To explore expanded noun phrases

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The Fate of Fausto - Narrative Writing

﻿Hello everyone. It is Mrs. Hardisty here with your English lesson for today. We are doing a grammar lesson today. All about expanded noun phrases. Can you remember what a noun is? Can you think of a noun that comes from our story? Well, let's say if you're right and begin our lesson. This is what we are going to do in our grammar lesson today. We're going to start with some word classes, reminding ourselves of the different types of words that we have. And then we're going to focus on expanded noun phrases and then what they are. And then we're going to think about different ways of expanding. So, for this lesson, you will need some paper and a pencil. So, please can you make sure that you have those things and then we can start. We'll begin with word classes. So, can you remember what is a noun? My turn, your turn. A noun is a PPT, a person place or thing. Your turn, a noun is a PPT, a person, place or thing. So, let's think about some nouns that appear in, "The Fate of Fausto." So we have flower, man, field, mountain, and boat. These are all either a person or a place or a thing. So, what about adjectives? What do they do? My turn, your turn. An adjective describes a word, it tells you what it's like. Your turn, an adjective describes a word, it tells you what it's like. So, what adjectives could be used to describe some of those nouns? Wise, foolish, ignorant, what do they all describe? They all described Fausto, didn't they? Delicate, perhaps a delicate flower, blue, the blue seas. Adjective describe a word. Okay, so can you spot which are the two nouns of these four different words? One, mountain, two, deep, three, content, four, lake. Which of these other two nouns, the people, places or things? Can you point to them? Can you shout them out to me? Which ones are they? Lake and mountain. Okay. So, now let's move on to our verbs and adverbs. What is a verb? Can you think, could you act one out for me? My turn, your turn. ♪ A verb is a doing word ♪ ♪ If you do it, then the word is a verb ♪ Your turn. ♪ A verb is a doing word ♪ ♪ If you do it, then the word is a verb ♪ Super. So, what verbs might we come across in this story? Bellowed? So, all those different synonyms for said are doing words, I mean they're verbs. Sailed, stepped to he steps off the boat. Replied, it's another synonym, another word for said and then sank. These are all things that you might do. Okay, so if a verb is a doing, what does an adverb do? My turn, your turn. ♪ An adverb describes a verb ♪ ♪ It often ends in -ly ♪ Your turn. ♪ An adverb describes a verb ♪ ♪ It often ends in -ly ♪ So, what would be some appropriate adverbs for our story? Calmly, that might be the sea, happily, sadly, again, that might be the sea responding to bounce down, thinking you don't really understand me? Kindly and quickly. All right, let's test what you've just learned. Which is the verb? Is it one, slowly or two, drifted? Point to which one it is, which one is it, slowly or drifted? which is the doing word? It's drifted. So, the boat drifted out to the sea or the smoke from the boat drifted into the air. Drifted is to go very slowly. So you would drift slowly. It means to move slowly, kind of on the surface like that. So, now we're going to move on to expanded noun phrases. What is a noun phrase? Well, we know that a noun is a PPT, a person place or thing. And do you know what a phrase is? A phrase is two or more words and that doesn't include a verb. So, a clause has a verb, a phrase is just two or more words, a group of words. So, a noun phrase, I think, is going to be a group of words as a noun. Say we've got, the boat, or a field, or his coat. These are all examples of now phrases. What about an expanded noun phrase? If you expand, you get bigger. So, these are examples of expanded now phrases. The small boat. So, I've expanded the phrase, the boat to now mean, the small boat. What sort of word class is small? We know that, boat is a noun, what about small? It's an adjective, isn't it? Okay, let's look at another example. A large field. So, what if I expanded the phrase with, what if I expanded it with the word, large and large is another example of what sort of word? An adjective. His yellow coat. So again, what word do I add it in to expand it, yellow? And what sort of word is it? An adjective. So we know that you can expand a noun phrase by adding in one adjective. And then that helps describe that noun. But you could also use, two adjectives. The small, comma wooden boat. And what's really important, is if you use two adjectives in your expanded noun phrase, you must, must use a comma. Can you just do come a for me? Comma. Can you do it even louder? Comma. So, we always need adjective, comma adjective. So in this example, we've got the small, comma wooden boat. And it gives even more detail. A large, comma open field. His yellow, comma waterproof coat. So, when people refer to expanded noun phrases, they often mean, a noun that is then described with two adjectives, not always but often. So, I'm going to ask you to pause the video in the moment and see if you can spot the expanded noun phrases in these sentences. So remember, you're looking for two adjectives with a comma in between describing a noun. Number one, the frothy, white waves splashed against the boat. Did you spot the expanded noun phrase? Number two, as Fausto sailed across the clear, sparkling waves, he thought about all that he owned. Did you spot those two adjectives with a comma? And number three, the hot, midday sun shone high above the sheep and tree. So, can you pause your video now, and can you point to the expanded noun phrase in each of these sentences? Which are the adjectives that are used? Which of the nouns are there commas involved? Pause the video now and I'll see you in a minute. Lovely. Let's see if you found them. So number one, our expanded noun phrase was frothy, white waves. Number two, our expanded noun phrase was the clear, sparkling waves. And number three, our expanded phrase was the hot, comma midday sun. And now it's your turn. In a moment, I'm going to ask you to pause the video and then complete these sentences, so that they include an expanded noun phrase. So I'm going to read each one out to you, and while I'm doing it, you can think about which adjectives you could use to put in there. Number one, Fausto stepped into the boat and set out to conquer the sea. So, which words could you use or which adjectives does describe the boat? Number two, as he sailed across the water puffs of smoke, drifted into the air. So, think about maybe what colour the smoke is, how big or how small, how knight, how clean, how dirty, then you can choose the correct adjectives. Which ones are you going to use? And then finally, number three, you'd not only have to complete the expanded noun phrase, you have to complete the whole sentence. So, you can need to think about how you would finish it. So, the waves, what did they do? Did they crash against the boat? Did they roll into the distance? What did those waves do? So, you're going to have to think about a verb as well. So, can you now pause your video and write out each sentence and complete it. And I'll see you in a minute. Great work. I'm sure you've come up with some brilliant ideas. This is what I did. Number one, Fausto stepped into the tiny, comma motor boat and set out to conquer the sea. So, I was describing what sort of boat it was and how big it was. Did you use similar types of adjectives or maybe what colour the boat was? Which ones did you do? Tick them off and make sure that you've put your comma in between them. Number two, as you sailed across the water, comma dark, comma wispy puffs of smoke drifted into the air. Now, did you notice that I had a comma before that ENP, that expanded noun phrase? Well, that's actually because the comma needed to show the end of my subordinate clause at the start of my sentence. As he sailed across the water, comma before I could then write anything else. And I described, kind of the texture of the smoke and its colour. And then lastly, this is what I did for number three. The gentle, comma peaceful waves lapped against the boat. Lapped as a really useful verb when you're describing the sea cause it shows when the waves are quite low and just gently pushing against something. Which words did you use? Make sure you've got those commas there and then we can move on. So, there are other ways of expanding a noun phrase. You don't just have to use adjectives. So, how have I expanded the phrase in these examples? The mountain over there. The waves in the distance. The shadows in the deep. What are all of those ways that I have expanded? Blah, blah, blah. And so I've got, over there, in the distance and in the deep. What are they describing? They're describing where the noun is, aren't they? The mountain over there, the waves in the distance. So, we can use descriptions of place to expand on our noun phrases. We can also expand them by using the word, with. Have a look at these examples. The hat with a wide brim. That's what Fausto was wearing, wasn't it? The tree with bending branches. The mountain with a snowy tip. So, that's another really useful way of expanding your noun phrase. Adding extra information, but not doing so with adjectives, but using the word, with. So, I would like you to, again, pause your video and complete these sentences, to use an expanded noun phrase. But this time, you are not going to be using adjectives to expand them. You're going to be using these different ways. So, where the noun is or with using the word, with. So, let me read them out to you. Number one, as Fausto stepped out of the boat, the waves swelled slowly. So, where are the waves, are the waves above him? Well and that doesn't make sense. The waves in the distance, maybe? So, what could you use to complete that sentence? And then for number two, you can use your two adjectives where there's a gap, and where there's a comma you'll be able to see. And then I'd like you to try and use a with. So, the foolish man slipped into the comma, depth as the boat with what, what does the boat look like? What does it have on it? The boat with floated on the surface. So, can you pause your video and complete those sentences for me. Well done. Let's see if you put something similar or different to me. So, I wrote for number one, as Fausto as stepped out to the boat, the waves behind him, you can see in our picture there behind him, swelled slowly. So they're getting bigger and then going down, swelled slowly. And then this is what I wrote for number two. The foolish man slipped into the dark, comma shadowy depths as the boat with a tiny cabin, that little kind of extra bit at the top of the boat that he can stand underneath, floated on the surface. Did you add, with a tiny cabin or did you add, with a small window or with wooden sides? How did you describe the boat? Well, let's recap what we have done in today's lesson. We looked at our four different word classes and then we focused in on nouns and how you can create a noun phrase, normally using the word the, or a or an and sometimes his or her. And then how you can expand them by adding in two adjectives with a comma, and then finally how you can expand them in different ways using the word with, or by describing where the noun is. Fantastic work. We can use these expanded noun phrases, in our writing and I'm really looking forward to doing so. I'll see you soon. Bye-bye.

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