A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts like a noun.
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What is an adverb clause?
It is a dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or an adverb.
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What is an adjective clause?
An adjective clause modifies a noun or a pronoun.
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What is an independent clause?
It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
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What are essential clauses?
They are clause that without the sentence wouldn't make sense.
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What is the purpose of a noun clause?
Noun clauses can be used to name something when a single word isn't enough.
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What do adverb clauses modify?
They modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
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Identify the adjective clause:
The film which you recorded scared the kids half to death.
which you recorded
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What is a subordinate clause?
It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but doesn't express a complete thought.
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What are nonessential clauses?
They are clauses that without the sentence would still make sense
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What is the noun clause in the sentence: Whichever restaurant you chose is fine with me.
Whichever restaurant you chose
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How do you find out where the adverb clause is in the sentence?
You look for the subordinating conjunction in front of it.
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Identify the adjective clause:
Fruit that is organically grown is expensive.
that is organically grown
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Does this sentence start with a dependent or independent clause:
When I arrived to class, I turned in my homework.
dependent
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Does nonessential or essential clauses have commas?
nonessential clauses
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What do noun clauses start with?
(need at least eight)
possible answers: how, that, what, whatever, when, where, whether, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, and why
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Identify the adverb clause:
The firework show will start after the sun goes down.
after the sun goes down
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What do adjective clauses start with?
They start with relative pronouns or a conjunction.
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What kind of clause has the predicate that tells the reader what the subject is doing?
an independent clause
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Is the clause nonessential or essential and where is it in the sentence:
Freddie hopes to return to Italy, where he had the best food ever.
clause: where he had the best food ever. nonessential
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What can a noun clause act as?
It can act as subject, a predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.
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What do adverbs tell.
Adverbs tell where, when, how, why, to what extent, under what condition, how much, and how often a action occurs.
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Since adjective clauses start with relative pronouns what words are relative pronouns
who, whose, whom, which, that
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Where do independent and subordinate (also independent and independent clauses in a sentence. Also dependent and dependent clause, etc.) clause put together in a sentence need commas?
When a subordinate clause is at the beginning of the sentence, put it after the subordinate clause. Also when there are two independent clauses in a sentence.
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Is the clause nonessential or essential and where is it in the sentence:
The waiter carrying the salad didn't notice that the order was wrong.