Which of the following are noun phrases in the sentence? (2 correct answers) The beautiful girl was in the school play and a talented dancer. Select all correct options girl was in a talented dancer in the school the beautiful girl

The correct answers are:<br /><br />1. a talented dancer<br />2. the beautiful girl<br /><br />Explanation:<br /><br />A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a noun in a sentence. It can include a noun, pronoun, or noun combined with other words such as adjectives, determiners, or prepositional phrases.<br /><br />In the given sentence, "a talented dancer" and "the beautiful girl" are both noun phrases:<br /><br />1. "a talented dancer" is a noun phrase consisting of the determiner "a," the adjective "talented," and the noun "dancer."<br />2. "the beautiful girl" is a noun phrase consisting of the determiner "the," the adjective "beautiful," and the noun "girl."<br /><br />The other options are not noun phrases:<br /><br />- "girl was in" is not a noun phrase; it is a clause with a subject ("girl") and a verb ("was in").<br />- "in the school" is not a noun phrase; it is a prepositional phrase.<br />- "the school play" is not explicitly mentioned in the sentence, so it is not a noun phrase in this context.