Mastering Noun and Adjective Clauses

Identify the noun clause in the following sentence: 'What she said surprised everyone.'

• What surprised everyone

• Everyone was surprised

• What she said

• She said

Identify the adjective clause in the following sentence: 'The book that you lent me was fascinating.'

• you lent me

• that was fascinating

• The book was fascinating

• that you lent me

Analyze the function of the clause in this sentence: 'I believe that he will come.'

• The clause 'that he will come' is an adverbial clause modifying 'believe'.

• The clause 'that he will come' functions as a prepositional phrase in the sentence.

• The clause 'that he will come' functions as a noun clause acting as the direct object of 'believe'.

• The clause 'that he will come' serves as an adjective clause describing 'I'.

Create a sentence using a noun clause as the subject.

• That she was late was obvious.

• When he arrived, everyone cheered.

• What she decided surprised everyone.

• How they solved the problem was impressive.

Identify the noun clause in this sentence: 'I don't know where she went.'

• I don't know

• where she went

• she went

• where she

Identify the adjective clause in this sentence: 'The car which is parked outside belongs to my neighbor.'

• which belongs to my neighbor

• which is parked outside

• is parked outside

• the car belongs to my neighbor

Analyze the function of the clause in this sentence: 'The fact that he is late worries me.'

• The clause 'that he is late' functions as a noun clause, acting as the subject complement.

• The clause 'that he is late' functions as an adverbial clause.

• The clause 'that he is late' acts as a direct object in the sentence.

• The clause 'that he is late' serves as a prepositional phrase.

Create a sentence using an adjective clause to describe a noun.

• The book that I read yesterday was interesting.

• The car that is red drives fast.

• The cat that sleeps all day is very lazy.

• The dog that loves to play is my best friend.

Identify the noun clause in the sentence: 'Whether we win or lose is not important.'

• Losing is not important.

• Winning is not important.

• What is important?

• Whether we win or lose

Identify the adjective clause in the sentence: 'The teacher who taught me is retiring.'

• The teacher is retiring

• taught me

• who is retiring

• who taught me