Noun Clause Worksheets
A. Identify the noun clauses in the following sentences.
1. Espen is not responsible for what Oliver did.
2. Susan wonders if Patrick knows how to cook.
3. We have no idea where the baby is.
4. Whether my sister can find a better job is not certain.
5. Sally is valuable for what she knows about database searching
6. Do you know where Lorne lives?
7. Ask the students what they thought about the movie.
8. Can you tell me what time it is?
9. Why you did not hire me is hard to understand.
10. Do you know where Markus went last night?
Respuestas a la pregunta
1. Espen is not responsible for what Oliver did.
What Oliver did...
2. Susan wonders if Patrick knows how to cook.
How to cook...
3. We have no idea where the baby is.
Where the baby is...
4. Whether my sister can find a better job is not certain.
Whether my sister can find a better job...
5. Sally is valuable for what she knows about database searching.
What she knows about database searching...
6. Do you know where Lorne lives?
Where Lorne lives...
7. Ask the students what they thought about the movie.
What they thought about the movie...
8. Can you tell me what time it is?
What time it is...
9. Why you did not hire me is hard to understand.
Why you did not hire me...
10. Do you know where Markus went last night?
Where Markus went last night...
ENGLISH:
Noun clauses are dependent clauses that can act as nouns and they can't stand on its own as a complete sentence. Moreover, they can act as subject, object or complement and they can start with words such as: how, that, what, whatever, when, where, whether, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, and why.
SPANISH:
Las cláusulas nominales (noun clauses) son cláusulas subordinadas que pueden cumplir la función de sustanrtivos y no pueden valerse por si solas como una oración completa. Además, pueden cumplir la función de sujeto, objeto o complemento y pueden iniciar con las siguientes palabras: como, que, lo que, lo que sea, cuando, donde, si, el cual, la cual, cualquiera, cualquier, quien, quien sea, a quien, de quien, a quien sea y de quien sea.