ALLENGLISH

Noun clauses work like nouns.

Noun clauses can funtion as the subject, object, or object of a preposition.

Noun clauses have a marker, a subject and a verb.

Noun Clause Markers:

if
whether
who
how
when
where
why
what
that
that (omitted)

*In noun clauses, that can be omitted if the noun clause is the object (predicate).

Noun Clauses Activity (3) (also available in PDF)

Directions:
Identify and underline the noun clauses in each sentence.

  1. That they would challenge store regulations in order to get a better discount on a sale item is on most shoppers’ minds.

  2. The director of the non-profit agency is anticipating that 2009 will reveal lower incomes and higher unemployment than in 2008. 

  3. How much the economy will shrink was included in the results of a study conducted by a leading organization.  

  4. The chain department store is more interested in who they market to for its bestsellers.   

  5. The company that tracks consumer spending via credit card sales said their reports indicate retail sales have dropped up to 8 percent this quarter compared to the 4th quarter last year. *

  6. How people respond to the economic crisis will determine whether the government will follow their lead or vice verse. 

  7. The analysts’ reports on what the best selling items were this season will be available in the first quarter. 

  8. This data suggest that consumers’ intentions to save money will be justified as more shoppers tighten their purse strings.

  9. One positive aspect of the programs used to help people during the economic downturn is that consumers are beginning to take a closer look at how they spend their money. 

  10. When people will begin to realize the status of their economic futures is beyond me.

Answers
*This sentence has two noun clauses in it.

 

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