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Making English Grammar Meaningful and Useful Mini Lesson #16 Noun Clauses: Useful Structures for Gossip The purpose of this lesson is to present characteristics of Noun Clauses. Noun Clauses are word groups that are the subjects or objects of sentences in which they are found. When they are sentence subjects, they are followed by the main verb of the sentence. When they follow the main verb of a sentence, they are usually objects of the sentences in which they are found. The two possible noun clause types are illustrated with these sentences: That he would speak at the conference was announced last week. Last week the president announced that he would speak at the conference. Notice that the Connector ‘that’ is used for both Noun Clauses. In some cases when the Noun Clause is the object of the sentence, the Connector can be deleted. This is the case with the second example above. You can delete the word ‘that’ from the sentence. Other Connectors often used with Noun Clauses are the words 'if', 'whether' and WH-question words such as 'when', 'where', 'why', etc. Noun Clauses are often used in an English structure known as Reported Speech where a speaker wants to report what another speaker has said. These are some examples of Reported Speech: The student said that the homework was very difficult. The teacher asked how many students had finished the homework. Most of the students said that they had finished the homework. One particular problem with Reported Speech is when a reporter wants to report a question that someone else has asked. There is a tendency to keep the question structure in the reported speech instead of converting it to a statement structure. Look at the following example. The third sentence illustrates this problem. The mother said, "What time did you get home last night?" The mother asked her daughter what time she got home last night. The mother asked her daughter what time did she get home last night. This lesson was developed by John Nelson and Tymofey Wowk, 2012 Notice that there is only a question when the mother asked it. When the question is reported, it is a statement, not a question. The third sentence is not grammatical. Noun Clauses are often used with verbs like 'hope', 'wish', 'think', ‘know’ 'understand', and similar verbs. This lesson was developed by John Nelson and Tymofey Wowk, 2012