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Noun clauses
- 1. Noun Clauses A clauseis a structure that has a subject and a verb. There are two kinds of clauses: independent and dependent. An independent clause is a main clause and expresses a complete thought. It is a sentence. A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. It must be part of an independent clause.
- 2. • Mary isa student. (independent clause) • What were you doing? (independent clause) • What you were doing (dependent clause) • I saw what you were doing. (dependent clause) • Where is your book? (independent clause) • I know where your book is. (dependent clause)
- 3. Noun Phrase A phraseis a group of words that doesn’t contain a subject and verb. A noun phrase is used as the subject or object in a sentence. • This book was published last year. (noun phrase/subject) • I read this book. (noun phrase/object)
- 4. Noun Clause A nounclause has a subject and verb. It is used as the subject or object in a sentence. A noun clause is a dependent clause that works like a noun. You can find it as a subject or object. • I read what she wrote. • What she wrote is interesting. noun clause noun clause
- 5. Noun Clauses Beginningwith Question Words Wh- clauses begin with words like who, what, how, whenever, which, etc. • I need to explain what a noun clause is. • I don't know where Mary lives. • Tell me how old she is. • First, you need to explain what a noun clause is. • What is a noun clause? • Where does Mary live? • How old is she? noun clause questions
- 6. Questions What do youdo in class? Where does he work? What should I do? Who are they? What happened? Noun Clauses What we do in class is easy. Where he works is a secret. I don’t know what you should do. Mary knows who they are. She knows what happened.
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