Here at IELTSTutors.org we want you to be fully prepared for the IELTS test so we dedicate a lot of time to focusing on this tricky area of grammar. Review what you know by rereading our previous post – complex noun phrases 1 – on this subject, then complete the quiz below.
Complex Noun Phrases Quiz
A company sold cars in November. The sales fell.
One sentence with a noun phrase:
[Sales of cars] fell in November.
or
[The number of cars sold] fell in November
or
[The number of cars sold by the company] fell in November
Note: The complex noun phrase is ‘sales of cars’ or ‘the number of cars sold (by the company)’. Notice that grammatically, we use a complex noun phrase like a single noun, so we could replace the whole complex noun phrase with ‘it’: It fell in November. (But only of course if we have already said what ‘it’ is earlier in the text.)
Complete the sentences with a noun phrase
| I work for a bank. I work in the head office. | |
| 1. | I work in the bank. |
| I went to the meeting. I went with two colleagues. | |
| 2. | I went to the meeting . |
| Some people continue to work after retirement. The number is increasing. | |
| 3. | The number of after retirement is increasing. |
| A percentage of people complaind about the service. The percentage fell in October. | |
| 4. | The percentage of people about the service fell in October. |
| An offer was made by a big business. The offer was rejected. | |
| 5 | An offer by a big business was rejected. |
| NASA has satellites. The satellites are orbiting other planets in our solar system. | |
| 6. | NASA has satellites other planets in our solar system. |
| I opened a savings account at a bank. Speedbank is the name of the bank. | |
| 7. | I opened a savings account . |
| An article is going to be published tomorrow. The article reveals a political scandal. | |
| 8. | An article is going to be published tomorrow political scandal. |
| My favourite movie is a science fiction film. It is based on a Japanese comic. | |
| 9. | My favourite film is a science fiction film Japanese comic. |
| Less young people are buying their own homes. In the past, more young people bought their own homes. | |
| 10. | The proportion their own homes has fallen. |
| Lots of rubbish lies on the riverbed. It is dangerous to wildlife. | |
| 11. | Rubbish is dangerous to wildlife. |
| Ships transport goods around the world. These ships are responsible for a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. | |
| 12. | Ships around the world account for a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions. |
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