1. Submitted by: Tahira Jahan
And
Maria Ahmad
Submitted to: madam Amna Shahid

2. Phrases
A phrase is a group of related words without both
subject and verb.
A Phrase can function as a noun, adverb, verb or as an
adjective in a sentence.

3. Noun and Verb phrases
The focus of this assignment is on noun and verb
phrases
Noun Phrase
It consists of a noun and other related words which
modify the noun.

4. Verb phrase
Verb Phrase
A verb phrase is a combination of main verb and its
auxiliary verb in a sentence.

5. Examples
The girl lost her pen.
The boy saw the lion.
These sentences contain a noun and a verb phrase.

6. Abbreviations used in the tree diagram
NP=NOUN PHRASE
VP=VERB PHRASE
DET=DETERMINER
V= VERB

7. Sentence
VP
Det NP
V
N
girl penlost
Det
NP
The
N
her

8. Sentence
VP
N
lion
VDet
The
NP
NP
boy
Det
the
N
saw