Noun Clauses
This type of clause can act as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.
What is a noun clause?
This type of clause modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb and tells how, when, where, why, or under what condition.
What is an adverb clause?
In the sentence “The book that I borrowed was interesting,” this is the adjective clause.
What is “that I borrowed”?
Combine using a noun clause:
I know something. She is telling the truth.
What is “I know that she is telling the truth”?
Find and fix the error:
I don’t know where is he going.
What is “I don’t know where he is going”?
In the sentence “What he said surprised everyone,” this is the function of the noun clause.
What is the subject?
In “She stayed home because she was sick,” this is what the adverb clause tells us.
What is why she stayed home?
In “The student who studied passed the test,” this is the noun being described by the adjective clause.
Student
Combine using an adjective clause:
I have a friend. He lives nearby.
What is “I have a friend who lives nearby”?
Find and fix the error:
Because she was tired so she went to bed.
What is “Because she was tired, she went to bed”?
(or “She was tired, so she went to bed”)
In “She asked where he was going,” this type of word introduces the noun clause.
What is a question word (or wh-word)?
In “If you study, you will pass,” the adverb clause expresses this type of relationship.
Condition, cause and effect
In “The girl who is singing is my sister,” this is the function of the adjective clause.
Describing the noun "girl"
Combine using an adverb clause (time):
Call me. You get home.
What is “Call me when you get home”?
Find and fix the error:
The book who is on the table is mine.
What is “The book that is on the table is mine”?
(or “which is on the table”)
Combine into one sentence using a noun clause:
He said something. It shocked everyone.
Combine into one sentence using a noun clause:
He said something. It shocked everyone.
In “He runs faster than I do,” what is the adverb clause?
Than I do
Combine into one sentence using an adjective clause:
I saw a dog. The dog was very small.
What is “I saw a dog that was very small”?
Combine using a noun clause as the subject:
She said something. It shocked everyone.
What is “What she said shocked everyone”?
Find and fix the error:
The student which I helped yesterday was absent.
What is “The student whom I helped yesterday was absent”?
(or “that I helped yesterday”)
Find the noun clause:
“Whoever finishes first will win a prize.”
What is “Whoever finishes first”?
Combine into one sentence using an adverb clause:
She finished her homework. Then she watched TV.
What is “After she finished her homework, she watched TV”?
Find and fix the error:
“The book who is on the table is mine.”
What is “The book that is on the table is mine”?
(or “which is on the table”)
Combine using an adjective clause:
The student is absent. I helped the student yesterday.
What is “The student whom I helped yesterday is absent”?
(“that I helped yesterday” also acceptable)
Find and fix ALL errors:
What she said it was surprising because that nobody expected what would she say.
What is “What she said was surprising because nobody expected what she would say”?