English Grammar Practice Test: Noun Clauses — Flashcards

Noun Clauses topics include: Noun clauses functioning as the subject of a verb, as the object of a transitive verb, as the object of a preposition, and as the complement of a verb.

A noun clause is a dependent clause that can replace any noun in a sentence. Noun clauses can act as subjects, objects, or subject complements. For example, "She was saddened by what she had read". 

Here are some examples of noun clauses:
Subject: "Whatever you decide to do is fine with me"
Object: "She told whoever would listen her sad story"
Subject complement: "Carlie's problem was that she didn't practice enough" 

Noun clauses can also function as indirect objects of the verb in a sentence. Indirect objects are words, phrases, or clauses that receive the action of a ditransitive verb. 
Noun clauses usually start with words like "what" and "where". They can also contain a subject and a verb, where the subject can be a noun, pronoun, or phrase, and the verb can be any tense. For example, in the sentence “I don't know what he is doing,” the noun clause “what he is doing” consists of the subject “he” and the verb “is doing”.