EF3/4 Sentence types and noun clauses

Types of sentences
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX

That's everything.

COMPLEX
adverb clauses
adjective clauses - that who which
noun clauses - that why how

adjective clauses
who - people
that - everything
which - special things, unique things, not alive

Mary's neighbour who is retired likes to garden.

Mary's neighbour who is retired he likes to garden. XXX
Mary's neighbour who is retired.He likes to garden.
Mary's neighbour is retired. He likes to garden.
2 simples

COMBINE THESE TOGETHER
Mary's neighbour is retired. He likes to garden. 2 SIMPLES
Mary's neighbour is retired, and he likes to garden. COMPOUND ,SOBA
Mary's neighbour who is retired likes to garden.
COMPLEX

Our goal is to be able to write all three types of sentences.

It is a nice day. SIMPLE
It is a nice day, so let's go to the beach. COMPOUND
It is a nice day because the sun is out. COMPLEX

Complex sentence - noun clauses
We use noun clauses with verbs that have to do with things that happen in our minds:
think, know, believe, understand, feel, make sure
say, tell
* that, how, why


Joanne thinks that S V.
Joanne thinks that her son is handsome. noun clause
He thinks that it is a nice day.
I don't know why she is so mad today.
She doesn't know how she will pay her bills this month.
Joan always makes sure that her daughter has a good lunch for school.
Steve said that he will be late today.
Michelle felt that Dave was not telling the truth.
My mother told me that she would come for a visit in August.

Exercise A
1. I don't know who she is.
I don't know who is she. XXX
Who is she?
2. I don't know who they are.

Noun clause S V

3. What is that? I don't know what that is.
4. Do you know what those are.
5. I don't know whose book that is.
6. I don't know whose books those are.
7. What is a wrench? I don't know what a wrench is.
8. I wonder who that woman is.
9. I wonder whose house that is.
I wonder whose jacket this is.
I wonder whose purse this is.
10. Don't you know what a clause is?
11. I don't know what is in that drawer. S+V
12. I wonder what is on TV tonight.
13. Could you tell me whose glasses those are?
14. He doesn't know who I am.
15. The little girl wants to know what is at the end of the rainbow.























He has a dog that barks whenever the letter carrier comes into the yard. adj cl   adv cl
The neighbour wears a gold ring which his wife gave him.