Building UP a Noun Phrase

1. Building UP a Noun Phrase

2. Proper Nouns: Dee Dee, Bailey, Curtis, Patrick, Zoe, Beverly, Wilma, Neville, Kilroy, Hamilton, Patricia, Genevieve, Daphne, Bryce, Grant, Vincente, Fillmore, Stephen, Marcus, Sylvester, Maurice, Griffith, Rosaleen, Ramona, Annabella, Jebediah, Johann, Eden, Vander, Ernesto, Cornelius, Crockett, Marla, Nathaniel, Woody, Zoltan Ramsey, Miranda, Manfred, Ziporah, Charlotte, Regan, Edmund, Owen, Jasper, Burke, Sebastian, Herbert, Ziggy, Violet, Xander, Juolian, Josephine, Leo, Indiana, Booker, Clifford, Clementine, Yolanda, Wendell, Murdock, Larkspur Harper, Hester, Malcolm, Hattie Mae, Ezra, Jem, Barton, Maximillian, Aloysius, Ignacio, Nestor, Randall, Dougal, Beatrice, Zephyr

3. Characteristics (Adjectives): Adjectives answer the question “What kind?” stolid, strange, strong, strict, stubborn, studious, sophisticated, successful, sullen, supercilious, superstitious, surly, suspicious, sweet, taciturn, tactful, talented, talkative, tasteful, tenacious, tense, terrified, thankful, thoughtful, thoughtless, threatening, thrifty, timid, touchy, trendy, trusting, trustworthy, truthful, uncouth, unctuous, unfriendly, unruly, uncivilized, unscrupulous, unselfish, useful, valiant versatile, vivacious, warm, watchful, weak, weary, weird, whimsical, wise, wishy-washy, wistful, witty, worried, wrathful, wretched, wrong naïve, neat, negligent, nervous, noisy, obedient, obliging, optimistic, peaceful, pensive, persevering, persistent, pessimistic, petulant, picky, plain, pleasant, pitiful, polite, pompous, poor, popular, quarrelsome, quick, quiet, quixotic, rambunctious, rash, respectful, restless, retiring, rich, risk-taking, rowdy, rude, sad, scornful, sarcastic, satisfied, scared, secretive, secure, sedate, self-centered, selfish, self-reliant, sensitive, serious, shrewd, shy, silly, sincere, skillful, slovenly, sly, smart, sneaky, snobbish, sociable, stingy

4. Characteristics (Adjectives): gloomy, glum, gregarious, grateful, greedy, grouchy, grumpy, gullible, happy, hard-hearted, hard-working, health-conscious, harried, hateful, haughty, helpful, helpless, honest, hopeful, hospitable, humble, humorous, ignorant, imaginative, immaculate, immature, impartial, impatient, impolite, impudent, impulsive, independent, industrious, insistent, insolent, industrious, insistent, inventive, jealous, jovial, joyful, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, light-hearted, lively, logical, lonely, lucky, malicious, mean, messy, meticulous, mischievous, moody, mysterious active, adventurous, affectionate, afraid, ambitious, amiable, angry, animated, babyish, bewildered, blasé, bold, boorish, bored, bossy, brave, bright, brilliant, busy, calm, candid, capable, careful, caustic, cautious, charismatic, conceited, charming, cheerful, clever, clumsy, coarse, cold-hearted, courageous, cowardly, cross, cultured, curious, dangerous, considerate, cooperative conscientious

5. Roles: (common nouns) lifeguard, philosopher, scientist, shoemaker, matador, explorer, inventor, court jester, makeup artist, treasure hunter, student, drangon slayer, carpenter, jeweler, candymaker, ventriloquist, fisherman, nurse, banker, tyrant, butcher, reporter, web designer, programmer secret agent, flight attendant, cashier, beekeeper, gladiator, clockmaker, superhero, innkeeper, botanist, magician’s assistant; racecar driver, wizard, game show host, dentist, food taster, actor cake decorator, sky-diver, birdwatcher, trapeze artist; librarian, stamp collector, tight-rope walker; dog trainer, dishwasher, cyclist; bodyguard, prime suspect, ichthyologist, manicurist, sheriff, piano tuner, stuntman, composer, tour guide, principal, knight, exterminator, factory worker, roofer, sailor, impersonator, park ranger, mathematician, balloonist, guitarist, welder, window washer, weatherman, scout juggler, cowboy, clown, astronaut, anesthesiologist, zookeeper, crossing guard, vegetarian, seamstress, thief, comedian

6. Clarence was a strange and gloomy cake decorator. Now, condense the sentence into a noun phrase that has an appositive: Clarence, a strange and gloomy cake decorator,

7. Verbs (actions): hides, can hide, is hiding, could have been hiding, was hiding, may be hiding turns, might turn, is turning, should have been turning, was turning, might be turning smiled, may smile, has been smiling, was smiling, would be smiling, could have been smiling enjoys, enjoyed, is enjoying, could be enjoying, could have enjoyed, may be enjoying steals, stole, has stolen, is stealing, has been stealing, was stealing, might be stealing kicks, kicked, has bee kicking, has kicked, should have been kicking, had been kicking fix, fixed, has fixed, has been fixing, should have been fixing, had been fixing, was fixing complains, has been complaining, has complained, was complaining, complained notices, will notice, will be noticing, has noticed, noticed, might notice, should have noticed

8. Direct Object (if needed) Adverb Prepositional Phrase If necessary, add a noun (or pronoun) that completes the action. Add a word or words that answer one of the questions that adverbs answer: How? How often? When? Where? Why? Add a prepositional phrase that gives more information about any noun or verb in the sentence. (A preposition is a word that will fit into the frame “Somewhere ____the rainbow.”