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NOUN CLAUSES
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 NOUN CLAUSES
WHICH BEGIN
WITH A
QUESTION WORD

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 QUESTION
NOUN CLAUSES

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Where does she live?
I don’t know
where she lives.

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What did he say?
I couldn’t hear what
he said.

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When do you arrive?
Do you know
when they arrive?

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Who lives there?
I don’t know who
lives there.

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What happened?
Please tell me what
happened.

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Who is at the door?
I wonder who is at
the door.

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 Who is she?
I don’t know who
she is.

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Who are those men?
I don’t know who
those men are.

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Whose house is that?
I wonder whose
house that is.

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What did she say?
What she said
surprised me.

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 What should they
do?
What they should do
is obvious.

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Who is at the door?

Who” is the subject

of the question

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Who are those men?
“Those men” is
the subject of the
question, so be is
plural.
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NOUN CLAUSES
WHICH BEGIN
WITH WHETHER
OR IF

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 YES/NO
QUESTION NOUN
CLAUSE

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Will she come?
I don’t know
whether she will
come.

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I don’t know if she
will come.

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Does he need help?
I wonder whether he
needs help.

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I wonder if he needs
help.

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I wonder whether or
not she will come

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 I wonder whether
she will come or not

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I wonder if she will
come or not.

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Whether she comes
or not is
unimportant to me.

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 QUESTION
WORDS
FOLLOWED BY
INFINITIVES

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I don’t know what I
should do.

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I don’t know what to
do.

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 Pam can’t decide
whether she should
go or stay at home.

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 Pam can’t decide
whether to go or (to)
stay home.

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Please tell me how I
can get to the bus
station.

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Please tell me how to
get to the bus
station.

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Jim told us where we
could find it.

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Jim told us where to
find it.

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NOUN CLAUSES
WHICH BEGIN
WITH THAT

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STATEMENT
NOUN CLAUSE

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(Expression of an
idea or fact)

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He is a good actor.

I think that he is a
good actor.

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I think he is a good
actor.

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The world is round.
We know (that)
the world is round.

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 She doesn’t
understand spoken
English. That she
doesn’t understand
spoken English is
obvious.
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It is obvious (that)
she doesn’t
understand spoken
English.

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The world is round.
That the world
is round is a fact.

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It is a fact that the
world is round.

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I’m afraid of dogs.
I’m afraid that his
dog will bite me.

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 I’m afraid that I
can’t accept your
invitation. I’m afraid
you have the wrong
number.
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The first reason is
because I have to
study.

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