Noun Phrase

A noun phrase is other a single noun or any group of words containing noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or object of adverb.

For example, ‘they’ , ‘books’, and ‘the books’, are noun phrases, but ‘book’ is just a noun, as you can see in these sentences (in which the noun phrases are all in bold)

> Structure of Noun Phrases:
> A beautiful old painting on the wall

When you use a noun in front of another noun, you never put adjectives between them, you put adjectives in front of the first noun.
Example : We just spoke with a young American boy

Noun phrase can be in form of gerund (base + ing) or gerund and other nouns compounding.

Example 1:

Dea : Do you like books?

Rika : Yes, I like them.

Dea : Do you like books over there?

Tomo : Yes, they are nice.

Dea : Do you like the book I brought yesterday?

Tomo : Yes, I like it. (Note: ‘It’ refers to ‘the book’, not ‘book’)