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1. 1.

   Underline the noun phrases in these sentences. Then, circle the headwords.

   1. He has a good sense of (humour).
   2. The people wanted a new government.
   3. She worked hard to get over her stage fright.
   4. Fumes began to rise from a hole in the ground.
   5. A bunch of friends are meeting today after a long time.
   6. The headmaster called out the names of the prize winners.
   7. The eighty-year-old library is going to be torn down.
   8. The boy in the green shirt is my brother
2. 2.

   Tick (√) the sentences that have noun phrases in them.

   1. Take the route over the old, wooden bridge. √
   2. The new building where Tina works houses more than a hundred companies.
   3. Our science teacher insists that we finish our project this week.
   4. We will be home early.
   5. The tree yielded several juicy mangoes this summer.
   6. We must not be late again!
3. 3.

   Identify the noun phrases and underline the pre-modifiers in these sentences. Also, circle the headwords.

   1. Ms Aditi is my favourite English (teacher).
   2. The old doorbell has stopped working.
   3. That brilliant young woman works here.
   4. Two of my friends will come over this evening.
   5. They are our oldest friends.
   6. Both my sisters are studying in Delhi.
   7. Some buildings are being renovated now.
   8. Bina's old books were donated to the library.
4. 4.

   Underline the post-modifiers in these sentences.

   1. A feeling of fear and anxiety overcame him.
   2. Tim who studies with me has been ill for over a week.
   3. Pranav, my youngest brother, is an artist.
   4. The children dressed in black and white are my students.
   5. The gifts from my grandmother have arrived.
   6. The woman in the red salwar kameez was talking to my mother earlier.
   7. Smriti bought a painting for me, a landscape in watercolours.
   8. The artist who painted this work of art is attending the event too.
5. 5.

   Complete this passage using the correct noun phrases from the box.

   a tour of a modern research centre his great discovery full of dust particles and mould spores Sir Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin an old, draughty, badly equipped laboratory

    

   Sir Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin worked in _______________. It was _________________________ -one of which led to _________________________. Many years later, he was taken on _________________________. It was air-conditioned, sterile, well equipped and dust-free. "What a pity! You did not have a laboratory like this," exclaimed his guide. "Who can imagine what discoveries you might have made:" "But not penicillin," remarked Fleming with a smile.