3. Identify the sentences below!
1. He knows that Yures is still single.
2. She watched Dilan yesterday.
3. What Zaki told her last night is a lie.
4. It is not true that Alvin is Fela’s girlfriend.
5. The bag that Regita bought yesterday is very expensive.
BRAINSTORMING
4. A noun is used as subject or an object.
A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun.
Noun clauses begin with words such as how, if, that, what,
whatever, when, where, whether, which, whichever, who,
whoever, whom, whomever, and why. Noun clauses can act as
subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate
nominatives, or objects of a preposition.
DEFINITION
5. example:
sentence : Maya is sleepy
Function of Noun
1. As a subject of verb
That Maya is sleepy is true.
S V
2. As a subject after anticipatory it
It is true, that Maya is sleepy.
S V NC (the real subject)
NOUN CLAUSE FROM STATEMENT
6. 3. As subjective complement
The news is that Maya is sleepy.
S V NC
4. As object of verb
We know that Maya is sleepy.
S V NC as an object
5. As appositive
The news that Maya is sleepy is true.
N NC as appostive
NOUN CLAUSE FROM STATEMENT
7. Kinds Yes/No Questions
Conj. If or Whether
Information Questions
Conj. 8W + 1H
NOUN CLAUSE FROM QUESTION
8. Question : Do you eat rice? (Yes/No Q)
I wonder whether do you eat rice.
NC
Question : Does Reza love Regita?
I don’t know if Reza loves Regita.
NC
Question : Who are they? (Information Q)
Who they are is my question.
NC
Question : Where is Fara?
I asked where Fara is.
NC
NOUN CLAUSE FROM QUESTION
9. NO NOUN CLAUSE
DERIVED FROM
INTRODUCTORY
CONJUNCTION
FUNCTION OF
CLAUSE
EXAMPLES
1 a statement
Coffee grows in
Brazil.
that subject That coffee grows in Brazil is
well known to all.
subject
after it
It is well known that coffee
grows in Brazil.
subjective
compleme
nt
My understanding is that coffee
grows in Brazil.
object of
verb
I know that coffee grows in
Brazil
appositive His belief that coffee grows in
Brazil is correct.
10. NO NOUN CLAUSE
DERIVED FROM
INTRODUCTORY
CONJUNCTION
FUNCTION OF
CLAUSE
EXAMPLES
2 a question
yes/no question
Will he get the
money?
whether (or
not) also if
subject Whether (or not) he gets the
money doesn’t concern me.
subjective
compleme
nt
The question is whether he will
get the money?
object of
verb
Do you know whether (or if) he
will get the money?
object of
preposition
We were concerned about
whether he would get the
money.
11. NO NOUN CLAUSE
DERIVED FROM
INTRODUCTORY
CONJUNCTION
FUNCTION OF
CLAUSE
EXAMPLES
2 a question
interogative
question
How will he get
the money?
who, what,
which,
when,
where, why,
how
subject How he gets the money is his
own affair.
subjective
compleme
nt
The question is how he will get
the money.
object of
verb
I don’t know how whe will get
the money.
object of
preposition
We were concerned about how
he would the money.
12. NO NOUN CLAUSE
DERIVED FROM
INTRODUCTORY
CONJUNCTION
FUNCTION OF
CLAUSE
EXAMPLES
3 a request
Write the letter
soon.
that object He suggested that I write the
letter soon.
4 an exclamation
What a pretty
girl she is!
what, how object of
verb
I hadn’t realized what pretty girl
she was.
object of
preposition
We talked about what a pretty
girl she was.
13. Find out the noun clause in the following sentences
and explain what their kind is!
1. Aziz cannot rely on what Safrida says.
2. Nabilla said that she was not feeling well.
3. Miss Marisa asked whether Nurul had finished her
assignment.
4. The fact that Zaki is not interested in the offer is
known to us.
5. The rumor that Fina is single has been confirmed.
EXERCISE
