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Noun Clauses
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What is a noun clause?
•A noun clause contains a subject
and a verb.
•Like the adjective clause and the
adverbial clause, it can not stand by
itself as a sentence.
•It must be a part of a complete
sentence taking the place of a noun.
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Some words that begin a
Noun Clause:
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Bet you didn’t know!!
Since noun clauses take the place of
nouns in sentences, a noun clause can
perform any of the four functions a
single noun can perform. A noun
clause can be the subject of a sentence,
a direct object, a predicate
nominative, or the object of a
preposition.
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• Subject-tells whom/what sentence
about.
• Direct Object-word/group of words
that names the receiver of the action
of an action verb.
• Predicate Nominativenouns/pronouns that rename,
identify, or define subjects.
• Object of a Preposition-words that
follow a preposition (of, at, over,
since, etc.)
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What you now see is a
painting by Vincent Van
Gogh.
•This noun clause acts as the
subject of the sentence.
Unit 2: Systemic Conflict
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Now I understand what must
be done.
•This noun clause acts as the
direct object in the
sentence. In other words,
what must be done answers
the question of what is
understood.
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Mr. Jones is valuable
for what he knows
about history.
•This noun clause acts
as the object of the
preposition for.
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What you see is what
you get.
•This noun clause acts
as the subject.
•This noun clause acts
as a predicate noun.
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Let’s break it down even
more!
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Noun Clauses Beginning with Question
Words
Wh- clauses begin with words like who, what, how,
whenever, which, etc.
• I need to explain what a noun clause is.
• I don't know where Mary lives.
• Tell me how old she is.
• What is a noun clause?
• Where does Mary live?
• How old is she?
questions
Questions
Noun Clauses
What do you do in class?
What we do in class is easy.
Where does he work?
Where he works is a secret.
What should I do?
I don’t know what you should do.
Who are they?
Sue knows who they are.
What happened?
She knows what happened.
Noun Clauses Beginning with
Whether or If
When a Yes/No question is changed to a noun
clause, whether or if is used to introduce the noun
clause.
• I don't know whether you have studied noun
clauses before.
• I don't know if you have studied noun clauses
before.
• I wonder if it will rain tomorrow.
• I wonder whether Mary went to work
yesterday or not.
• Whether he invites her or not is important.
Noun Clauses Beginning with That
• I think that the war will end soon.
the verb think
object of
• I know (that) he will be successful.
• Teachers claim that grammar is fun.
• That Mary studied very hard was obvious
to John.
(That Mary studied very hard) is the subject of the sentence.
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That pollution affects the quality of our lives is obvious.
It is obvious that pollution affects the quality of our lives.
That he is still alive is a miracle.
It is a miracle that he is still alive.
Time for Practice
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1. What you thought about that candidate is correct.
2. The paleontologist remembers when he met you at the
conference.
3. Will these older folks recall how they were part of a terrific
generation?
4. Remind whoever is on your discussion panel that we will meet
tomorrow morning in the library.
5. Give whoever needs that information the correct numbers.
6. Mr. Bellington reminded us of where we should obtain the
necessary papers for our licenses.
7. My children's request is that you wear your silly tie to the
birthday party.
8. The lady's wish is that you bring her some pansies and daisies.
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1. What you thought about that candidate is correct.
2. The paleontologist remembers when he met you at the
conference.
3. Will these older folks recall how they were part of a terrific
generation?
4. Remind whoever is on your discussion panel that we will meet
tomorrow morning in the library.
5. Give whoever needs that information the correct numbers.
6. Mr. Bellington reminded us of where we should obtain the
necessary papers for our licenses.
7. My children's request is that you wear your silly tie to the
birthday party.
8. The lady's wish is that you bring her some pansies and daisies.
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1. These math teachers taught us whatever we needed
to know for the exam.
2. The winner will be whichever speller correctly spells
the most words.
3. When the next door will open is puzzling to all of us.
4. Give the survey's results to whoever asks for them.
5. The family's housekeeper scrubbed whichever floors
were dirty.
6. I asked whomever I wanted to come to the dance.
7. Whatever time you decide to leave is fine with me.
8. That these clams cannot be opened more easily
frustrates Samantha.
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1. These math teachers taught us whatever we needed
to know for the exam.
2. The winner will be whichever speller correctly spells
the most words.
3. When the next door will open is puzzling to all of us.
4. Give the survey's results to whoever asks for them.
5. The family's housekeeper scrubbed whichever floors
were dirty.
6. I asked whomever I wanted to come to the dance.
7. Whatever time you decide to leave is fine with me.
8. That these clams cannot be opened more easily
frustrates Samantha.
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