We can add an adjective to a noun:

• That private cab will take you where you want to go.

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• Uber uses compact modern cars as cabs.

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• Electric buses will replace old diesel ones.

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Remember that quantities are also adjectives

• All cars must pass safety tests.
• Some cabs are green and white in this city


What other adjectives do you know?

Noun phrases with articles

Remember definite and indefinite articles?
An article helps us talk specifically about an object.
There are two types of articles:

Indefinite: a / an
Definite: the

• The bicycle I rented costed $5 per hour

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• An uber is like a taxi but cheaper

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And we can combine articles with adjectives to make the noun phrase longer:

• The green elongated bus will take you downtown.

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• A nice, small and air-conditioned car will pick me up later.

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Noun phrases with possessive adjectives and nouns

We can also add a possessive adjective (my, your, his, her) to a noun phrase.

• My train is coming.

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• Their flight will take off soon.

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Also we can add a possessive pronoun (‘s) to a noun phrase

• Gary’s train is 8A

• Mario’s flight is number 8130

Check these examples:

• The taxi taken by Pedro was green and black.
• Those washed cars have to be parked.
• The parking service will take care of your car.
• Polluting trucks often receive tickets.

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Taken, washed, parking and polluting are not verbs, they are participial adjectives working as descriptions, not actions.

Finally, we can add a participle(-ed or –ing adjectives) to a noun phrase

• Unregistered cars will be impounded.
• An uber driven by Pedro Flores will pick me up.
• An attractive cruise taking you to the Caribbean is a good vacation.
• Airplanes carrying mail and packages arrive in another part of the airport.

Taken, washed, parking and polluting are not verbs, they are participial adjectives working as descriptions, not actions.