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- à 6.7èNoun Clauses
- ä:èUnderline the noun clauses in the sentences in the
- êêïExample.
- #âS:ê╕That you are here╗ is fortunate.
- #êêï╕What you do╗ interests me.
- #êêïI know ╕who you are╗.
- #êêïI like ╕whom you invited to the party╗.
- #êêïI am happy ╕with ╕whoever is the candidate╗.
- #êêïGive ╕whomever you want╗ the candy canes.
- éS A noun clause acts as a noun.ïIt can thus function as a sub-
- ject, direct object, indirect object, predicate noun, or object of the
- #preposition.ïThe relative pronouns ╖what (whatever), who (whoever),
- #and ╖whom (whomever)╗ can introduce noun clauses.ïWhen a noun clause
- functions as a direct object, indirect object, or predicate noun, it
- #is considered to be a dependent clause.ïFor example, in ╖I appreciate
- #╖whatever you do, whatever you do╗ is a noun clause acting as the direct
- object.ïRemove that dependent noun clause, and you are left with the
- #independent clause ╖I appreciate╗.ïIn ╖I know who wants the cartridge,
- #╖who wants the cartridge╗ is a noun clause acting as the direct object.
- Remove that noun clause, and you are left with the independent clause
- #╖I know.ï╗In ╖I am what I am, what I am╗ is a noun dependent clause
- acting as the predicate noun: remove the dependent noun clause, and
- #you are left with the independent clause ╖I am╗.ïBut noun clauses act-
- ing as subjects and acting as objects of the preposition are not de-
- pendent noun clauses: they are part of the independent clause.ïFor
- #example, in ╖What you do is your own business, what you do╗ is a noun
- #clause acting as the subject of the main verb form ╖is╗ and the subject
- of the whole sentence.ïIf you remove this noun clause, you are left
- #with the fragment ╖is your own business╗.ïTherefore, ╖what you do╗ is
- #an essential part of the independent clause ╖What you do is your own
- #╖business╗.ïIn ╖He approved of whomever you chose, whomever you chose
- #is a noun clause acting as the object of the preposition ╖of╗.ïIf you
- #remove this noun clause, what is left is ╖he approved of╗, a group of
- #words that doesn't make sense by itself.ïThus ╖he approved of╗ cannot
- be considered an independent clause.ïThe independent clause has to
- have the object of the preposition noun clause to complete it.
- 1.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a noun clause
- used as the subject of the sentence?
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- A)ïWhat you have done to my rabbit bothers me.
- B)ïI know whom you swindled.
- C)ïWho is to blame for the underground chemical build up?
- D)ïå
- #ü In the sentence ╢What you have done to my rabbit bothers me,
- #╢what you have done to my rabbit╗ is a noun clause acting as the sub-
- #ject of the main verb form ╢bothers╗.ïIn another sentence, ╖whom you
- #╖swindled╗ is a direct object noun clause answering the question ╖What?
- #after the verb ╖know╗.ïThe remaining sentence has no noun clause.ïThe
- #relative pronoun ╖who╗ is the subject of the sentence.
- Ç A
- 2.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a noun clause
- used as the object of the preposition?
-
- A)ïI need what you have thrown away.
- B)ïDonate Ali's boxing trunks to whoever wants them.
- C)ïAre you the one who lost his pants?
- D)ïå
- #ü In the sentence ╢Donate Ali's boxing trunks to whoever wants
- #╢them, whoever wants them╗ is a noun clause acting as the object of the
- #preposition ╢to╗.ïIn another sentence, ╖who lost his pants╗ is an ad-
- #jective dependent clause modifying the indefinite pronoun ╖one╗.ïIn the
- #remaining sentence, ╖what you have thrown away╗ is a direct object noun
- #clause answering the question ╖What╗? after the verb phrase ╖will ╖need╗.
- Ç B
- 3.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a noun clause
- used as the indirect object of the sentence?
-
- A)ïOffer whoever is nearby a bottle of dandelion oil.
- B)ïTake me to whoever ordered you to stomp on the roach.
- C)ïWhoever thinks he is my equal will face the firing squad.
- D)ïå
- #ü In the sentence ╢Offer whoever is nearby a bottle of dandelion
- #╢oil╗, the noun clause ╢whoever is nearby╗ acts as the indirect object.
- #╢Whoever╗ receives the object (the oil) of the action verb ╢offer╗.ïIn
- #another sentence, ╖whoever ordered you to stomp on the roach╗ is a noun
- #clause acting as the object of the preposition ╖to╗.ïIn the remaining
- #sentence, ╖whoever thinks he is my equal╗ is a noun clause as subject
- #of the verb ╖face╗.
- Ç A
- 4.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a noun clause
- used as the predicate noun of the sentence?
-
- A)ïI will do whatever you want.
- B)ïHe is what he seems to be.
- C)ïWhat's wrong with his poodle's hair coloring?
- D)ïå
- #ü In the sentence ╢He is what he seems to be, what he seems to be
- #is a noun clause acting as a predicate noun.ïThe linking verb ╢is╗ con-
- #nects the subject ╢he╗ to the predicate noun that is the equivalent of
- #╢he╗.ïIn another sentence, ╖whatever you want╗ is a direct object noun
- #clause answering the question ╖What╗? after the verb ╖do╗.ïIn the re-
- #maining sentence, there is no noun clause.ï╖What ╗is a relative pronoun
- #acting as the subject of the verb form ╖is╗.
- Ç B
- 5.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a noun clause
- used as the direct object of the sentence?
-
- A)ïShe challenged the man who wore blue suede shoes.
- B)ïI was whoever you wanted me to be.
- C)ïBring whomever you want to the dance.
- D)ïå
- #ü In the sentence ╢Bring whomever you want to the dance╗, the noun
- #clause ╢whomever you want to the dance╗ is a direct object noun clause.
- #It answers the question ╢What╗? after the verb ╢bring╗.ïIn the sentence
- #beginning with ╖she challenged the man╗, there is no noun clause: ╖Who
- #╖wore blue suede shoes╗ is an adjective clause modifying the noun ╖man╗.
- #In the remaining sentence, ╖whoever you wanted me to be╗ is a noun
- #clause acting as a predicate noun.ïIt comes after the linking verb ╖is
- #and refers to ╖I╗, the subject of the sentence.
- Ç C
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