This bright, appealing PDF grammar worksheet is an excellent way to practise and revise using expanded noun phrases in Y2.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
- Understand
Add adjectives to sentences to create an expanded noun phrase.
- Challenge
Choose 3 people from the pictures provided and describe each in a sentence that includes an expanded noun phrase.
- Test
Underline the expanded noun phrases in the example sentences and tick the sentences which include an expanded noun phrase.
- Explain
Explain in your own words how to make an expanded noun phrase.
- Apply
Imagine that you are at the fair shown in the example picture and write a passage to describe what it is like, adding 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]