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Noun Clauses:

Subjects, Objects, and

Complements

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S$ould (e %ea/e a 0ip1

Its a miracle t$at 3e recei/ed

our 4ood at all 5e 3as soslo36

I 3onder 3$et$er or not 3e

s$ould lea/e a tip 4or t$e 3aiter 

I dont 7no3 3$" 3e s$ould lea/e a

tip 4or t$e 3aiter  5e 3as terrible6

($at t$is 3aiter needs is

some more training

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Noun Clauses

Noun clauses are dependent clauses that perform thesame functions that regular nouns do. Noun clauses

begin with 

that , uestion 3ords, or whether  or if .

Its clear

t$att$at I

3ont

get a tip

tonig$t

Its clear

t$att$at I

3ont

get a tip

tonig$t

Can "ou e9plain

$o3$o3 t$is landed

on m" $ead1

Can "ou e9plain

$o3$o3 t$is landed

on m" $ead1

Im not sure 3$et$er 3$et$ert$is is 4unn" or not

Im not sure 3$et$er 3$et$er  t$is is 4unn" or not

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Its 4rustrating t$at s$es not pa"ing attention

($ats pain4ul is t$e $ot co44ee

0$e uestion is 3$et$er s$es going to stop

I dont understand 3$" s$e doesnt $ang up

Noun Clauses 2

Noun clauses can be subjects, objects, subject

complements, or adjecti/e complements.

.djecti/e Complement

Subject Complement

Subject

Object

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Noun Clauses 3it$ That 

We use the word that  to introduce certain noun clauses.In such cases, that  is a grammatical word that simply

introduces a clause. It has no clear meaning.

I t$in7 t$at; Ill need to reorder t$at; Ill need to reorder 

That  can be omitted 3$en it

introduces an object noun

clause or a complement

noun clause

($en that  introduces a subject

noun clause, it is ne/er omitted

0$at t$ese prices are so $ig$0$at t$ese prices are so $ig$ is outrageous

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Practice Use t$e clause introducers to

ma7e sentences 3it$ noun

clauses to e9plain t$e picture

; ($ats 4unn" is ; 0$at = is /er" interesting

?; 0$at = is /er" clear +; Its li7el" t$at=

Examples: @" boss told me t$att$at== ($at I need rig$t no3 is($at I need rig$t no3 is==

@" boss told me

t$at; I s$ould bet$at; I s$ould bemore care4ulmore care4ul

($at I need rig$t($at I need rig$t

no3 isno3 is a brea7

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-mbedded Auestions

 A uestion that is c$anged to a noun clause is calledan embedded uestion. We use statement word

order in embedded questions, not question word order.

($at do "ou3ant to order1

Statement Order 

Im not sure 3$at I 3ant to order

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-mbedded Auestions 2

-mbedded uestions are more polite thandirect questions.

.re t$ere an" tablesne9t to a 3indo31

-mbedded Auestion

Direct Auestion

Can "ou tell meCan "ou tell me i4 t$ere are an"

tables ne9t to a 3indo31

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-mbedded Auestions ?

 An embedded question can occur within a statement orwithin another question. Notice the difference in

punctuation.

Can someone e9plain3$"3$" 

t$ere is lipstic7 on m" glass

Im not sure$o3$o3 t$is

4l" got into m" soup 11

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I dont 7no3 $o3$o3 

t$at did $appent$at $appenedt$at $appened

!e Care4ul6

Do not use do, does, or  did in embedded questions.

C$ $ di i

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Practice 2C$ange t$e direct uestions

belo3 to embedded uestions

Use wh-  uestion 3ords and

t$e prompts belo3

Example: 5o3 does s$e carr" all t$ose plates1

I dont 7no3 =

I 3onder= I dont 7no3= S$eB5e as7ed me=

(ere not sure= Can "ou tell me= Do "ou 7no3=

($at is t$e soup o4 t$e da"1

2 ($en 3ill t$e 4ood be read"1

? 5o3 did t$e c$e4 ma7e t$is1

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I 3onder 3$et$er or not;3$et$er or not; 

3e could get t$e billIm not sure i4 t$e 3aiter isi4 t$e 3aiter iscoming bac7coming bac7.

-mbedded Auestions <

We use if  and whether (or not) to introduce embeddedyes/no uestions. f and whether (or not) are similar in

meaning and can often be used interchangeably.

Is t$e 3aiter

coming bac71

Could 3e get t$e bill1

!h h di i

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i4 somet$ing is burningi4 somet$ing is burning

Practice ?!han"e the direct #uestions to

em$edded #uestions. %se i4 ,

3$et$er , or 3$et$er or not and

the prompts $elow.

Example: Is somet$ing burning1

  I 3onder=

I 3onder= I dont 7no3= S$eB5e as7ed me=

(ere not sure= Can "ou tell me= Do "ou 7no3=

Do "ou accept credit cards1

2 Is t$e soup spic"1? .re t$ere an" lunc$ specials1

Did t$e 3aiter include a tip in t$e bill1

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