5. First Ex :
• Where does she live?
I don’t know where she lives
• Where she lives is the object of the verb
know. Don’t use question word order in a
noun clause. In a noun clause, the subject
precedes the verb.
6. Second Ex :
• Who lives there?
I don’t know who lives there
• The word order is the same in both the
question and the noun clause because
who is the subject in both (question and
noun clause).
7. Third Ex :
• What should they do?
What they should do is obvious
• What they should do is the subject of the
sentence. A noun clause subject takes a
singular verb.
8. Fourth Ex :
• Who is she?
I don’t know who she is.
• She is the subject of the question, so it is
placed in front of the verb be in the noun
clause.
9. Di mulai whether atau if
• Will she come?
-I don’t know whether she will come
-I don’t know if she will come
When yes/no question is changed to a
noun clause, whether or if is used to
introduce the clause
10. Pattern when or not is used
• Will she come?
I wonder whether or not she will come
I wonder whether she will come or not
I wonder if she will come or not
• Whether she comes or not is unimportant
to me
Noun clause is in the subject position
11. Diikuti Ifinitif
• Question words ( when, where, how, who,
whom, whose, what, which ) and whether
may be followed by an infinitive.
• Each pair of sentences in the examples
has the same meaning. Notice that the
meaning expressed by the infinitive is
either should or can / could.
12. Examples:
• I don’t know what should I do.
• I don’t know what to do.
• Please tell me how I can get to the bus station.
• Please tell me how to get to the bus station.
• Jim told us where we could find it.
• Jim told us where to find it.
13. Dimulai dengan That
• Statement
He is a good doctor
• Noun Clause
I think that he is a good actor or I think
he is a good actor
that he is a good actor is a noun clause.
It is used as the object of the verb think
14. • Statement
She doesn’t understand spoken English
• Noun Clause
That she doesn’t understand spoken English is
obvious or It is obvious (that) she doesn’t
understand spoken English
The noun clause That she doesn’t
understand spoken English is used as the
subject of the sentence. The word that is not
omited when it introduce a noun clause used as
the subject of a sentence
15. Diikuti Oleh Infinitif
• I don’t know what I should do
• I don’t know what to do
• Jim told us where we could find it
• Jim told us where to find it
16. Qoestion word (when, where, how, who,
whom, whose, what, which) and
whether may be followed by an infinitife
17. Exercise
With question word
• ( How old is he ) ? I don’t know ...........
• ( What was he talking about ) ? ........... was interesting
With that
• The world is round is a fact ( that )
• Plants need water is true ( that )
With if or whether
• Does he need help ? ( whether/if )
• Do you have a dictionary? (whether/if )
With infinitive
• He told me when I should come. ( to )
• Pam can’t decide whether she should go or stay home ( to
18.
19. Asnwer
• I don’t know how old he is.
• What he was talking about was interesting
• It is a fact that the world is round
• That plants need water in order to grow is true
• I wonder whether he needs help
• She wonder if I have a dictionary
• He told me when to come
• Pam can’t decide whether to go or to stay
home
