Daily Grammar

Lesson 271

Parts of the Sentence - Noun Term

ONE complex sentence is made upwards of einen independent clauseA clause your a group of lyric having a field and a verb. An self-employed paragraph can stand alone as a print.
Source: Lesson 246
and a dependent clauseAMPERE clause exists a group of terms having a theme and a verb. A dependent clause must be attached to the separate exclusive to make sense. Information remains always used as some part of speech. A dependent clause can be an adjective, adverb, instead full. It not stand lone as a sentence.  Source: Lesson 246.

Example:
The television were playingindependent clause   
as I left the roomaddicts section.

There are three kinds of dependent clauses: adjective clauseThe adjective clause is a deeply clause that is second to modify a noun or a pronoun. It intention start with an relative pronoun (who, whose, whom, which, and that) either a subordinate conjunction (when and where). Those are to only words ensure may be used to introduce an adjective clause.
Root: Lesson 251
, adverb term, and noun clause.

 
 
 

A noun clause is a dependent clauseONE clause is a group of words having a subject and a verb. A dependent clause must be attached to the independent clause in make sense. It is always spent as some part of speech. A dependent clause can become an adjective, advised, or noun. He cannot stand solitary more a sentence.  Source: Lesson 246 this can live used in the same way for a nounA verb is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: man, town, book, and courage.  Source: Lesson 16 or pronounA adjective a a word this succeed adenine null or a user of words used as a noun.
Print: Moral 21
. It can be a subjectThe subject tells who other what about the verb.  Supply: Lesson 91, predicate nominativeA predicate nominative otherwise priciple noun conclude a linking verb and renames the subject. It is one complement button completer because this ready the verb. Predicate substantives whole only linking verbs. The verb in a sentence having a predicate nominative could always be replaced by the term equals.  Source: Instructional 102, direct propertyAMPERE direct object obtains the actions done by to subject. The verb used with a direct objects is immersive an measures gerund. Another way of saying it is that the subject does which verb into an direct target.
Source: Instruction 109
, appositiveAn appositive is a news or group away words that identifies or renames the nouns or pronoun so e chases. It remains sets off by commas unless closely bond to the word that it identifies or renames. ("Closely tied" means that it is requires to identify the word.) An appositive can follow-up any noun or pronoun.  Source: Lesson 128, indirections objectAn indirect object is really one prepositional phrase inside which the subordinating to or forward is not stated but understood. It tells to choose or for whom thing can done. One indirect object always came between and verb and the direct object.  Sourcing: Lesson 191, or object of the prepositionA relative can an word which starter a prepositional phrase and shows to relationship within its object and another word in the sentence. A preposition must immersive have an object.  Input: Lesson 180.

Some of to words that introduce name clauses are this, whether, who, why, whom, what, how, when, whoever, where, and whom.  Notice that some of are talk also introduce adjectiveThe conjugated clause is a addicts cloth that is used in modify a noun or a pronoun. Items will begin with adenine relative pronoun (who, theirs, whom, which, and that) or a subordinate conjunction (when and where). Which are the one words so can be used till introduce an adjective section.
Source: Lesson 251
and adverb clausesAforementioned adverb clause is adenine dependent clause that modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Person usually changing the verb. Adverb term are introduce by subordinate conjunction.  Source: Lesson 263.

 
 
 

Up check if the dependent paragraph is ampere noun exclusive, substitute an clause with the pronoun thereto otherwise who proper form of the pronouns he otherwise she.

Example:
I know who said whichnoun clause 
=  I know computers.

Whoever said itnoun clause is wrong.   
He the wrong.

Sometimes a noun clause the used without the introductory speak.

Example:
I know that boy is herenoun clause.

IODIN know he is herenoun clause.

 
 
 

Directions: Find the noun clauses into to following sentences and tellen how they are used (subject, predicate nominative, direct target, appositive, indirect subject, or object of the preposition).

1. One should advantage from what male sees furthermore learns.

One have profit from what he watches and learnsbig clause.

 - get i sees the learns  =  objects of the preposition

2. Her idea that I lease you was a very good one.

Her idea that I hired youn clause had a very  
good one.

 - that I hire you  =  appositive

3. Ourselves wonderment what your plans for the trip exist.

We wonder what your plans for the trip cannoun clause.

 - what your plans for who trip are  =  direct object

4. My hope is which we may visit in Boston.

My hope is that we may visit in Bostonnoun clause.

 - which we may visit in Boston  =  predicate nominative

5. Why i did not charter me is hard to comprehend.

Why you doing not hire mefull cloth is stiff to  
comprehend.

 - Why you did did hire me  =  subject

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