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CAN YOU FIND THE NOUN CLAUSE? I WORK BEST WHEN IT’S DARK OUT. I WAS BORN IN THE TOWN WHERE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN. SHE ASKED WHEN HER APPOINTMENT WAS.

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Page 1: GM 61 Can you find the noun clause

CAN YOU FIND THE NOUN CLAUSE?

I WORK BEST WHEN IT’S DARK OUT.

I WAS BORN IN THE TOWN WHERE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN.

SHE ASKED WHEN HER APPOINTMENT WAS.

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HOW TO IDENTIFY A NOUN CLAUSE

• BEGINS WITH CONNECTION WORDS:

THAT/WHAT/HOW/HOW MUCH/WHEN/WHETHER/IF/WHERE/WHY

• IS A CLAUSE (S & V)

• FUNCTIONS AS SUBJECT, COMPLEMENT, OBJECT OF PREPOSITION, OR APPOSITIVE*

• OFTEN USED IN INDIRECT SPEECH (SAID THAT…)

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APPOSITIVE—NOUN CLAUSE THAT COMPLETES A NOUN

THE FACT THAT…

THE IDEA THAT…

THE BELIEF THAT…

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SOME COMMON POINTS OF CONFUSION

THAT (THE FACT THAT)

WHAT (THE THING THAT)

THAT YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK SHOWS YOU CARE ABOUT THIS CLASS.

WHAT YOU DID IN CLASS IS UNACCEPTABLE.