NOUN CLAUSE

®   Noun is a word which used to showing a place, name of the person, animal, day, object, and etc. It can be used for a subject, complement, preposition in a sentence, and possessive noun.

®   Clause is a group of words which contain a subject and predicate form a verb, an adjective, or a noun.

• Noun Clause is a clause that functions like a noun in the sentences. Remember that a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can function as subjects, objects, subject complements, or adjective complements

Noun Clause often begin with pronouns, subordinating conjuntions, or other words. The introductory word generally has a grammatical function in the sentence.

·    Relative Pronouns : that, which, who, whom, whose, what

·    Indefinite Relative Pronouns : whoever, whomever, whatever, whichever, whether, if

·    Interrogative Pronoun : who

·    Interrogative Adjactive : what

·    Interrogative Adverb : how

·    Subordinating Conjunctions : how, if, when, whenever, where, whether, why

The Used of Noun Clause

1.   Placed after some verbs and adjectives

2.   To include a question in a statement

3.   To report what someone has said or asked.

There Are Four Types of Noun Clause Based on its Utility

1.   Statement

This noun clause used conjuntions “that”.  Some verbs that used noun clause :

VERB	VERB	VERB
Admit	Announce	Argue
Assert	Assume	Believe
Boast	Calculate	Care
Claim	Complain	Conclude
Confess	Consider	Convince
Decide	Declare	Deny
Discover	Doubt	Dream
Expect	Explain	Feel
Find Out	Forget	Guess
Hear	Hold	Hope
Imagine	Indicate	Inform
Insist	Judge	Know
Learn	Maintance	Mean
Mind	Notice	Notify
Persuade	Pray	Predict
Presume	Pretend	Promise
Prove	Question	Realize
Recall	Regret	Rejoice
Remark	Remember	Remind
Report	Say	See
Show	State	Suppose
Swear	Teach	Tell
Threaten	Trust	Understand
Wish

Example :

Ø He concluded that it wasn’t worth the effort

Ø I am convinced that she is wrong

Ø He informed me that he was retiring.

Besides verb, a few noun can be used with noun clause :

NOUN	NOUN	NOUN
Announcement	Belief	Discovery
Fact	Fear	Guarantee
Knowledge	Mercy	Miracle
Nuisance	Pity	Promise
Proposal	Relief	Report
Rumor	Shame	Suggestion
Suspicion	Wonder

2.    Request

This noun clause used conjunctions “that” although it can be replaced  with infinitives.

Example :

Ø Mother asked that father takes her watch from her handbag

Ø The audience requested that Bryan Adams sings one more song

Ø The audience requested him to sings one more time.

Ø  He Suggested that I read the book

3. Question

     This clause are categorized  into two types of questions : Yes-No Question and WH-Question. For Yes-No Question the conjunctive is “If/Whether”, while for WH-Question, conjunctive that frequently used are :

WH-Question	WH-Question
Who	Whom
Whom	Where
When	What
Which	Why
How	Whatever
Whoever	Whomever
Wherever	Whenever
Whichever	However

    Example :

Ø Can you decide soon whether to join us or him?

Ø Does Rina knows when will she become an artist?

Ø Did Roni decided whether he want to became a pianist or a basketball player?

Ø Did Rina ate my cookies when you came to her home?

4. Exclamation

    In this noun clause, the conjunction that we have to used is “The question that used by

    itself”.

    Example:

Ø  I never realize what a handsome boy he is.

Ø  I can’t take my eyes off, what a pretty girl she is.

Ø  Rina’s stronger than she looks, what an incredible woman she is.

*Additional:

1.Subject Of a Verb : What she cooked was delicious

                                  That today is his birthday is not right.

2.   Subject Complement : The fact that she is smart and dilligent

                               A teacher must be whoever allows students to ask.

3.   Object Of a Verb : Diana believes that her life will be happier

                        I want to know how Einstein thought.

4.   Object of a Preposition : The girl comes from where many people there live in proverty

                                  He will attend the party with whichever fits to his body.

5.   Adjective Complement : We were worried that she couldn’t recover from divorce.

*SOURCE

https://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-rumus-contoh-kalimat-noun-clauses

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Semita J, Muryani. 2015. English Grammar: Cara Mudah Kuasai Tata Bahasa Inggris. Yogyakarta: Buku Pintar