PPT-Noun Clauses

Grammar 3 Lecture 2 L Margo Arnold presenter By Eman Alkatheery Noun Clauses A noun clause is a dependent clause that functions as a noun in a sentence It is used as a subject an object of a verb an object of a preposition and a complement . Mrs. Burhenn. What is a clause?. A clause is a group of words that contain BOTH a subject AND a verb.. There are two main types of clauses, an independent clause, and a dependent clause.. Independent Clauses. Adjectival, Adverbial. , . Nomial. Dependent clauses may work like adverbs, adjectives, or nouns in complex sentences.. Recognize an . adjective clause.  when you see one. .. An . adjective clause—also called an . DIRECTECTIONS: Read through this and do the exercises at the end. Use Google Aps. L. Nabulsi. Noun Clauses. Noun . clauses can refer to a single thing without specifying what it is. A noun clause is a set of words which, altogether, acts as one noun. They have a subject and a verb, but very often the subject is a word like "what" or "who" and has no meaning without the rest of the noun clause. For example, in the sentence "I don't know what he told you," "what he told you" is a noun clause. The subject of the clause is "what," which has no meaning in the sentence without the rest of the clause. The set, "what he told you," acts as a single noun --- the object of the verb "know.". the building blocks of sentences. Clauses. Clauses are subjects and predicates working together. A sentence can have as few as one clause, or it may have many clauses. . Clauses are to sentences what rooms are to houses.. Adapted from . My Dog Bites the English Teacher. , by Marian Anders. First, we learned how to find the subject of a sentence and the verb.. Finding Verbs Review:. The Time Change Method. Change the time of the sentence by saying . Adjective Clauses. Adjective or Adjectival Clauses. Adjective clauses are dependent clauses . They modify . nouns or . pronouns. Adjective . clauses clarify the noun or noun . phrase. They answer questions . Part 1: with subject pronouns. What do you know?. What is an adjective? . What is a clause?. Put them together: . FORM: An adjective clause is a group of words containing a subject and verb – it’s a special kind of clause.. Part 2: with non-subject pronouns. Review:. Adjective clause: what is it?. Relative pronoun: what is it?. Example sentences:. Amy Tan is a writer. She was born in California.. Make a complex sentence with an adjective clause:. A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. It is a group of related words without a subject and a finite verb. . A finite verb must have a tense and agree with its subject in number and person.. How are they different? . The main difference:. Phrases. . DO NOT. have BOTH a subject & a verb. Clauses. . DO HAVE. BOTH a subject & a verb. . PHRASES:. 4 Types. No Subject & Verb. 1: Prepositional Phrase. An adjective (or relative) clause is a . dependent. clause that . functions. as an . adjective. . in a sentence. . It modifies nouns, pronouns, or a whole sentence. . It begins with a relative pronoun. It comes . Adverb Clauses Adverb Clauses A clause is a group of words that contain: __________ and a ___________ Adverb clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction A comma is always placed after the clause. Let’s examine a Sentence. The . boy. . ran. .. . . Sub . Verb. The . boy. . ran. . fast. .. . . Sub . Verb . Adverb. The boy ran . as fast as deer. .. . . Phrase (Adverbial Phrase). English. You will need. A pen or pencil and paper.. A digital device.. Review. Reviewed the development of noun groups.. Identified nouns, verbs and adverbial phrases.. Deepened our understanding of complex sentences..