Question

Underline the noun phrases in the following sentences:
i) To forgive is divine.
ii) I enjoy walking in the garden.
iii) To smoke in public is a bad habit.
iv) He hopes to win the first prize.
v) I like to climb mountains.
vi) To know oneself is a difficult task.
vii) They love to paint good pictures.
viii) I hate to punish people.

Answer 1

Hint: A noun is a word that is used to describe or name or identify a place, object, person, thing or idea. Some examples of nouns can be Aman, America, teacher, dog, woman, height etc. There are different types of nouns: Common noun, Concrete noun, Abstract noun, Proper noun, Collective noun, Countable nouns and Uncountable nouns.

Complete answer:
Noun phrases are the parts of the sentence that include words that are headed by a noun or are around a noun along with some modifiers such as ‘the’, ’a’,’ her’, ’nice’ etc.

i) To forgive is divine: ‘divine’ is the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because ‘divine’ is an abstract noun of devotion.
ii) I enjoy walking in the garden: ‘in the garden’ id the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because it is around the noun ‘garden’. Garden is a common noun.
iii) To smoke in public is a bad habit: ‘public is a bad habit’ is the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because the sentence is headed by the noun ‘public’ and is also around a ‘habit’. ‘Public’ and ‘habit’ are common nouns.
iv) He hopes to win the first prize: ‘he first prize’ is the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because the phrase is around the noun ‘prize’ which is a common noun which the subject won in the first place.
v) I like to climb mountains: ‘mountains’ is the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because mountains are a common noun.
vi) To know oneself is a difficult task: ‘a difficult task’ is a noun phrase in the sentence. This is because the phrase is around the noun ‘task’. ‘Task’ is a common noun that is referred to as a difficult task.
vii) They love to paint good pictures: ‘good pictures’ is the noun phrase in the sentence. This is because the sentence is referring to a noun, i.e., ‘pictures. ‘Picture’ is a common noun.
viii) I hate to punish people: ‘people’ is a noun phrase in the sentence. This is because ‘people’ is a common noun.

Note: There are different types of phrases:
i) Noun phrase
ii) Verb phrase
iii) Prepostional phrase
iv) Verbal phrase
v) Participle phrase
vi) Gerund phrase
vii) Infinitive phrase
viii) Appositive phrase
ix) Absolute phrase