1. CAN YOU FIND THE NOUN
CLAUSE?
I WORK BEST WHEN IT’S DARK OUT.
I WAS BORN IN THE TOWN WHERE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN.
SHE ASKED WHEN HER APPOINTMENT WAS.
2. HOW TO IDENTIFY A NOUN
CLAUSE
• BEGINS WITH CONNECTION WORDS:
THAT/WHAT/HOW/HOW MUCH/WHEN/WHETHER/IF/WHERE/WHY
• IS A CLAUSE (S & V)
• FUNCTIONS AS SUBJECT, COMPLEMENT, OBJECT OF PREPOSITION, OR APPOSITIVE*
• OFTEN USED IN INDIRECT SPEECH (SAID THAT…)
4. SOME COMMON POINTS OF
CONFUSION
THAT (THE FACT THAT)
WHAT (THE THING THAT)
THAT YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK SHOWS YOU CARE ABOUT THIS CLASS.
WHAT YOU DID IN CLASS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
