37. What is a noun/noun phrase?
AN
IM
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America
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My father
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Paris Hilton
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Dogs
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Extremely loud
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A bad decision
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The house next to the stadium
CE
AL
LA
P
S
PEOPLE
OCCUPATIONS
OBJECTS
44. Team work
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Complete these ideas / Write on nbs. and
paper
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1. We believe that…
2. We don’t know when…
3. We wonder how much…
4.It seems that…
5.Whoever invented reality shows…
6. Popularity of reality shows depend on how…
7. Whatever reality shows portray…
8. We know that…
9.The fact that reality shows are popular…
10.We hope that…
46. •
A clause that plays the role of a noun in a
sentence.
Noun clause
We believe that reality shows are not realistic.
Subject
Verb
Object
(complement)
47. Other examples
We don’t know when reality shows will die off.
Subject
Verb
Noun clause
(object)
We wonder how much people spend in text messages.
48. Other examples
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It seems that these shows are phony.
Subject
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Verb
Noun clause
(complement)
Whoever invented reality shows is a genius.
Noun clause
(Subject)
Verb
(copular)
Complement
51. on...
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What do you think about video games?
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Do you think violent games make
children more or less aggressive? Why?
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If you were/are a parent, how many
hours should children get to play video
games? What would the conditions be?
52. •
What does Matt say about video
games like Sesame Street?
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What does he say about sport games?
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What the article was about…
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What did the article say?
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Matt doesn’t think that video games…
53. FUNCTION OF NOUN CLAUSES
1. As subject of the sentence
Whoever invented reality shows is a genius.
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2. As the complement of a copular verb.
That is what I was thinking.
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3. As the object of the verb.
I don’t understand why Monica Belluci is so sexy.
54. Functions of noun clauses
4. As the object of a preposition
I want you to think about what you did.
5. As an appositive
The idea that there seems to be another planet like
the earth is starting to freak me out.
