1. QUESTION NOUN CLAUSES

2. NOUN CLAUSES + QUESTIONS
Grammar
Example
Noun clauses are often questions that have been changed.
Do you like me?
He asked me if I liked him.
I remember where the computer lab is.

3. NOUN CLAUSES + QUESTIONS
Grammar
2 common types of question noun clauses:
Y/N questions
“W” questions

4. YES/NO QUESTIONS
IF and WHETHER (or not)

5. YES/NO QUESTIONS Do you like me? Was he okay? Has he left?
Grammar
Example
Y/N questions normally look like this:
Most have the pattern:
HV + S + MV
BE looks like this:
BE + S
Do you like me?
Was he okay?
Has he left?
Could he be at home?
Are you okay?
Is he gone?

6. YES/NO QUESTIONS Was he okay? I asked whether he was okay.
Grammar
EXAMPLE
We change the question to S + HV
This way, it looks like a normal sentence
(S + V +O)
Was he okay?
I asked whether he was okay.
Could he be at home?
I don’t know if he could be at home.

7. IF WHETHER YES/NO QUESTIONS
Grammar
When we make a noun clause with a Y/N question, we use two words: IF
WHETHER

8. YES/NO QUESTIONS Does he like me? I know if he likes me. Has he left?
Grammar IF
Here are examples with “if”:
Does he like me?
I know if he likes me.
Has he left?
I asked if he left.

9. YES/NO QUESTIONS Was he okay? Do you know whether he was okay?
Grammar
WHETHER
Here are examples with “whether”.
Was he okay?
Do you know whether he was okay?
Could he be at home?
I don’t know whether he could be at home.

10. YES/NO QUESTIONS Do you know whether he was okay or not?
Grammar
WHETHER
We can add “or not” to the end!
Do you know whether he was okay or not?
I don’t know if he could be at home or not.

11. PRACTICE TIME With your partner,
1- Partner A asks partner B a Y/N question.
2- Partner B changes the question to a noun clause.
Ex:
Do you like oranges?
You asked me if I like oranges. Yes, I like oranges. Have you seen a horse?
You asked if I have seen a horse. I have seen a horse…

12. PRACTICE TIME – Write down the answers below.
You asked…
You wanted to know…
Will you study after 9:00 tonight?
Had you learned about noun clauses before you came here?
Are you tired?
Do you eat a lot of junk food?
Are you sitting?

13. PRACTICE TIME You wanted to know if I will study after 9:00 tonight.
You wanted to know if I had learned about noun clauses before I came here.
You asked if I am tired.
You asked if I eat a lot of junk food.
You asked if I am sitting.

14. “W” questions

15. W QUESTIONS Where are you? How did he escape? When did he leave?
Grammar
EXAMPLE
We also ask questions with “W” words:
Who
What
Why
Where
When
How
Whose
Where are you?
How did he escape?
When did he leave?
Why are you here?
What is wrong?
Whose pen is this?

16. W QUESTIONS
Grammar
EXAMPLE
To change them to noun clauses, just change the question to a statement.
(S + V + O)
Where are you?
I asked where you are.
How did he escape?
I asked how he escaped.
When did he leave?
I asked when he left.

17. HV + S S + HV W QUESTIONS Why are you here?
Grammar
EXAMPLE
To change them to noun clauses, just switch the subject + helping verb.
Why are you here?
Do you know why you are here?
What is he doing?
Do you understand what he is doing?
HV + S
S + HV

18. W QUESTIONS Do you think that he is okay?
Grammar
EXAMPLE
Be careful: We normally do not use question words (if/w-words) with the same verbs we use THAT with.
Do you think that he is okay?
Do you think when he is okay?
Do you know if he is okay?

19. W QUESTIONS know remember say understand tell s.b. wonder
Grammar
EXAMPLE
Verbs we use:
Please look at page 10 of your Reference Booklet for this list.
know
remember
say
understand
tell s.b.
wonder

20. LOCATION

21. LOCATION She is scary. What she said is scary. I like this.
Grammar
EXAMPLE
Noun clauses can go everywhere that a noun goes.
She is scary.
What she said is scary.
I like this.
I like that you were so nice.

22. LOCATION Are you talking about who won the contest?
Grammar
EXAMPLE
They can be inside a PP if they are a W clause.
It doesn’t work with all prepositions!
Are you talking about who won the contest?
I’m thinking of what had happened.

23. LOCATION
Grammar
EXAMPLE
The first reason why pencils are better is that pencils are cheaper.
The problem with this is that too many people ignore this.
We will use THIS one a lot in our topic sentences:
After BE to say
reason = NC
problem = NC
solution = NC
etc..

24. TO SUMMARIZE Noun clauses can start with these words: IF / WHETHER
THAT
W WORDS (who/what/why/where/when/how)
They follow the pattern S + V + O
We can only use them with some words, normally words that are connected to YOUR BRAIN.