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A noun phrase is a group of words with a noun as its main part. Information about the noun can be before the noun and/or after the noun.
Information that comes before the noun in a noun phrase is usually expressed through

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  determiners (see Unit 8):
  

this horrible rubbish

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  adjectives and adverbs (see Unit 10):
  

a rich habitat
Information that comes after the noun is usually expressed through

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  prepositional phrases:
  

an abundance of_creatures

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  past participle clauses:
  

the rubbish contained in the harbour

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  present participle (-ing) clauses:
  

the rubbish lying at the bottom of the harbour

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  to-infinitive clauses: