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    Titanic Expanded Noun Phrases Activity Sheets

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    The document explains what an expanded noun phrase is and how it enhances detail about a noun by adding adjectives or prepositional phrases. It provides examples of expanded noun phrases and encourages the reader to improve a newspaper extract about the Titanic by using descriptive adjectives. The goal is to transform simple noun phrases into more vivid and engaging descriptions.

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    The document explains what an expanded noun phrase is and how it enhances detail about a noun by adding adjectives or prepositional phrases. It provides examples of expanded noun phrases and encourages the reader to improve a newspaper extract about the Titanic by using descriptive adjectives. The goal is to transform simple noun phrases into more vivid and engaging descriptions.

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    Titanic Expanded Noun Phrases Activity Sheets

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    The document explains what an expanded noun phrase is and how it enhances detail about a noun by adding adjectives or prepositional phrases. It provides examples of expanded noun phrases and encourages the reader to improve a newspaper extract about the Titanic by using descriptive adjectives. The goal is to transform simple noun phrases into more vivid and engaging descriptions.

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    Titanic Expanded Noun Phrases

    What is an expanded noun phrase?


    An expanded noun phrase gives more detail or information about a noun. This can be
    done by adding adjectives to describe the noun or by adding a prepositional phrase to
    give further information about the noun.

    Examples

    She walked through the dark, mysterious


    mysterious forest.

    The tall man with the wooden walking stick strolled slowly across the road.

    Check out the Expanded Noun Phrases resource in this pack for lots of examples and
    information.

    Read the newspaper extract below. It has lots of simple noun phrases in it and is a very
    boring article. Please improve the article by expanding the noun phrases. Use the adjectives
    next to the picture to help you to improve the text.

    hardworking cold unsinkable

    mountainous monstrous experienced

    deadly mighty

    frightened vast

    confused terrified

    On that night, the Titanic hit an iceberg that was floating through the North Atlantic.
    Ignoring several warnings about icebergs, the captain ordered his crew to sail at full
    speed which caused several sections of the ship to come apart upon impact. At first,
    passengers did not realise what a situation they were in. But gradually, water began
    filling the decks of the ship which could not be ignored. Many passengers placed their life
    jackets on and headed towards the ship’s deck. Faces looked around in shock whilst some
    passengers began to get into the lifeboats…

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    Rewrite the newspaper extract with expanded noun phrases. Remember, use the
    adjectives by the picture to help you create your own expanded noun phrases. For
    example: ‘faces’ could be changed to ‘terrified faces’.

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