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Year 2 · English

Use Expanded Noun Phrases

Year 2 learners practise expanded noun phrases with adjectives.

The activities include Select Suitable Adjectives. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Understand the key idea

A noun phrase names a person, place, thing or idea. An expanded noun phrase adds useful detail around the noun, often with one or more precise adjectives, such as “the small, red kite”.

Common mix-up

A longer sentence is not automatically an expanded noun phrase. The added words must tell the reader more about the noun.

Try this first

  1. Find the noun.
  2. Choose one or two adjectives that add useful detail.
  3. Read the complete phrase aloud and check that it still makes sense.

Ask: Which words tell us more about the noun?

Activities covered

  • Select Suitable Adjectives

Checked learning resources

  • Expanded Noun Phrases Mini Lesson

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    KS1 video models adding suitable adjectives to nouns to create expanded noun phrases.

  • PlanIt Y2: Expanded Noun Phrases

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 2 lesson pack teaches adjective selection and noun-phrase expansion.

  • Year 2 Expanded Noun Phrase Resource Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 2 activities practise choosing precise adjectives and expanding noun phrases.

  • Grammar

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 English resource matched to expanded noun phrases with adjectives.