Practice Questions

'The happy dog' is a noun phrase.

It is the direct object of 'knows'.

'Small children' is the subject noun phrase.

Note: 'that he failed' modifies 'fact', so it is an adjective clause.

'A wooden box' functions as a noun phrase.

It is a gerund phrase functioning as a noun phrase subject.

It functions as a subject complement.

It is the direct object of 'wonder'.

'The tall building' is a noun phrase.

It serves as the subject of the sentence.