DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the noun clause in each sentence. (24 points)
*Look at the number in parentheses to determine how many words to put in the box.
*Do not include any commas or end punctuation in your answer.
2. Determine the function of the noun clause. (24 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
*There are exactly SIX of each type.
Noun Clause: Why she had chosen the college was never even discussed. (6)
Function: Why she had chosen the college was never even discussed.
Noun Clause: Please save those stones for when we build the path from the cabin to the creek. (11)
Function: Please save those stones for when we build the path from the cabin to the creek.
Noun Clause: Will someone please tell me why the basement light is on? (6)
Function: Will someone please tell me why the basement light is on?
Noun Clause: That the team will make it to the state finals is the hope of all the players. (10)
Function: That the team will make it to the state finals is the hope of all the players.
Noun Clause: This open window must be where the burglar entered. (4)
Function: This open window must be where the burglar entered.
Noun Clause: Aunt Carol told me all about where she grew up. (4)
Function: Aunt Carol told me all about where she grew up.
Noun Clause: What we wished for came true after all. (4)
Function: What we wished for came true after all.
Noun Clause: I had a dream about when we were in Canada. (5)
Function: I had a dream about when we were in Canada.
Noun Clause: Does anyone here know how tadpoles become frogs? (4)
Function: Does anyone here know how tadpoles become frogs?
Noun Clause: This covered bridge is where my mother proposed to my father. (7)
Function: This covered bridge is where my mother proposed to my father.
Noun Clause: Whichever route you want to take is fine with me. (6)
Function: Whichever route you want to take is fine with me.
Noun Clause: That they will hear a world-class orchestra is the expectation of the audience. (7)
Function: That they will hear a world-class orchestra is the expectation of the audience.
Noun Clause: The police officer talked about how his dog had saved his life. (7)
Function: The police officer talked about how his dog had saved his life.
Noun Clause: Luanne wondered aloud why the car was so muddy. (6)
Function: Luanne wondered aloud why the car was so muddy.
Noun Clause: Birthdays are when I really appreciate my big family. (7)
Function: Birthdays are when I really appreciate my big family.
Noun Clause: Holidays are when I miss my grandfather the most. (7)
Function: Holidays are when I miss my grandfather the most.
Noun Clause: Save this sample for whoever is in charge of printing the brochures. (8)
Function: Save this sample for whoever is in charge of printing the brochures.
Noun Clause: Marnie asked the author why he wrote the story in the present tense. (9)
Function: Marnie asked the author why he wrote the story in the present tense.
Noun Clause: The winner will be whoever sells the most subscriptions. (5)
Function: The winner will be whoever sells the most subscriptions.
Noun Clause: Whoever wrote this perfume ad needs a good editor. (5)
Function: Whoever wrote this perfume ad needs a good editor.
Noun Clause: College is whatever you make of it. (5)
Function: College is whatever you make of it.
Noun Clause: I can’t remember why I chose that morbid poem. (6)
Function: I can’t remember why I chose that morbid poem.
Noun Clause: Theo’s advice was for whoever would listen. (3)
Function: Theo’s advice was for whoever would listen.
Noun Clause: No one can tell me what I should do about this problem. (7)
Function: No one can tell me what I should do about this problem.