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WorksheetsNoun clauses
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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.
TRUE
FALSE
Select the second noun clause.
I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.
always say
what I'm thinking
A clause functioning as a noun could feasibly be replaced with a pronoun.
TRUE
FALSE
Select the one with a noun clause in bold:
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Select the one with a noun clause in bold:
There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
The world is my lobster.
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.
I have always tried
what other people won't
Select the one with a noun clause in bold:
An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
A clause functioning as a noun could feasibly be replaced with a pronoun.
TRUE
FALSE
Select the one with a noun clause in bold:
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.
Select the one with a noun clause in bold:
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
What I wrote is the truth.
