Noun Phrase

A noun phrase is either a single noun or pronoun or a group of words containing a noun or a pronoun that function together as a noun or pronoun, as the subject or objectof a verb.

Example: 
Jane:Harry was Late
('Harry' is the noun phrase functioning as the subject of the verb.)
Ron: The people that I saw coming in the building at ten o'clock have just left.
('The people ... ten o'clock' is a lengthy noun phrase, but it functions as the subject of the main verb 'have just left'.)

No.	Pre-modifiers	EXAMPLES
1	Determiners	a, an, the, one, two, three, a few, some, several, all, this, that, my, your, etc.
2	Adjective (Phrase)	beautiful, big, old, rich, expensive, etc.
3	V-ing	challenging, sleeping, walking, shaking,
4	V-3	hidden, written, expected, baked, boiled
5	Noun	rice, book, birthday, English,

No.	Post-Modifiers	EXAMPLES
6	Prepositional Phrase	(prep+Noun) at, in, on, of, by,
7	V-ing Phrase	(Ving + Object/Adverb)
8	V-3 Phrase	(V-3 + Object/ Adverb)
9	to infinitive (Phrase)	to go, to eat, to study, etc.
10	Adjective Clause	who, whom, that, which, whose + ...........

	Noun Phrase	modifiers	Meaning
1.	a boy	(1+NH)	seorang anak
2.	a naughty boy	(1+2+NH)	anak nakal
3.	a sleeping child	(1+3+NH)	anak yang sedang tidur
4.	singing birds	(3+NH)	burung-burung yang berkicau
5.	a wtitten test	(1+4+NH)	test tertulis
6.	the imported products	(1+4+NH)	produk-produk yang diimpor
7.	a birthday cake	(1+5+NH)	roti ulang tahun
8.	The tree behind the house	(1+NH+6)	Pohon yang berada dibelakang rumah
9.	The people living in poverty	(1+NH+7)	Orang-orang yang hidup dalam kemiskinan
10.	The papers presented at the meeting	(1+NH+8)	Makalah yang dipresentasikan dalam pertemuan itu
11	the book to read	(1+NH+9)	buku untuk dibaca
12.	The man who has 3 wives	(1+NH+10)	Pria yang mempunyai 3 istri

Direct and Indirect Speech

1. Direct Speech
Direct Speech refers to reproducing another person's exact words or saying exactly what someone has said (sometimes called quoted speech)
Here what a person says appears within quotation marks (''...") and should be word for word.
For Example:
She said,''I go to school every day.''
2. Indirect Speech
Indirect speech reproducing the idea of another person's word what doesn't use question mark to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.Indirect speech is sometimes called reported speech.
For Example:
• Direct: He said, “I am glad to be here this evening.”
• Indirect: he said that he was glad to be there that evening.

Verb tense changes also characterize other situations using indirect speech. Note the changes shown in the chart and see the table below for examples. With indirect speech, the use of that is optional.

Direct Speech	Þ	Indirect Speech
simple present He said, “I go to school every day.”	Þ	simple past He said (that) he went to school every day.
simple past  He said, “I went to school every day.”	Þ	past perfect He said (that) he had gone to school every day.
present perfect  He said, “I have gone to school every day.”	Þ	past perfect  He said (that) he had gone to school every day.
present progressive He said, “I am going to school every day.”	Þ	past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day.
past progressive He said, “I was going to school every day.”	Þ	perfect progressive He said (that) he had been going to school every day,
future (will) He said, “I will go to school every day.”	Þ	would + verb name He said (that) he would go to school every day.
future (going to) He said, “I am going to school every day.”	Þ	present progressive He said (that) he is going to school every day.
		past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day
Direct Speech	Þ	Indirect Speech
auxiliary + verb name He said, “Do you go to school every day?” He said, “Where do you go to school?”	Þ	simple past He asked me if I went to school every day.* He asked me where I went to school.
imperative He said, “Go to school every day.”	Þ	infinitive He said to go to school every day.

Now, let us see the words which get changed when the Direct Speech is changed into Indirect Speech.

• Now becomes then
• Here becomes there
• Ago becomes before
• Thus becomes so
• Today becomes that day
• Tomorrow becomes the next day
• Yesterday becomes the day before
• Last night becomes the night before
• This becomes that
• These becomes those