Noun groups

See you next time

That's the end of this lesson.

You should know the function of a noun group is to represent things in your sentences.

You should be able to spot the boundaries around a noun group in a sentence, and you should know the basic components of a noun group:

  • Focus
  • Pointer
  • Quantifier
  • Describer
  • Classifier
  • Thing
  • Qualifier

And you know that qualifiers can contain their own noun groups, meaning that a single noun group can sometimes contain a huge amount of information.

Now you know the anatomy of all the things! See you next time!

Allie Brosh's All the Things meme

Look at all the things around you and practise saying what they are in your head. Try to use all the different pieces of a nominal group and try mixing them around. Experiment! See what works, and what doesn't.

Look out for nominal groups. How complex are they? What components does the author include? What effect does it have when authors use different components?

Where did the snippets come from?

Burning for Revenge

Burning for Revenge is the 5th book in John Marsden's Tomorrow series, about 5 friends who return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their town has been occupied by an invading army.

Wonder

R.J. Palacio's Wonder follows the school life of a boy, Auggie, who has an extraordinary facial difference, and is attending a mainstream school for the first time in grade 5.

Fantastic Mr Fox

In Roald Dahl's classic, Fantastic Mr Fox, a clever fox outwits 3 grotesque farmers.

The Wave

Wave is a memoir by Sonali Deraniyagala about her experiences when a tsunami swept her and her family away at a resort on the coast of Sri Lanka in 2004.

Where was the inspiration image from?

The inspiration image we used in this lesson came from a concept artist and illustrator Sylvain Sarrailh. This image, calledPanda Hut, was concept art for a YouTube channel. You can find more of Sarrailh's art here:https://www.artstation.com/tohad

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