Noun Clauses

Noun clauses are one of the three kinds of subordinate clauses.

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• false

A noun clause acts very much like a single-word noun in a sentence.

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• false

A noun clause can act as only three parts of the sentence, one of them being the subject.

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• false

A noun clause can act as a modifier in a sentence.

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• false

Identify the noun clause in this sentence: That Joe won did not surprise his friends.

• his friends

• did not surprise his friends

• That Jose won

• Joe won

Identify the noun clause in this sentence: The question is whether he will go.

• The question is

• whether he will go

Identify what the noun clause is functioning as in the sentence: I know where my keys are.

• direct object

• subject

• predicate nominative

Identify what the noun clause is functioning as in this sentence: We argued about where we would eat.

• direct object

• predicate nominative

• object of the preposition

Identify if the clause is a noun clause or an adjective clause: The movie that he directed was a hit.

• noun clause

• adjective clause

Identify if the clause is a noun clause or an adjective clause: I forgot that her birthday was today.

• noun clause

• adjective clause