1. Noun Clauses

2. What are the parts of a complete sentence?

3. Clause
Sentence
A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb
An independent clause (or main clause) is a complete sentence. It contains the main subject and verb of a sentence.

4. *Question words: who, what, where, when, how, how many, why, which, whom.

5. How to form a noun clause

7. Identify the complete sentences.
1. Jin studies business.
2. ___What does Jin study?
3. ___What Jin studies?
4. ___What Jin studies is business.
5. ___ His books.
6. ___ I don’t know how much his books cost.
7. ___ How much his books cost?
8. ___ How much do his books cost?

8. A and B are complete sentences

12. Exercise 2. Looking at grammar
Exercise 2. Looking at grammar. Underline the noun clause in each sentence. Some sentences do not have one.

14. 12-2 Noun Clauses Beginning with a Question Word

16. Exercise 6. Change each question in parentheses to a noun clause.
1. (How old is he?) I don’t know ____how old he is_____________ .
2. {What was he talking about?) _________________ was interesting.
3. (Where do you live?) Please tell me __________________.
4. (Where did she go?) _______________ is none of your business.
5. (When are they corning?) Do you know _____________ ?

18. Exercise 7. Looking at grammar. Change the questions to noun clauses
Exercise 7. Looking at grammar. Change the questions to noun clauses. Begin with Can you tell me .