Zander- Unit 5 - Lesson 30

Unit 5 - Lesson 31

Zander Sargeant

Noun Clause Devices

Recap

• What is a noun clause?

• A noun clause is a group of words used as a noun that also contains a subject and a predicate

"That" Noun Clause

• Usually, adding "that" in the beginning of our sentences doesnt make the sentence appear as you may want it

• SO, we will move it to the end of the sentence

Example

• "That the store was being robbed was scary to the people."

• 1) Identify the noun clause: That the store was being robbed

• 2) Move it to the end of the sentence: Was scary to the people that the store was being robbed

• 3) Use an "introductory word" like "it" in the beginning of the sentence to act as the subject: It was scary to the people that the store was being robbed

Open Ended

Rewrite this sentence:

That cheetahs could run so fast scared its prey.

Noun Clause As An Appositive

• This occurs when "the fact" is used before the clause

• As in the sentence: The fact that George read the book doesnt mean he liked it

Converting From Compound Sentences

• We can use "that fact that" phrase to rewrite a lot of compound sentences

• Sentence: The video went viral, but that scared me.

• 1) Add "The Fact That" in front of the sentence: The fact that the video went viral, but that scared me.

• 2) Remove the conjunction "but" and any other modifier that "helped" the conjunction: The fact that the video went viral scared me

Open Ended

Convert:

"The fruit tasted strange, and that made me throw it out."

Common Error Fixes

• "The people thought that if the FBI was watching that they would have so much information."

• Why is this sentence wrong?

• Because the adverb clause signal "that" was repeated after the clause signal

• FIX: Simply remove the second "that". This brings us to: "The people thought that if the FBI was watching they would have so much information."