The noun group (NG) or nominal group is a grammatical construction whose core or head is a noun. The NG can consist of just the head noun or the head noun can be preceded or followed by other words that modify it. Premodifiers come before the head noun and can include articles, adjectives, possessives, demonstratives, numbers and other nouns. Postmodifiers come after the head noun and can include prepositional phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases and relative clauses. The NG can function as the subject, object, complement or object of a preposition in a sentence.

1. The noun group (NG)
El grupo nominal
Inglés I
Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
Prof. Claudia E. Dachary

2. El grupo nominal es una construcción cuya palabra
más importante o núcleo (head) es un sustantivo
(noun) o palabra con función de sustantivo.
•Trump is not my president.
•They published a new book.
El grupo nominal
puede consistir
solamente del
núcleo:

3. O el núcleo puede estar precedido o seguido por palabras que lo modifican.
Los premodificadores (premodifiers) preceden al núcleo y los
postmodificadores (postmodifiers) se encuentran después de este.
Premodificadores Núcleo Postmodificadores
A rich boy
A boy with a sweeet voice
English boys
The first boy in the class
All the boys hospitalized yeterday
Some boys who were very hungry

4. Algunas clases de palabras que pueden ser
núcleos
• John has become a doctor
• People were furious
Sustantivos
(Nouns)
• They accepted the proposal.
• This is a good example.
• Nobody wanted to come
Pronombres
(Pronouns)
• Some people have never done any computing.
• Running is a healthy activity.
Participio presente
(-ing form)

5. Premodificadores (premodifiers)
• The black boy
• A huge Christmas tree
Artículos (Articles)
the/a/an
• My brother its new secretary
• your car our teachers
• His recent marriage their reasons
• Her last song
Posesivos (Possessives)
my/your/his/her/its/our/
their
• This lesson
• Those outdated programmes
Demostrativos
(Demonstratives)
this/that/these/those

6. Cuantificadores (quantifiers)
some, any,no, a lot (of),many, enough, every, each,
either, neither, much, many, all (the)
A lot of students were absent last class.
Is there any milk in the fridge?
Every child received a new book.
There aren’t enough funds for that project.
Each region has its traditional festivity.

7. Otros premodificadores
• Three boys
• The fourth day of the week
Numerales cardinales
y ordinales (cardinal
and ordinal numbers)
• Corrupt politicians
• Responsible students
Adjetivos
(adjectives)
• A reading lesson
• Some damaged buildings
Participios (-ing and
–ed participles)

8. El genitivo con ‘s (The genitive case)
My son’s wife La esposa de mi hijo.
Obama’s presidency La presidencia de Obama
Women’s clothing Ropa de mujer.
The museum’s new art exhibit La nueva
exhibición de arte del museo.

9. El sustantivo como premodificador.
The noun as premodifier.
Blood pressure presión sanguínea
Gold ring anillo de oro
Paper box caja de papel
UN refugee programme
Programa de refugiados de la ONU
UN refugee resettlement programme
Programa de reasentamiento de refugiados de la ONU

10. Postmodificadores (postmodifiers)
• The man at the door
• The picture above the table
Frases preposicionales
(preposicional phrases)
• People sleeping on the streets
• Soldiers wounded in the Malvinas War
Frases de participio
(-ed and –ing participle
phrase)
• The first man to step on the moon
• The best way to achieve your goals
Frases de infinitivo (To-
infinitive phrases)

11. Oraciones subordinadas (Relative clauses)
The film (that) we saw last Saturday
My father, who was a teacher,
The city where I was born
My friend whose daughter had a baby
Articles which teach me something new

12. Funciones del grupo nominal en la
oración
• The government is responsible for the education
policy.
• Education must be at the top of the government’s
agenda.
Sujeto (Subject)
• They placed emphasis on the importance of education
• Teachers should earn very good salaries.Objeto (Object)
• He is a very good teacher.
• What is the purpose of education?
Complemento
(Complement)
• Everyone has the right to education
• I´m worried about our children’s education.
Objeto de preposición
(Object of preposition)