NOUN CLAUSE

Noun Clause 

Problem : Determine to auxiliaries in the noun clauses with begin a question word

·        A noun clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb; however, it cannot stand alone as a sentence.

e.g.   What you think does not matter.

·        A noun clause can be used as the subject or the object in the following forms:

e.g. What you think does not matter.

In this example, the noun clause is the subject of the sentence.

e.g. I don’t know what she thinks.

In this example, the noun clause is the object of the sentence.

A.   Noun clauses can begin with …

1.     … a question word:

        where he lives

        what one says

        who the man is

        how she survives

2.     … “whether” or “if”

        whether she will stay

        if she will stay

3.     … a question word + TO infinitive

        what to say

        where to meet

4.     … “that”

        that he is innocent

        that she knows three languages