Contoh Soal Noun Phrase and Adjectives
Contoh Soal Noun Phrase and Adjectives - A noun phrase is a group of words consists of a noun and other word(s). A noun phrase in a sentence can be the subject, object, or complement. In the example above, the noun phrase is a subject.
Here are the types of words that can be combined with a noun to form a noun phrase:
- Articles (a/an, the)
e.g. She has a brilliant mind. - Possessives (my, your, their, etc)
e.g. His discipline and determination are what make him successful in his life. - Demonstratives (this, that, these, those)
e.g. The exit door is that way. - Quantifiers (many, some, very, a few, number – one, two, etc)
e.g. He was exiled in that island for five years. During that time, he wrote several books. - Other nouns
e.g. She likes to read books in a coffee shop. - Adjectives (this topic will be explained in more detail in the following discussion)
e.g. He is an amazing man.
ADJECTIVES
What do you wear today? How does your mother or your father look? Can you describe it?
What type of word that is mostly used to describe a person?
What type of word that is mostly used to describe a person?
Let’s take another look at the example given above:
“The humble man on the left is the Prime Minister of Vietnam and the charismatic man on the right is the sixth president of Indonesia.”
The adjective in the phrases the humble man and the charismatic man give an emphasis as well as an explanation of what kind of man they are. It describes their personality. It is the function of adjective in a sentence or phrase: to describe personality or characters, and to describe physical appearance. Therefore, if you want to describe someone, you can use adjectives.
Notes:
- Noun phrase will always have a ‘noun’ as its head.
- Adjective is the word that is used to describe a noun or pronoun.
- Adjective combined with a noun will form a noun phrase.
- In a noun phrase with adjective embedded in it, the adjective comes before the noun.
SOAL 1
Turki bin Salman Al Saud is the prominent member of the Saudi royal family.
The noun phrase in the sentence above is …
SOAL 2
“N.H. Dini is a renowned writer, novelist, and feminist from Indonesia.”
The adjective in the sentence above is ….
SOAL 3
The Dalai Lama is one of the greatest leaders in the world.
The underlined words belong to the category of ….
SOAL 4
Read the text carefully and answer the question.
He is a very humble man. His style might be unique for some of us because he always wear robe wherever he goes and his head is always bald. He is very wise and many people in this world respect him for his thought and kindness. Do you know who he is? He is the Dalai Lama, a Tibetans’ famous political and religious leader, as well as a humanitarian activist, Tenzin Gyatso.
The adjective(s) in the text above are ….
SOAL 5
Read the text carefully and answer the question.
He is a very humble man. His style might be unique for some of us because he always wear robe wherever he goes and his head is always bald. He is very wise and many people in this world respect him for his thought and kindness. Do you know who he is? He is the Dalai Lama, a Tibetans’ famous political and religious leader, as well as a humanitarian activist, Tenzin Gyatso.
Picture the man by choosing the most appropriate picture based on his short biography above.
SOAL 6
Ir. Soekarno attended Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (currently ITB-Bandung Institute of Technology) in Bandung from 1921 to 1926. At a very young age, Soekarno had been involved in several youth organizations. His activities often resulted in him being exiled to an isolated island. However, he kept on struggling for Indonesia’s independence and finally on August 17th 1945 Indonesia proclaimed their freedom as a sovereign nation. He was the first president of Indonesia (from 1945 to 1966), governing the country with the help from the vice president, Mohammad Hatta.
“His activities often resulted in him being exiled to an isolated island.”
The underlined noun phrase can be replaced by ….
SOAL 7
The following statement is true about the text, except ….
SOAL 8
There are …. noun phrases in the text
SOAL 9
Find an error in the sentence.
Cut Nyak Dien was a woman brave who fought against colonialism in this country.
SOAL 10
The correct description of the picture is ….