Question

Reading novels is a good habit.(Identify the phrase)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Reading novels is a good habit : Identify the phrase

• 'Reading novels is a good habit' is a Noun Phrase.

• Sometimes Noun Phrase is made by using gerund .
• Example : Winning a game is not the important thing.
• Noun phrase is used as a noun.
• Examples : In human character virtue and vice exist side by side. We are flesh and blood.

Answer 2

Reading novels is a good habit.

It is a noun phrase.

Explanation:

• A noun phrase is headed by a noun and it is a group of two or more words.
• It consists of modifiers and gerunds.
• A gerund also acts as a noun.
• For example in the above sentence, reading is a gerund but it also acts as a noun.
• A noun phrase can be followed by a pronoun as well.