Week 1

Noun Clauses
Embedded questions- noun clauses
 Discussion questions
Do you know the following things? If you do not know the following things
give full answers starting with I do not know……, I would like to know….., I
am not sure……, I wonder……

1. When will Covid 19 finish?

2. Where will the final exams be?
3. What will there be in the exams?
4. Will everyone pass the exams successfully?
5. Do people like to stay at home on holidays?
6. Did all of the students do their homework in written form yesterday?
 Find the objects of the following sentences.
What are they?
1. I wonder when covid 19 will finish.
2. Can you tell me if covid will finish this year?
3. I do not know what there will be in the exams.
4. Could you explain where the final exams will be?
5. I cannot remember what we did in the exams.
6. Do you know whether or not everyone has done his or her
homework ?
7. I would like to find out whether people like to stay at home on
holidays or not.
8. Could you tell me if everyone will pass the exams successfully?
 The objects are underlined. What do the
underlined objects consist of?
1. I wonder when covid 19 will finish.
2. Can you tell me if covid will finish this year?
3. I do not know what there will be in the exams.
4. Could you explain where the final exams will be?
5. I cannot remember what we did in the exams.
6. Do you know whether or not everyone has done his or her homework ?
7. I would like to find out whether people like to stay at home on holidays
or not.
8. Could you tell me if everyone will pass the exams successfully?
 The underlined objects are noun clauses. What is the
difference of these noun clauses from the ones we have
learned before?
1. I wonder when covid 19 will finish. When + sub+verb
2. Can you tell me if covid will finish this year? If+sub+verb
3. I do not know what there will be in the exams. What+ sub+verb
4. Could you explain where the final exams will be? Where+sub+verb
5. I cannot remember what we did in the exams. What+ sub+verb
6. Do you know whether or not everyone has done his or her homework ?
Whether or not +sub+verb
7. I would like to find out whether people like to stay at home on holidays
or not. Whether +sub+verb +or not
8. Could you tell me if everyone will pass the exams successfully? If
+sub+verb
 Embedded questions as noun clauses
Embedded questions are questions that are inside another sentence.
1. I wonder when covid 19 will finish.
2. Can you tell me if covid will finish this year?

An embedded question can be:

• Inside a statement E.g. I wonder when covid 19 will finish.
• Inside another question. E.g. Can you tell me if covid will finish this
year?
 When used
Embedded questions are used after the following expressions:

I wonder……
I would like to know….
Do you know….
Can you tell me….
I cannot remember…
Can you remember….
Let’s ask…
I am not sure….
Could you explain…..
I would like to find out…..
 Sentence structure
General questions:
………… if / whether/ whether or not +sub+verb
E.g. I wonder if I will get high grades.

Special questions:
….... Wh + sub +verb
I wonder when we will get our participation grades.
 The Use
Embedded questions are used:

• To Express something that you do not know

• To Ask politely for information