Building UP a Noun Phrase

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Building UP a Noun Phrase
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Proper Nouns Dee Dee, Bailey, Curtis, Patrick,
Zoe, Beverly, Wilma, Neville, Kilroy,
Hamilton, Patricia, Genevieve, Daphne, Bryce,
Grant, Vincente, Fillmore, Stephen,
Marcus, Sylvester, Maurice, Griffith, Rosaleen,
Ramona, Annabella, Jebediah, Johann, Eden,
Vander, Ernesto, Cornelius, Crockett, Marla,
Nathaniel, Woody, Zoltan Ramsey, Miranda,
Manfred, Ziporah, Charlotte, Regan, Edmund, Owen,
Jasper, Burke, Sebastian, Herbert, Ziggy, Violet,
Xander, Juolian, Josephine, Leo, Indiana,
Booker, Clifford, Clementine, Yolanda, Wendell,
Murdock, Larkspur Harper, Hester, Malcolm,
Hattie Mae, Ezra, Jem, Barton, Maximillian,
Aloysius, Ignacio, Nestor, Randall, Dougal,
Beatrice, Zephyr
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Characteristics (Adjectives) Adjectives answer
the question What kind? stolid, strange,
strong, strict, stubborn, studious,
sophisticated, successful, sullen, supercilious,
superstitious, surly, suspicious, sweet,
taciturn, tactful, talented, talkative, tasteful,
tenacious, tense, terrified, thankful,
thoughtful, thoughtless, threatening, thrifty,
timid, touchy, trendy, trusting, trustworthy,
truthful, uncouth, unctuous, unfriendly, unruly,
uncivilized, unscrupulous, unselfish, useful,
valiant versatile, vivacious, warm, watchful,
weak, weary, weird, whimsical, wise,
wishy-washy, wistful, witty, worried, wrathful,
wretched, wrong naïve, neat, negligent, nervous,
noisy, obedient, obliging, optimistic,
peaceful, pensive, persevering, persistent,
pessimistic, petulant, picky, plain,
pleasant, pitiful, polite, pompous, poor,
popular, quarrelsome, quick, quiet,
quixotic, rambunctious, rash, respectful,
restless, retiring, rich, risk-taking, rowdy,
rude, sad, scornful, sarcastic, satisfied,
scared, secretive, secure, sedate,
self-centered, selfish, self-reliant, sensitive,
serious, shrewd, shy, silly, sincere,
skillful, slovenly, sly, smart, sneaky, snobbish,
sociable, stingy
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Characteristics (Adjectives) gloomy, glum,
gregarious, grateful, greedy, grouchy, grumpy,
gullible, happy, hard-hearted, hard-working,
health-conscious, harried, hateful, haughty,
helpful, helpless, honest, hopeful, hospitable,
humble, humorous, ignorant, imaginative, immaculat
e, immature, impartial, impatient, impolite,
impudent, impulsive, independent, industrious,
insistent, insolent, industrious, insistent,
inventive, jealous, jovial, joyful,
lackadaisical, languid, lazy, light-hearted,
lively, logical, lonely, lucky, malicious, mean,
messy, meticulous, mischievous, moody,
mysterious active, adventurous, affectionate,
afraid, ambitious, amiable, angry, animated,
babyish, bewildered, blasé, bold, boorish,
bored, bossy, brave, bright, brilliant, busy,
calm, candid, capable, careful, caustic,
cautious, charismatic, conceited, charming,
cheerful, clever, clumsy, coarse, cold-hearted,
courageous, cowardly, cross, cultured, curious,
dangerous, considerate, cooperative
conscientious
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Roles (common nouns) lifeguard, philosopher,
scientist, shoemaker, matador, explorer,
inventor, court jester, makeup artist, treasure
hunter, student, drangon slayer, carpenter,
jeweler, candymaker, ventriloquist, fisherman,
nurse, banker, tyrant, butcher, reporter, web
designer, programmer secret agent, flight
attendant, cashier, beekeeper, gladiator,
clockmaker, superhero, innkeeper, botanist,
magicians assistant racecar driver,
wizard, game show host, dentist, food taster,
actor cake decorator, sky-diver, birdwatcher,
trapeze artist librarian, stamp
collector, tight-rope walker dog trainer,
dishwasher, cyclist bodyguard, prime
suspect, ichthyologist, manicurist, sheriff,
piano tuner, stuntman, composer, tour guide,
principal, knight, exterminator, factory worker,
roofer, sailor, impersonator, park ranger,
mathematician, balloonist, guitarist, welder,
window washer, weatherman, scout juggler,
cowboy, clown, astronaut, anesthesiologist,
zookeeper, crossing guard, vegetarian,
seamstress, thief, comedian
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Clarence was a strange and gloomy cake decorator.
Now, condense the sentence into a noun
phrase that has an appositive
Clarence, a strange and gloomy cake decorator,
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Verbs (actions)
hides, can hide, is hiding, could have been
hiding, was hiding, may be hiding turns, might
turn, is turning, should have been turning, was
turning, might be turning smiled, may smile, has
been smiling, was smiling, would be smiling,
could have been smiling enjoys, enjoyed, is
enjoying, could be enjoying, could have enjoyed,
may be enjoying steals, stole, has stolen, is
stealing, has been stealing, was stealing, might
be stealing kicks, kicked, has bee kicking, has
kicked, should have been kicking, had been
kicking fix, fixed, has fixed, has been fixing,
should have been fixing, had been fixing, was
fixing complains, has been complaining, has
complained, was complaining, complained notices,
will notice, will be noticing, has noticed,
noticed, might notice, should have noticed
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Direct Object (if needed)
Adverb
Prepositional Phrase
If necessary, add a noun (or pronoun) that
completes the action.
Add a word or words that answer one of the
questions that adverbs answer How? How
often? When? Where? Why?
Add a prepositional phrase that gives
more information about any noun or verb in the
sentence. (A preposition is a word that will fit
into the frame Somewhere ____the rainbow.