Senin, 01 Juli 2013

NOUN CLAUSE Tugas 4


NOUN CLAUSE
A. Definition of noun clause
            A noun is a person, place or thing. A Noun-Clause is a group of words which contains a Subject and a Predicate of its own and does the work of a noun.
            Noun clauses perform the same functions in sentences: A noun clause can be a subject of a verb, object of a verb, subject complement, object of a preposition, adjective complement. Here are the examples:
1.      A noun clause can be a subject of a verb:
What Billy did shocked his friends.
2.      A noun clause can be an object of a verb:
Billy’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t swim.
3.      A noun clause can be a subject complement:
Billy’s mistake was that he refused to take lessons.
4.      A noun clause can be an object of a preposition:
Mary is not responsible for what Billy did.
5.      A noun clause (but not a noun) can be an adjective complement:
Everybody is sad that Billy drowned.

B. Types of Noun clause
There are four common types of noun clause, those are:
1.      Question word order
            Statement word order is always used in a noun clause, even if the main clause is a question. To change the question into statement is by arranging its word roder.
Example:
*      Do you know what time is it? (question word order: is it)  à not correct
Do you know what time it is? (Statement word order: it is) à correct
*      Everybody wondered where did Bobby go? (question word order: did Bobby go) à not correct
Everybody wondered where Bobby went? (statement word order: Bobby went) à correct


2.      Yes-No question
            To change yes-no question into a noun clause is by using word ‘if’ or ‘whether’,
Example:
*      John wonders – Does Jane know how to cook? à yes-no question
John wonders if Jane knows how to cook? à noun clause of yes-no question
*      The teacher must determine – Are their students ready to study?
The teacher must determine if/ whether their students are ready to study?
3.      That question
            That question or ‘That’ clause is a noun clause which is started by word ‘that’.
Examples:
*      I believe that everything happens for a reason
*      I know that the students studied their assignment
*      I know that Billy made a mistake
To change a statement to a noun clause use that:
I know + Billy made a mistake =
I know that Billy made a mistake.
            ‘that’clause cannot be omitted when it is as a first word in a sentence.
Example:
*      That Bobby jumped off the pier surprised everyone
*      That she should forget me so quickly was rather a shock.
4.      To Infinitive clause
            To Infinitive clause is a type of noun clause whose verb is in the infinitive form, using ‘to’ infinitive.
Examples:
*      Jim hates to wash his uncle’s car
*      Rosie loves to plan parties
*      Jill expected Marry to stay at home all day.
*      To know all is to forgive all.
*      To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society