question_answer 23)

Noun phrase Read the following sentences. I took out a small black tin box. • The phrase in italics is a noun phrase. • It has the noun box as the head word, and three adjectives preceding it. • Notice the order in which the adjectives occur-size (small) colour (lack) and material of which it is made (tin). • We rarely use more than four adjectives before a noun and there is no rigid order in which they are used, though there is a preferred order of modifiers/adjectives in a noun phrase, as given below :  

determiner	modifier 1 (opinion feeling)	modifier 2  (size, shape, age)	modifier 3 (colour)	modifier 4 (material)	head word
a/an/the	nice/lazy/ beautiful	old/young tall/round	red/white/ light/dark	silk/cotton/ woollen	woman/man/ table/chair

       

Answer:

Noun phrase Read the following sentences. I took out a small black tin box. • The phrase in italics is a noun phrase. • It has the noun box as the head word, and three adjectives preceding it. • Notice the order in which the adjectives occur-size (small) colour (lack) and material of which it is made (tin). • We rarely use more than four adjectives before a noun and there is no rigid order in which they are used, though there is a preferred order of modifiers/adjectives in a noun phrase, as given below :  

determiner	modifier 1 (opinion feeling)	modifier 2  (size, shape, age)	modifier 3 (colour)	modifier 4 (material)	head word
a/an/the	nice/lazy/ beautiful	old/young tall/round	red/white/ light/dark	silk/cotton/ woollen	woman/man/ table/chair