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Noun Clause Exercise

December 18th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning

Find out the noun clauses in the following sentences and state what purpose they serve.

Noun Clauses

December 18th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

A noun clause does the work of a noun. We have seen that a noun serves five purposes, so does a noun clause. Given below are pairs of sentences having similar meanings. One of each pair is constructed with a noun. The other is constructed with a noun clause.

More on Clauses

December 16th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Read the following sentence:

I don’t know what she wants.

The sentence given above has two parts:

1.    I don’t know
2.    What she wants