Premodifiers of nouns are adjectives, verbal adjectives, adverbial; particles, prepositional group and noun-adjectives (noun modifying a noun; e,g - gold ring, book shelf ) :
(a) Adjectives :
(i) A black cow is grazing in the field.
(ii) This is an interesting story.
(iii) His elder sister is a doctor.
(b) Verbal adjectives :
(i) A nice talking toy is costly.
(ii) A particoloured flying kite looks nice.
(c) Adverbial particle :
(i) The down train is late.
(ii) The then social condition was not good.
(iii) The above question is very difficult to answer.
(d) Prepositional group:
(i) A on the way business deal was cancelled.
(ii) A under construction building collapsed.
(e) Noun-adjectives :
(i) A gold ring is costly.
(ii) A wood pencil is needed for drawing this diagram.
(iii) The play ground is very spacious.
(e) Noun-adjectives :
(i) A gold ring is costly.
(ii) A wood pencil is needed for drawing this diagram.
(iii) The play ground is very spacious.
Combination of all the premodifiers in a noun phrase :
*The very fast running on the way down train collided with a mail train.
Formation of noun phrases :
Determiner
|
Adverb
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Adjective
|
Noun-adjective
|
Noun (head word)
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an
|
exceptionally
|
big
|
water
|
Snake
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a
|
very
|
nice
|
gold
|
ring
|
the
|
very
|
useful
|
road
|
vehicle
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N.B : The noun phrases in the chart could have been formed with a determiner and a noun ; e. g - a snake, a ring , the vehicle. Adverbs, adjectives and noun-adjectives provide additional information .
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