Adjective Clauses

When we studied Adjective Clauses, we learned that they describe nouns.

  • The person who I met was my teacher.
  • The country that I visited was Thailand.
  • Is the laptop that is sitting on the table new?
  • The desk which I'm using is broken.

We are going to study clauses that function as nouns. They do not describe nouns.

There are three basic types of Noun Clauses:

  1. Noun Clauses that start with a question word (where, what, how, who, when, why)
    • Japan is where he was born.
  2. Noun Clauses that start with whether or if:
    • Do you know if I can catch the #345 bus here?
  3. Noun Clauses that start with that:
    • I think that you are right.

Let's start with Noun Clauses with question words.


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