NOUN CLAUSE REVISION

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

1. (People develop phobias. Why?)

Karen is writing an article about
_____________________________________________.
2. (Is Laura going to get well again?)
Doctors are not sure
______________________________________________________.
3. (Some people sold weapons to the insurrectionists.)
_______________________________________________ is known by
everybody.
4. (Inflation will drop to one-digit figures. But when?)
The citizens wonder ________________________________________________.
5. (Somebody wrote this poem.)
Are you really interested in __________________________________________?
6. (Perhaps Turkey will join the European Union, perhaps it won’t.)
Whether or not Turkey will join EU is an important issue.
7. (Why does your son keep telling lies?)
Have you ever thought about why he keeps telling lies?
8. (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.)
____________________________________________ 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.

_______________________________________________________________ .

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

_________________________________________________________________ .
3. Everybody thinks of their own interests. This is the problem in our team.
_________________________________________________________________ .
4. Tony solved the problem somehow. We didn’t understand it.
_________________________________________________________________ .

5. The meeting will be held soon. The exact time has not been announced yet.
_________________________________________________________________ .
6. Carrie put the files somewhere. She doesn’t remember it.
_________________________________________________________________ .
7. Does Sally really want to marry that man? I want to know that.
_________________________________________________________________ .
8. There is something you should do. It is to get regular exercise.
_________________________________________________________________ .
9. Someone gave away the company secrets. The person’s name is not mentioned in
this document.
_________________________________________________________________ .
10. The executive board is going to promote somebody to sales manager. The
employees do not have the slightest idea about the person.
_________________________________________________________________ .
Answer Key

A) 1. … why people develop phobias.

2. … whether/if Laura is going to get well again (or not).
3. That some people sold weapons to the insurrectionists…
4. …when inflation will drop to one-digit figures.
5. … who wrote this poem?
6. Whether Turkey will join the EU …
7. … why your son keeps telling lies?
8. Which candidate is going to be the next Survivor…
9. What you didn’t consider …
10. How Simon spends his money ….

B) 1. I would like to know which candidate you are going to vote for.
2. What I attach importance to is the well-being of the people around me.
3. That everybody thinks of their own interest is the problem in our team.
The problem in our team is that everybody thinks of their own interest.
4. We didn’t understand how Tony solved the problem.
5. When the meeting will be held has not been announced yet.
It hasn’t been announced when the meeting will be held,yet.
6. Carrie doesn’t remember where she put the files.
7. I want to know whether/if Sally really wants to marry that man.
8. What you should do is to get regular exercise.
9. Who gave away the company secrets is not mentioned in this document.
10. The employees do not have the slightest idea about who the executive board is
going to promote to sales manager.