Noun Clauses

1. Noun Clauses Marcella Frank Overview (Part 2—Old: p 61; New: p 57)

2. Noun clauses can be derived from four sources: • A statement • A question • Yes/No question • Wh- question • A request • An exclamation

3. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • The noun clause is introduced by that

4. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • The noun clause can function in one of five ways: • As the subject of the sentence • As the subject after it • As a subjective complement • As the object of a verb • As an appositive

5. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • As the subject of the sentence • That coffee grows in Brazil is well known to all.

6. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • As the subject after it • It is well known that coffee grows in Brazil.

7. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • As a subjective complement • My understanding is that coffee grows in Brazil.

8. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • As the object of a verb • I know that coffee grows in Brazil.

9. Noun clauses can be derived from a statement:(Coffee grows in Brazil.) • As an appositive • His belief that coffee grows in Brazil is correct.

10. Noun clauses can be derived from a question:(Will he get the money? How will he get the money?) • From a Yes/No Question • The noun clause is introduced by whether (or not) • also if

11. Noun clauses can be derived from a Y/N question:(Will he get the money?) • As a subject • Whether (or not) he gets the money doesn’t concern me.

12. Noun clauses can be derived from a Y/N question:(Will he get the money?) • As a subjective complement • The question is whether he will get the money.

13. Noun clauses can be derived from a Y/N question:(Will he get the money?) • As the object of a verb • Do you know whether (or if) he will get the money?

14. Noun clauses can be derived from a Y/N question:(Will he get the money?) • As the object of a preposition • We were concerned about whether he would get the money.

15. Noun clauses can be derived from a Wh- question:(How will he get the money?) • The noun clause is introduced by who, what, which, when, where, why, how

16. Noun clauses can be derived from a Wh- question:(How will he get the money?) • As the subject • How he gets the money is his own affair.

17. Noun clauses can be derived from a Wh- question:(How will he get the money?) • As the subjective complement • The question is how he will get the money.

18. Noun clauses can be derived from a Wh- question:(How will he get the money?) • As the object of a verb • I don’t know how he will get the money.

19. Noun clauses can be derived from a Wh- question:(How will he get the money?) • As the object of a preposition • We were concerned about how he would get the money.

20. Noun clauses can be derived from a request:(Write the letter soon.) • The noun clause is introduced by that

21. Noun clauses can be derived from a request:(Write the letter soon.) • As the object of a verb • He suggested that I write the letter soon.

22. Noun clauses can be derived from an exclamation:(What a pretty girl she is!) • The noun clause is introduced by what or how

23. Noun clauses can be derived from an exclamation: • As the object of a verb • I hadn’t realized what a pretty girl she was.

24. Noun clauses can be derived from an exclamation: • As the object of a preposition • We talked about what a pretty girl she was.