BAHASA INGGRIS

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Noun Clause
A noun clause is a clause (S + Verb) that begins with the word
that, whether, or a question word. A noun clause is used to
substitute a function of a noun. When we wish to expand a
noun into a sentence or a clause, then the clause we are
making should be in a noun-clause.
Pay close attention to the following illustration.
I don’t understand it
S V O
I don’t understand what she has explained.
S V
S V O
Noun Clause
Here the noun clause: What she has explained is the object of the
verb understand.
The problem bothers me very much.
S V O
That the company keeps loosing bothers me very much.
S V

S V O
Here is the noun clause: That the company keeps losing is the
subject of the verb bothers.
Reference
 Otong Setiawan Djuharie. Bahasa Inggrid.YramaWidya.
Exercise
Determine the noun clauses and explain them!
1. I hope that Fini will come with me tonight.
2. Ratu thinks that I did it.
3. She wonders if I could see her again.
4. Prabu hoped that she would answer his letter.
5. She believed that I had done all these.