SOFTKILL NOUN CLAUSE

NOUN CLAUSE

A dependent clause that functions as a noun (that is, as a subject, object, or complement) within a sentence. Also known as a nominal clause.

Two common types of noun clause in English are that-clauses and wh-clauses:

• that-clause: I believe that everything happens for a reason.

• wh-clause: How do I know what I think, until I see what I say?

FORMULA NOUN CLAUSE

·         Noun clause be preceded by a noun clause markers as follows.

Noun Clause Marker	Detail	Contoh Complex Sentence
Question Word	Question word: what(ever), what (time, kind, day, etc), who(ever), whose, whom(ever), which(ever), where(ever), when(ever), how (long, far, many times, old, etc)	The class listens carefully what the teacher instructs.
		The kitten follows wherever the woman goes.
		Many people imagine how many times the man was failed before successful.
if atau whether	commonly used to sentence answer to the question yes-no question	Where does Leo live?   I wonder if he lives in West Jakarta.
		Is Leo live on Dewi Sartika Street? (I don't know if he live on Dewi Sartika Street or not. or I don't know whether or not he lives on Dewi Sartika street.
that	assume, believe, discover, dream, guess, hear, hope, know, learn, notice, predict, prove, realize, suppose, suspect, think	I think that the group will arrive in an hour.
		Many people proved that the man was a big liar.

Noun Clauses Activities…

Exercise 1: Change the questions to a noun clause.

1.     What time is it?

I would like to know ____________________________________________________.

2.    Why don’t they like go dancing?

__________________________________________________ is a mystery.

3.    Who left open the door of the car?

He doesn’t saw ________________________________________________________.

4.    Who is the lady in the black dress?

I wonder to know ______________________________________________________.    

5.    Whose car is this?

Does he know _______________________________________________________?

6.    What time did the flight arrive?

She would like to know _______________________________________________.

7.    How much cost the T-shirt?

Tom didn’t ask ______________________________________________________.

8.    Which one is the capital of India?

_______________________________ was the question that the teacher made.

9.    When is mother’s day?

Melissa doesn’t remember ____________________________________________.

10.  Why she couldn’t take the bus on time?

Her mother can understand ___________________________________________.

Answer Key…

Exercise 1: Change the questions to a noun clause.

1.     What time is it?

I would like to know what time it is.

2.    Why don’t they like go dancing?

Why they don’t like go dancing is a mystery.

3.    Who left open the door of the car?

He doesn’t saw who the door of the car let open.

4.    Who is the lady in the black dress?

I wonder to know who the lady in the black dress is.

5.    Whose car is this?

Does he know whose car this is?

6.    What time did the flight arrive?

She would like to know what time the flight arrived.

7.    How much cost the T-shirt?

Tom didn’t ask how much the T-shirt cost.

8.    Which one is the capital of India?

Which one the capital of India is, was the question that the teacher made.

9.    When is mother’s day?

Melissa doesn’t remember when mother’s day is.

10.  Why she couldn’t take the bus on time?

Her mother can understand why she couldn’t the bus on time take.

Sumber :

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2368

http://www.wordsmile.com/noun-clause

http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/nounclauseterm.htm