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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