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Which statement has noun phrase + verb phrase?

1. You can find frogs and insects by the pond if you look closely enough.
2. He sat on my grandma's favorite chair.
3. The pigeons have not landed on my neighbor's balcony for a long time.
4. Some dog breeds have docked tails.

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To identify which statement contains a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase, we can analyze each option:

  1. "You can find frogs and insects by the pond if you look closely enough."

    • Noun phrase: "You"
    • Verb phrase: "can find frogs and insects by the pond"

  2. "He sat on my grandma's favorite chair."

    • Noun phrase: "He"
    • Verb phrase: "sat on my grandma's favorite chair"

  3. "The pigeons have not landed on my neighbor's balcony for a long time."

    • Noun phrase: "The pigeons"
    • Verb phrase: "have not landed on my neighbor's balcony for a long time"

  4. "Some dog breeds have docked tails."

    • Noun phrase: "Some dog breeds"
    • Verb phrase: "have docked tails"

All four statements contain a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase. However, if the question is specifically looking for a single example, any of these statements would qualify.

If you're looking for a recommendation, option 3, "The pigeons have not landed on my neighbor's balcony for a long time," provides a clear example of both a noun phrase and a verb phrase.

Would you like more clarification on any of these?

Can you provide another example please? thank you.

Certainly! Here's another example of a sentence that contains a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase:

Example: "The cat chased the mouse around the garden."

  • Noun Phrase: "The cat"
  • Verb Phrase: "chased the mouse around the garden"

If you need more examples or further assistance, feel free to ask!

For example:
The fox jumped over my lazy dog to reach the henhouse, and now some of my chickens have gone missing.
Noun phrases:
1. My lazy dog
2. Some of my chickens
Is that correct?

Yes, you are correct! In the sentence "The fox jumped over my lazy dog to reach the henhouse, and now some of my chickens have gone missing," the noun phrases you identified are:

  1. My lazy dog (a noun phrase referring to a specific dog)
  2. Some of my chickens (a noun phrase referring to an unspecified number of chickens belonging to the speaker)

Both phrases contain a noun ("dog" and "chickens") and may include modifiers (like "my" and "lazy") that help to provide more information about the nouns. Great job identifying them! If you have any more questions or need further examples, feel free to ask!