Noun Phrases

Noun
 Noun is a word that names a person, animals, place, thing, idea, or concept, or anything considered as noun.
 See the noun examples :
1. Persons : girl,boy, instructor, student, president.
2. Animals : Dog, cat, shark, hamster, fish, bear.
3. Places : Gym, store, school, lake Minnetonka, Village, Europe.
4. Things : Computer, pen, notebook, mailbox, buss.
5. Ideas : Liberty, attention, compassion, workship.
 The function of noun in sentences:
1. Subject of the sentences
2. Predicate noun (also predicate nominative or subjective complement)
3. Appositive (noun in apposition)
4. Direct object of a verb
5. Indirect object of a verb
6. Object of the preposition
7. Object complement (Objective complement)
 Gerunds can also be classified as noun
For example :
I like best is reading religious book.
The word is ‘reading religious book’ is a gerund

 Noun Phrase are phrases that function in the same way as nouns (subjects, direct subjects or indirect objects)
Noun phrases is a group word that does the work of a noun. A noun Phrases a either a pronoun or any group of words that can be replaced by a pronoun.