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When teaching noun clauses, I find it most useful to begin with a brief explanation on two questions:
What do noun clauses do?
Of the jobs commonly performed by nouns, three of them are also commonly performed by noun clauses. These include...
How do noun clauses begin?
I find it helpful to divide the noun clause subs into the categories above for several reasons: * What and Who are somewhat unique because they can be used as the subject of the noun clause whereas the other subordinators cannot. ** When, Whether and If can also cause students some confusion because they are also used as adverb clause subordinators with When being the most confusing as it is additionally used in adjective clauses. (There is a simple test students can use to make the distinction though which will be explained later in this lesson.) ***Which differs from the others in that it is usually followed by an object rather than a subject. [to be discussed later] ****That warrants its own section because the entire that clause is replaced by this situation unlike the other subs where only the subordinator is replaced. *****The group containing where, why and how are the easiest to use as they have no special issues.
Let's begin our discussion with direct object noun clauses.
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