Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Eng 7/10/11 Clause review

Sentence types

SIMPLE
SV

COMPOUND
SV + SV
, SOBA
; TRANS,

COMPLEX
-ADVERB CLAUSES
-NOUN CLAUSES
-ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

All of the sentences that you need.


Noun clauses
that why what how whoever whomever whatever

verbs- know think understand believe feel remember 

We don't rememeber where we parked our car.
I don't remember how to speak Japanese. NATURAL
I don't remember how I can speak Japanese. ODD

She doesn't know why the alarm is going off.

Why is the alarm going off?

COMMON ERROR
She doesn't know why is the alarm going off. XXX
Mixing up a sentence and a question

He is happy.
Is he happy?
Why is he happy?

She knows why he is happy.
She knows why is he happy? XXX

He is happy. Why? SPEAKING, CASUAL


"when" for noun clauses and adverb clauses

ADVERB CLAUSE
Call me when you get home
When you get home, call me.

call - verb 
when you get home - adverb, describes a verb

adverbs - quickly, slowly, well

NOUN CLAUSE
I don't know when she will be finished work.
When she will be finished work, I don't know.XXX NOT ENGLISH

Think about the function. How is the clause functioning? What job is it doing? Is it describing a verb or is it being a noun?


where
NOUN CLAUSE
She doesn't remember where she put her glasses.
I want to go where he is going.


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