Grammar Terminology

[clause] is a subject noun or noun phrase followed by a verb or verb phrase:


is [verb]

has been   [verb phrase]
grammar [noun],
a very easy grammar [noun phrase],

Noun phrase:
apple (noun),  
some apples (determiner and noun),
some red apples (determiner, adjective and noun),
some red apples which I am going to eat (determiner, adjective, noun and relative clause).