. --- Wren and Martin
• Examples: I have lost my gold ring.
• Some time two nouns are used in a sentence side by side to form Noun Phrase.
• 'Fising village' and 'American scientist' have been used in the above sentence as noun phrases. Both are nouns.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Once being a fishing village, Bombay is now the financial capital of India.

2. Edison, an American scientist invented the gramophone.

Explanation:

Noun phrase in a sentence is a word or group of words functioning as a noun. It may be a subject, or an object, or a complement, or the object of a preposition.