1. Year 4 SPAG
NCLO:
Recognise and use noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases

2. Nouns refer to people, places, things or ideas.
What is a noun?
Nouns refer to people, places, things or ideas.
Examples: Sarah, Australia, car, beauty, hope
Can you think of other nouns?

3. What is a noun phrase?
A noun phrase is a group of words built up on a single noun. For example:
The dog
The old dog
The lame old dog
The lame old dog with a limp
The headword is dog. All the other words in these phrases are linked to dog.

4. Pre-modifiers
Words that go before the headword are known as pre-modifiers. These include determiners (such as a, an, the, some, his, her) and adjectives. For example:
The huge dragon
An impressive grand castle
Some abandoned bicycles
Her older brother
Look at the examples above. Can you identify:
The headwords
The determiners
The adjectives

5. Have a go! Note: You may use more than one adjective as a premodifier
Add pre-modifiers to the nouns below to create expanded noun phrases:
1.The __________ boy
2. A ____________ bungalow
3. The ________________ wood
4. The _________ horse
5. An ________ yacht
Note: You may use more than one adjective as a premodifier

6. Post-modifiers
Words that go after the headword are known as post-modifiers. These include prepositional phrases
( a noun phrase with a preposition in front of it) and subordinate clauses beginning with words such as: who, which or that. For example:
The room above the restaurant
The house in the city
The stream by the cottage
The women who had been playing hockey
The pig that had no tail
Can you identify the headword in each of these phrases?
Can you identify the post-modifiers?

7. Have a go!
Add post modifiers to the nouns below to create expanded noun phrases: 1. The cat _____________________ 2. The mansion _________________ 3. The wood __________________ 4.The man _______________ 5. The cottage________________
You could try adding subordinate clauses beginning with: who, which or that
You could add prepositional phrases beginning with prepositions such as: below, across, beside, with, near, next to etc.

8. Can you spot the expanded noun phrases in this text?
Not far from where I live is a spooky old house. This scary house has some cracked windows. It also has windows which are boarded up. The creepy house has an overgrown garden that is strewn with rubbish. The messy garden contains tall trees with leafless branches. A winding garden path leads to the wooden front door of the scary house. The cracked windows and messy garden might lead you to assume no-one lives in this house. You probably think this is a derelict house. If you think this you are wrong. An old man lives there. An old man with translucent skin and piercing green eyes. An old who is rumoured to be a ghost…

9. Reflect: Were you right?
Not far from where I live is a spooky old house. This scary house has some cracked windows. It also has windows which are boarded up. The creepy house has an overgrown garden that is strewn with rubbish. The messy garden contains tall trees with leafless branches. A winding garden path leads to the wooden front door of the scary house. The cracked windows and messy garden might lead you to assume no-one lives in this house. You probably think this is a derelict house. If you think this you are wrong. An old man lives there. An old man with translucent skin and piercing green eyes. An old man who is rumoured to be a ghost…