Belajar Noun clause

                    NOUN  CLAUSE
     A  noun  is  used  as  subject or  an  object.
     A  noun  clause   is  used  as  a  subject.  In  other  words  , a  noun   clause
     is  used  in the same  ways  as  a noun.
     A  noun  clause  is  a  clause  functioning  as  a  noun.

     It   has  its own subject and  verb.
Noun
Noun  clause
a.        His  story  was  interesting.
( a story  is  a  noun  used  as
The  subject  of  the sentence.

b.       I  heard  his  story.
(  story   is  a  noun. It  is  used
As  the object  of  the  sentence)
What  he  said   is  interesting.
( What  he said  is  a  noun clause.
 It  is  used  as  the  subject  of  the
sentence).
I  heard  what  he said.
( What  he  said  is  a  noun.  It  is  used  as the  object  of the verb heard)


Words used  to  introduce  noun  clauses :
1. Questions  words:   when             where           who           why          what
                                      which            how              whom        whose       
2.     whether
if

3.  that

A.   NOUN  CLAUSES  WHICH  BEGIN  WITH  A  QUESTION WORD.
QUESTION
NOUN  CLUASES
Where  does  she  live ?
What    did    he  say   ?
When   do  they  arrive  ?

S        V
Who   lives  there ?
What   happened?
Who   is  at  the  door ?

            V     S
 Who   is   she?
 Who   are  those  men?


                        S       V
What   did       she   say?
What  should  they  do  ?

     
I   don’t  know  where  she  lives.
I  couldn’t  hear  what  he  said.
Do  you  know  when  they  arrive?

                            S        V
I  don’t know     who   lives  there.
Please   tell  me  what  happened.
I  wonder           who  is  at  the door.

                                      S     V
I  don’t  know    who  she  is.
I  don’t know     who   those  men are.


            S                       V
What  she  said     surprised  me.
What they should  do  is  obvious.


EXERCISE  :  Change   the  question  in the  parentheses  to  a  noun clause.
1.     (How old  is she ? )   I   don’t  know…how old  she is.
2.     ( What  was he  talking about?)  ……….was  interesting.
3.     (Where  do you  live?)   Please  tell  me…………
4.     (What  did she  say ? )    What she said wasn’t  true.
5.     (When  are  they  coming?).Do  you  know……………………
6.     (Which  one  does he  want? )  Let’s  ask  him………………….
7.     (Whose  pen  is  this ?  Do  you  know………………………….
8.     (Where  did she go? )   …………….is  none of your business.
9.      (Why  did they  leave  the  country?)…………is a  secret.
10.   (Who  are those  people  ?)  I  don’t  know ………………………..


B.  NOUN CLAUSES  WHICH BEGIN WITH WHETHER OR IF.
YES /  NO  QUESTION                        NOUN CLAUSES
                                                                   FUNCTION  AS  OBJECT
Will  she  come  ?                 -  I  don’t  know  whether  she  will  come.
                                              -  I  don’t  know  if  she  will  come.                                                      
Does  he  need  help ?           -  I  wonder  whether  he  needs  help.
                                             -   I  wonder  if  he  needs  help.
                                             -  I  wonder  whether  she  will  come or not.
                                             -  I  wonder whether  or  not she  will  come.
                                             -  I  wonder  if   she  will  come  or  not.
                                                         FUNCTION AS  SUBJECT
                                                     -  Whether  she  comes or not   is  not 
                                                         importance  to  me.

EXERCISE   : Change  the  words  in parentheses into  noun  clauses.
1.     (Should  we wait  for  him ? )  I  wonder………………………..
2.     (Did  she  borrow  your  dictionary?) I  want to  know………….
3.     (Does she  need any help? )  I  wonder…………………………..
4.     (Is  he  having trouble?)  …………….is  not  surprising  me.
5.     (Does it  belong to  Jake?)  I  want  to  know…………..
6.     (Is there  life on other  planets ?)  I  wonder……………
7.  (Will  people  live on the  moon someday? ) I  wonder……….
     8. (Is  this  information  correct?)  Could  you tell  me…………….

C.QUESTION  WORDS  FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES
Question  words  (when,where, who, whom, whose,  what, which)  and  whether   may  be  followed  by infinitive .
                                                      NOUN    CLAUSE
                                                      AS  THE  SUBJECT
1.     I  don’t  know                     what    I  should  do.
        I  don’t  know                     what   to  do.
2.     Please  tell  me                    how  I can get to  the bus  station.
        Please  tell  me                    how  to get the  bus  station.

3.     John told   us                       where  we  could  find  it.
        John  told  us                       where  to  find  it.
EXERCISE  :  Give  sentences with the  same meaning by  using  infinitives.
Example :    -He  told  me  when  I  should come.
                     -He  told  me  when to come.
1.     Please  tell  me  where  I  should  meet  you. 
2.     .I don’t  know  where  I  should  go.
3.     I  don’t know  what else  I  can do.
4.     He  told  me   how     I  could  fix the  leak  in  the  sink.
5.     .Do  you  know  how   I   should learn  this  lesson
6.     I  don’t know  what  I  should  give  to  her
7.     She  doesn’t   know  where she should go  after the  exams. 


D. NOUN  CLAUSES  WHICH  BEGIN  WITH  THAT
STATEMENT
NOUN  CLAUSE
He   is  a  good  actor.



The  world   is   round.


She  doesn’t  understand  spoken
English.



The  world  is  round.
I  think  that  he  is  a   good actor.
I  think  he   is  a  good  actor.
(that)  he is  a  good  actor  is  the  object of  the  sentence.
We  know  that  the  world  is  round.
(that) the  world  is  round  is  the  object
of  the  sentence.
That  she  doesn’t  understand spoken
English   is  obvious.
That  she  doesn’t  understand spoken
English  is  the  subject  of the  sentence.

That  the  world is  round  is  a  fact.
That  the world  is  round  is  the  subject of  the  sentence.


EXERCISE :  A  “that  clause” is  frequently  used  with  the  fact.
                         Combine  the  sentences  using “ the  fact  that”  to   introduce
                          a  noun  clause.

Example :   Ann  was late.   That   didn’t  surprise  me.
                     The  fact  that  Ann  was  late   didn’t   surprise  me.

1.Mary  didn’t  come  . That  made me  angry.
2.I’am  little  tired.   I  feel  fine  except  for  that.
3. She  didn’t  pass  the  entrance  examination. She  was  not  admitted  to 
    university  due  to  that.
4.Many  people  in the  world  live  intolerable   poverty.
    That  must  concern all  of  us.
5.He  is  frequently  absent  from  class.
 That  indicates  his  lack of  interest  in  school.




              


 





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