NOUN CLAUSE REVISION KEY

A) Complete the following sentences with noun clauses using the given clues.

1. (People develop phobias. Why?)

Karen is writing an article about why people develop phobias.
2. (Is Laura going to get well again?)
Doctors are not sure if/whether Laura is going to get well again.
3. (Some people sold weapons to the insurrectionists.)
That/ The fact that some people sold weapons to the insurrectionists is known by
everybody.
4. (Inflation will drop to one-digit figures. But when?)
The citizens wonder when inflation will drop….
5. (Somebody wrote this poem.)
Are you really interested in who wrote it?
6. (Perhaps Turkey will join the European Union, perhaps it won’t.)
Whether (or not) Turkey will join the EU is an important issue.
7. (Why does your son keep getting into trouble?)
Have you ever thought about why your son keeps getting into trouble?
8. (Which candidate is going to be the “survivor”?)
Which candidate is going to be the survivor shouldn’t concern so many people.
9. (You didn’t consider something)
What you didn’t consider is that I can be a nuisance* if I want to.
*nuisance (n) an annoying person or thing
10. (Simon can spend his money in any way he likes.)
How Simon spends his money does not interest anybody, and you are not an
exception.
B) Paraphrase the following sentences using noun clauses.
1. Which candidate are you going to vote for? I’d like to know that.

I’d like to know which candidate you’re going to vote for.

2. I attach importance to something. It is the well-being of the people around me.

What I attach importance is the well-being of the people around me.
3. Everybody thinks of their own interests. This is the problem in our team.
The problem in our team is (that) everybody thinks of their own interests.
4. Tony solved the problem somehow. We didn’t understand it.
We didn’t understand how Tony solved the problem.
5. The meeting will be held soon. The exact time has not been announced yet.
When the meeting will be held is not announced yet.
The exact time when the meeting will be held has not been announced yet. (Rel
CL)
6. Carrie put the files somewhere. She doesn’t remember it.
Carrie doesn’t remember where she put files.
7. Does Sally really want to marry that man? I want to know that.
I want to know if/whether Sally really wants to marry that man.
8. There is something you should do. It is to get regular exercise.
What you should do is get regular exercise.
9. Someone gave away the company secrets. The person’s name is not mentioned in
this document.
Who gave away the company secrets is not mentioned in this document.
A person whose name that is not mentioned in this document gave away the
company secrets. (REL CL)
10. The executive board is going to promote somebody to sales manager. The
employees do not have the slightest idea about the person.
The employees don’t have the slightest idea who the executive board is going to
promote to sales manager.