2. 7. My boss wants this report immediately. He demanded that it ______________ ready by 5:00. a. is b. will be c. be d. was e. should be 8. Did he tell you where __________ the report when you finish? a. should you put b. you to put c. you put d. to put e. will you put 9. My friend predicted _____________ receive a lot of praise for my work. a. that I would b. that I c. what would I d. what I e. that I will 10. My friend saw an accident. He told me ____________ at the scene of the accident. a. if he'd seen b. what he saw c. what he'd seen d. whether he saw e. that he'd seen
3. Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be: A noun or pronoun that follows main verb 'be' in a question comes in front of 'be' in a noun clause. Example: --> Who is that boy? I don't know who that boy is . --> Whose pen is this? I don't know whose pen this is. A prepositional phrase does not come in front of 'be' in a noun clause. Example: --> Who is in the office? I don't know who is in the office . --> Whose pen is on the desk? I don't know whose pen is on the desk . Notice that usual word order is not used when the question word is the subject of the question as in 'who' and 'what'. In this case, the word order in the noun clause is the same as the word order in question. Be sure to complete the exercises in the assignments.
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5. Noun clauses which begin with that: A noun clause can be introduced by the word 'that'. --> I think that Ms. Weiss is a good teacher. In the sentence above, 'Ms. Weiss is a good teacher' is a noun clause. It is the object of the verb 'think'. That clauses are frequently used as the object of verbs which express mental activity. Here are some common verbs followed by 'that clauses‘: Assume that believe that discover that dream that Guess that hear that hope that know that Learn that notice that predict that prove that Realize that suppose that suspect that think that There are many more verbs that can be followed by "that" clause.
6. 11. Is it true that all movies will be available online? _______ is wonderful! a. That all movies will be available b. All movies will be available c. Due to the fact that all movies will be available d. It is that all movies will be available e. Being available all movies 12. Can you tell me how to fix my computer? That depends on ____________ an old computer. a. have you b. whether you have c. that have you d. if have you e. about your having 13. Is it true __________ people are saying about the new laptops? a. that what b. that c. if d. whether or not e. what
7. 14. _______________ light-weight is important. a. A computer is b. Is a computer c. If a computer is d. Whether or not a computer is e. Is a computer 15. What are you going to do with your old computer? Nothing! _________ is too expensive. a. That I want to do b. What I want to do c. That what I want to do d. What do I want to do e. If what I want to do Taken from: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclausequiz.html
8. 1. _______________ I feel better. Now that he told me, What he told me 2. _______________ is very surprising. Because he came here That he came here 3. I think it's important _______________. when we study hard for this exam that we study hard for this exam 4. I think she realized he was lying ________________ . when she spoke to him that she spoke to him 5. It's important _______________ . that we let people know about the dangers of alcohol abuse when we let people know about the dangers of alcohol abuse 6. He went back to France _______________. that he needed to renew his passport because he needed to renew his passport
9. 7. Maria was upset because her boyfriend didn't believe her ________________. when she told him she loved him that she told him she loved him 8. _______________ made me feel better. Now that he told me, What he told me 9. _______________ we went to bed early. That we had an early flight Because we had an early flight, 10. My mother will be upset _______________. that you lied to her when you lied to her
10. A. Complete the sentences by changing the questions to noun clauses . 1. Who is she? I don’t know who she is 2. Who are they? I don’t know....................... 3. What is that? Do you know......................... 4. What are those? I don’t know................... 5. Whose book is that? I don’t know............. 6. Whose books are those? I don’t know................... 7. What is a wrench? Do you know ........................... 8. Who is that woman? I wonder..................... 9. Whose house is that? I wonder........................... 10. What is a clause? Don’t you know ........................ 11. What is in that drawer? I don’t know................................ 12. What is on TV tonight? I wonder.................... 13. Whose glasses are those? Could you tell me.......................................... 14. Who am I? He doesn’t know........................... 15. What’s at the end of the rainbow? The little girl wants to know........................