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Noun clauses

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Lots of noun clauses start with that, how, or a "wh"-word. A noun clause has a subject and a verb and functions as a noun.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Select the second noun clause.


I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

a)

always say

b)

what I'm thinking

3.

A clause functioning as a noun could feasibly be replaced with a pronoun.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Select the one with a noun clause in bold:

a)

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect

b)

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

5.

Select the one with a noun clause in bold:

a)

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

b)

The world is my lobster.

6.

Select the noun clause.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to have the bravery to say what other people won't and to behave as my mother would expect.

a)

I have always tried

b)

what other people won't

7.

Select the one with a noun clause in bold:

a)

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

b)

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

8.

A clause functioning as a noun could feasibly be replaced with a pronoun.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Select the one with a noun clause in bold:

a)

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.

b)

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

10.

Select the one with a noun clause in bold:

a)

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

b)

What I wrote is the truth.