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Noun clauses

Noun clauses. Performance of a noun clause. Noun clauses perform the same functions in sentences that nouns do: As a subject → What Billy did shocked his friends. As an object → Billy’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t swim .

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Noun clauses

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  1. Noun clauses

  2. Performance of a noun clause • Noun clauses perform the same functions in sentences that nouns do: • As a subject→What Billy did shocked his friends. • As an object→ Billy’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t swim. • After a preposition → Mary is not responsible for what Billy did.

  3. Performance of a noun clause • As a subject complement→ Billy’s mistake was that he refused to take lessons. • As an adjective complement→ Everybody is sad that Billy drowned.

  4. To form a noun clause • To change a statementto a noun clause use that: • I know + Billy made a mistake = I know that Billy made a mistake. • To change a yes/no questionto a noun clause, use if or whether: • George wonders + Does Fred know how to cook? = George wonders if Fred knows how to cook.

  5. To form a noun clause • To change a wh-questionto a noun clause, use the wh-word: • I don’t know + Where is George? = I don’t know where George is.

  6. Noun clause markers • Here is a list of the noun clause markers: • that • if, whether • Wh-words: how, what, when, where, which, who, whom, whose, why • Wh-ever words: however, whatever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever

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