Question

Which sentence contains both a noun phrase and a verb phrase?
You can find frogs and insects by the pond if you look closely enough.
He sat on my grandmother's favorite armchair.
• Some dog breeds have docked tails.
The pigeons have not landed on my neighbor's balcony in a long time.

Answer 1

All of them. Each sentence is a clause with a noun phrase (subject) and a verb phrase. Examples:

- You can find frogs and insects by the pond if you look closely enough.
- NP: "You"
- VP: "can find frogs and insects by the pond"

- He sat on my grandmother's favorite armchair.
- NP: "He"
- VP: "sat on my grandmother's favorite armchair"

- Some dog breeds have docked tails.
- NP: "Some dog breeds"
- VP: "have docked tails"

- The pigeons have not landed on my neighbor's balcony in a long time.
- NP: "The pigeons"
- VP: "have not landed on my neighbor's balcony in a long time"