This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using expanded noun phrases in Year 4.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
- Understand
Add an adjective and a prepositional phrase a (that begins with a preposition) to nouns to create expanded noun phrases.
- Challenge
Write a sentence to describe the clock(s) in each picture, and make sure to include adjectives and prepositional phrases in each one.
- Test
Underline the longest possible noun phrase in each sentence. Tick each of these sentences which include an expanded noun phrase. Underline all expanded noun phrases in the passage below.
- Explain
Using your own words, explain what an expanded noun phrase is.
- Apply
Imagine that find yourself at the spooky house shown in the image, and write a passage to describe your time there. Make sure that you add extra detail by including expanded noun phrases in some of your sentences.
Activities include SATs-style questions and opportunities for creative writing responses, with eye-catching images as prompts.
What is an expanded noun phrase?
A noun phrase is comprised of a noun and additional words help to further describe that noun. Typically, adjectives are added, separated by commas, to describe the noun and create the noun phrase.
Expanded noun phrase examples
- The big brown bear
- The little, run-down house
- The shoes with yellow laces
- Sarah’s bowl of cereal
- The cheeky monkey climbing the tree
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should be taught to use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly].