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Noun Clauses

Noun Clauses. Review. What are the similarities and differences between a phrase and a clause?. PHRASES. CLAUSES. Does not contain a subject and a verb May be missing one or the other or both (like with a prepositional phrase). Always has a subject and a verb

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Noun Clauses

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  1. Noun Clauses

  2. Review • What are the similarities and differences between a phrase and a clause? PHRASES CLAUSES • Does not contain a subject and a verb • May be missing one or the other or both (like with a prepositional phrase) • Always has a subject and a verb • Cannot stand alone – must have a main clause (independent clause) to complete the thought. • Can be removed from a sentence and the remaining still makes sense

  3. Adjective Clauses - Review • Adjective Clause • Subordinate clause • Modifies a noun in the main clause • Begins with a relative pronoun • Example SMES is an outstanding Catholic school in Annapolis that sits on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Main Clause Adjective Clause

  4. Adverb Clauses - Review • Adverb Clauses • Subordinate clause • Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb in the main clause • Begins with a subordinating conjunction • Like adverbs, answers the questions how, when, where, to what extent • Example: Before they travel to New York City in December all students must fill out a permission slip.

  5. NEW INFO!!!!! Noun Clauses • Subordinate Clause • Sometimes referred to as a nominal clause • Different from an adjective or adverb clause in that it does not MODIFY anything. Instead it functions as a noun does. • This means it can be • The subject of the sentence • Direct object • Indirect object • Predicate noun • Object of a preposition

  6. Noun Clauses Noun clauses are introduced by the following words: Who Whom Whoever Whomever Whose why • How • However • That • What • Whatever • When • Where • Which • whichever

  7. Examples • Mrs. Kittiver wrote that she will be out on Monday. (Direct Object) • Reviewing the vocabulary is how I prepared for the test. (predicate noun) • Please refrainfromwhatever it is your are doing. (object of preposition) • Whatever you want to do is alright with me. (subject) • She gave whoever was thirsty, a cold bottled water. (indirect object)

  8. Words that Introduce Noun Clauses – A few things to remember • As you can see by the list of words that introduce noun clauses, some of them also function as other things. • For example THAT is both a relative pronoun (used in an adjective clause) and one of the words that introduce noun clauses. • You can’t rely on JUST these words to determine the type of clause. For example: • I went to the beach with THAT GROUP OF GIRLS ON THE BOARDWALK. (object of the preposition WITH – noun clause) • I think that the winner, THAT GUY WITH THE GRAY BEARD, will enjoy the prize. (adjective clause modifying winner)

  9. Other things to remember • Other dependent clauses act as adjectives and adverbs. • We can remove them and still have a complete independent clause left, with a subject and verb. The owner, that woman over there, needs new shoes. • If you remove the adjective clause – that woman over there, you are left with The owner needs new shoes. (a simple sentence) • Noun clauses are an exception!

  10. Noun clauses are different • Most noun clauses are too essential to the sentence to be removed. Look at these examples: Whether you drive or fly is up to you. I wondered if you would like to go to the barbecue. Sandy led us to where she had last seen the canoe.

  11. Noun clauses are different • If we remove these noun clauses, what is left will not make much sense: • is up to you • I wondered • Sandy led us to • That is because, in each example, the dependent noun clause forms a key part of the independent clause: it acts as the subject, the direct object, the object of a preposition. Without those key parts, the independent clauses do not express complete thoughts. • A sentence containing a noun clause is the one case in which an “independent” clause may actually need a dependent clause to be complete!

  12. Practice Identify the noun clauses in these sentences. • That man wearing a hat is going to the park. • I will be walking home from school with whomever cares to join me. • I could see by your bouncy personality that you'd enjoy bungee jumping. • We will give whoever drops by a free Yoga lesson. • Lacey talked at length about how she had won the pie-eating contest. • The problem is that my GPS is lost.

  13. Answers • That man wearing a hat is going to the park. (Subject) • I will be walking home from school with whomever cares to join me. (object of preposition with) • I could see by your bouncy personality that you'd enjoy bungee jumping. (direct object of the verb see) • We will give whoever drops by a free Yoga lesson. (indirect object of the verb phrase will give) • Lacey talked at length about how she had won the pie-eating contest.(object of the preposition about) • The problem is that my GPS is lost.(predicate noun after the linking verb is)

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