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Today’s agenda:
1. Continue with noun clauses
2. Test - Writing – Paragraph about Viola Desmond and Rosa Parks.
Noun Clauses
verbs – know understand think feel remember say
that why how
Sarah thinks that it will rain all day.
Michelle doesn’t understand why her sister is mad at her.
Dave said that he would be late today.
Dave said he would be late today. OMIT ‘that’ if you want to
different style, but still like a noun clause
Sarah knows how to speak French.
Anil knows how to run a successful restaurant.
I don’t know how to express my thoughts in English.
Exercises for noun clauses
A. Complete the sentences by changing the questions to noun clauses.
1. Who is she? I don’t know who she is.
2. Who are they? I don’t know who they are.
3. What is that? Do you know what that is?
Do you know what is that? XXX
4. What are those? I don’t know what those are.
5. Whose book is that? I don’t know whose book that is.
6. Whose books are those? I don’t know whose books those are.
7. What is a wrench? Do you know what a wrench is?
8. Who is that woman? I wonder who that woman is.
9. Whose house is that? I wonder whose house that is.
10. What is a clause? Do you know what a clause is?
11. What is in that drawer? I don’t know what is in that drawer.
12. What is on TV tonight? I wonder what is on TV tonight. SV
What’s the difference?
I wonder what is on TV tonight.
Do you know what a CCC is?
Do you know what a CCC is?
This reminds me of adjective clauses.
‘what’ can be a subject or an object.
13. Whose glasses are those? Could you tell me whose glasses those are.
glasses – plural
My glasses are black.
pair of glasses -singular
My pair of glasses is black.
pants – plural
a pair of pants - singular
Pants in Canada means jeans or trousers.
Pants in the UK means underwear.
Canada / UK
elevator / lift
period / fullstop
trunk of your car / the boot of your car
truck / lorry
semi / articulated lorry
eraser / rubber
eggplant / aubergine
sweater/ jumper
highway / carriageway, motorway
tomato / tomato
potato / potato
schedule / schedule
shorts – plural
a pair of shorts – singular
Those are nice shorts.
That is a nice pair of shorts.
scissors – plural
a pair of scissors
The scissors are in the drawer.
The pair of scissors is in the drawer.
14. Who am I? He doesn’t know who I am.
15. What’s at the end of the rainbow? The little girl wants to know what is at the end of the rainbow.
Idiom: There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
We tell children that. It is fun to lie to children.
end up – Did you end up going to the party? in the end, finally
You lived in many countries, but you ended up in Canada.
I wanted to be a doctor but I ended up being a dog trainer.
The tennis ball ended up in the river.
FOR HOMEWORK
B. Complete the sentences by changing the questions to noun clauses.
1. Who(m) did you see at the party? Tell me .....
2. Who came to the party? Tell me .....
3. Who did Helen talk to? Do you know .....
4. Who lives at that apartment? Do you know .....
5. What happened? Tell me .....
6. What did he say? Tell me .....
7. What kind of car does Jim have? I can’t remember .....
8. How old are their children? I can’t even remember .....
9. Where can I catch the bus? Could you please tell me .....
10. Who broke the window? Do you know .....
11. Who did Sara invite? I don’t know .....
12. How long has Ted been living here? Do you know .....
13. What time is flight 677 supposed to arrive? Can you tell me .....
14. Why is Yoko angry? Do you know .....
www.lamission.edu/esl/dtaylor/nounclauses.doc
Test #5 Write a paragraph (150w). Email it as an attachment to me by 3:15.
1. Doublespace
2. Indent the first word.
3. Write the sentences into a block.
4. Write our own sentences.
Topic: If you were in Viola Desmond’s shoes, would you have been brave enough to do what she did?
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