Question

Fill in the blank with a noun phrase:
Mother baked me a _____________________.
a. Delicious chocolate cake
b. Cake
c. Chocolate
d. Eating

Answer 1

Hint: Noun phrases are words or groups of words containing a noun and functioning in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.

Complete answer: Phrases are groups of words which make a clause without using a subject and a verb. A noun phrase includes a – noun (person, place or thing) and the modifier which can distinguish it. Examples of noun phrases are – ‘the yellow house is for sale or I want a skateboard etc.
 We need to find a phrase that describes a noun with adjectives as pre- modifiers. Also we need to keep in mind that a noun phrase should not have a subject or a verb. It needs to have a noun but with pre – modifiers and not alone.
The only option that fulfills the requirements to be a correct noun phrase is option ‘a’, i.e. – delicious chocolate cake.
Therefore this is the correct answer as the cake is a noun and has adjectives as pre-modifiers.
The other options are wrong as a noun phrase cannot have a subject or a verb and must have a noun (but a noun alone would not suffice).


Note: You should be aware of the usage of noun phrases, their rules & regulations. Also the sentence should make some sense, i.e. it must have some meaning when the phrase is added to it.