Understanding Noun Clauses
Directions:
Underline the words that identify the noun phrases and noun
clauses underlined in the sentences below.
Example:
noun phrase
noun clause
The council proposed that all community residents be
required to recycle.
noun phrase noun clause
1. The glass cover of LeeAnn’s electric skillet allowed her to check the bacon without having to lift the lid.
noun phrase noun clause
2. Truckers complain that many low overpasses are incorrectly marked.
noun phrase noun clause
3. The space shuttle lift-off was delayed because of a technical problem.
noun phrase noun clause
4. Thirty-five million soccer balls are manufactured in northern Pakistan each year.
noun phrase noun clause
5. Early Egyptians believed that scarab beetles were reborn each day at noon, so the scarab became a symbol of eternal life.
noun phrase noun clause
6. In a test market a company determines how well a new product will sell.
noun phrase noun clause
7. Our sun may once have had a small, dark companion star.
noun phrase noun clause
8. Anyone you choose is fine with me.
noun phrase noun clause
9. In East Falls an old carpet mill was turned into an apartment complex.
noun phrase noun clause
10. Randy’s best friend kept repeating whatever Randy said.