Questions for non clauses and practices for young learners

Questions for non clauses and practices for young learners

1. True or false? 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. True or false? In a sentence, a noun clause can function as a subject, an object, or a complement. A. True B. False

3. Find the second noun clause. I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

4. Select the one with a noun clause between the asterisks: A. Basic research is *what I am doing* when I don't know what I am doing. (Wernher von Braun) B. Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while *I was a suspect*.

5. Select the one with a noun clause between the asterisks: A. The world is *my lobster*. (Henry J Tillman) B. There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know *what it's a plan for*.

6. Find 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.

7. Select the one with a noun clause between the asterisks: A. An orator is a man who says *what he thinks* and feels what he says. (William Jennings Bryan) B. Money is *better than poverty*, if only for financial reasons.

8. True or false? 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 between the asterisks: A. Life is something *that happens when you can't get to sleep*. (Fran Lebowitz) B. My one regret in life is *that I am not someone else*.

10. Select the one with a noun clause between the asterisks: A. A musicologist is *a man who can read music but can't hear it*. (Sir Thomas Beecham) B. *What I wrote* is the truth.