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1. 1.

   Underline the noun phrases in these sentences.

   1. My mother loves flowers.
   2. The escaped tiger has been caught.
   3. The teacher loves teaching her new class.
   4. My friend has a large collection of stamps.
   5. Most people dislike waiting.
   6. The continental plates drift apart b 2cm every year.
   7. It is the only successful shop here.
   8. Simi wins all the prizes every year.
2. 2.

   Complete these sentences using the correct noun phrases from the box.

   the colour of the shirt	the curtains in the hall
   a 17th century painter	the heavy rains
   a long hot shower	the broken window
   an old oil painting	frozen yogurt
   the deadline for the assignments

   1. I don't like _____________. It is too cold and bland for me.
   2. Jeremy just bought ______________. It was painted by ___________.
   3. I need ________________ before I get back to studying.
   4. _______________ wasn't the same as was shown on the website.
   5. You paid for _________________, I will pay for the bedsheets.
   6. __________________ affected the traffic situation in the city.
   7. _______________ is Wednesday.
   8. ______________ must be fixed today.
3. 3.

   Underline the noun phrases in these sentences. Then, circle the pre-modifiers or post-modifiers in them.

   1. Sheila bought the purple hat last week.
   2. I have left the folder in my bag.
   3. This is the grammar book I wanted.
   4. he wants to see the bike in the garage.
   5. The group is performing a new song today.
   6. I met her again the morning after the show.
   7. The cat on the sofa belongs to my cousin Nitu.
   8. This room is where my mother had her office.
4. 4.

   Write noun phrases of your own using these nouns. Add pre-modifiers or post-modifiers as indicated.

   1. bucket (post-modifier)
   2. game (pre-modifier)
   3. coffee (post-modifier)
   4. explosion (pre-modifier)
   5. chicken (post-modifier)
   6. waterfall (pre-modifier)
5. 5.

   Write suitable pre-modifiers to complete these noun phrases.

   1. The _______________ baby woke up when the plane needed.
   2. I saw a ______________ horse in the zoo. It made me very upset.
   3. The _______________ knife needs to be thrown.
   4. The cinema will only play ______________ films this week.
   5. The ______________ of the universe amazes me.
   6. The ______________ of the town is what sets it apart.
   7. I am baking an _______________ cake.
   8. The ______________ enactment of Shakespeare's play left the audience speechless.
6. 6.

   Underline at least ten noun phrases in this passage.

   1. The incident took place yesterday in the evening. Rohit and Khushali were driving home for their mother's birthday. They had baked a nice pineapple cake with three layers. As Rohit sat in the passenger's seat balancing the cake, he asked Khushali to drive carefully. He was scared that the three-layered cake had turned out to be more fragile than they had hoped.
   2. Just as they reached one of the busiest roads in the city, a dog jumped in front of the car out of nowhere. Khushali braked hard. The lorry following their car followed suit. It so happened that the same lorry was carrying a large number of soda bottles in the back. With the sudden brake, the latch at the back came undone and out rolled one soda bottle after the other. Soon, the entire road was covered with empty soda bottles blocking the traffic behind for hours. And what happened to the cake? Some of it lay at Rohit's feet, and the rest was on his face.