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By: Lesly Claribell Paz
Monday , July 13, 2020
Using Noun Clauses
A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. It is used as part of a sentence.
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An Independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
He read the book that a friend had recommended.
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A dependent (subordinate) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. It acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb in a sentence.
Cameron has not decided whether he will accept the Position.
A dependent clause that is used as a noun is called a noun clause. It will be used in a sentence as a subject, direct object, predicate nominative, object of preposition, or appositive.
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Noun clauses are introduced by signal words such as the following: that, whether,
if, who, whom, whose, which, what, when, where, why, how, whoever, whomever,
whichever, and whatever.
Observe the following things in the examples below:
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Every clause has a subject and a verb and may have complements and modifiers.
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The entire noun clause is used as a noun (s., d.o., p.n., o.p., or ap.)
The signal words that, whether, and if are merely introductory connectives; they serve no other function.
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The other signal words in the list above are introductory connectives, but they also serve a grammatical function within the dependent clause.
Examples
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Sometimes the introductory word that is omitted when the noun clause is used as a direct object.
They thought (that) Thursday was a holiday.
1. The first-round draft choice will go to whichever team had the worst record last year.
2. Whoever leaves the room last should turn off the lights.
Exercise
3. A good mother desires that her children be reared according to God’s Word.
Practice
Exercise A Numbers 4-8 p.153
Exercise B Numbers 1-8 p.153
Exercise C Numbers 1-5 p.153