Noun Clause 1

Directions:

Identify the underlined noun clauses in the sentences below as subjects, objects or complements by using the following code:

            S         subject                   O     object              C    complement

Example:

 S             Whoever plays a sport for love, not for money, fits the literal definition of an amateur.

  _____ 1. Stanley often dreams that he is swimming across a slowly moving river.

  _____ 2. Why people enjoy high-speed, bone-rattling roller coaster rides is a mystery to me.

  _____ 3. We always know where to find Neal: in the barn among the dirty cobwebs and old farm tools.

  _____ 4. Joe’s definition of art is whatever appeals to him.

  _____ 5. Hans is learning how he can resolve conflicts without antagonizing people.

  _____ 6. The winner will be whoever creates packaging that best protects a raw egg, dropped from a second-story window.

  _____ 7. Yee-sun Wu, a Hong Kong businessman, told the group what executives can do to improve productivity.

  _____ 8. Our main hope is that we can play today’s music, not music that was first played back in the sixties and seventies.

  _____ 9. Whether a gull is judged by other gulls as dependable or not determines whether or not that gull’s warning cries are heeded.

  _____ 10. Please tell me who did the landscaping for this building.   

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