Noun
Clause
Klausa kata benda ini dapat berfungsi sebagai subject
maupun object didalam suatu clause atau phrase lain.
A phrase
kelompok kata yang berhubungan.
tidak mengandung subjek dan kata kerja.
A clause adalah kelompok kata yang terkait. mengandung subjek dan kata kerja.
Noun Clause(klausa kata benda) adalah klausa tergantung dan tidak dapat
berdiri sendiri sebagai kalimat. Noun Clause harus terhubung ke klausa independen (klausa utama).
Noun clause dapat diawali oleh noun clause markers berupa question
word, if atau whether, dan that.Seperi penjelasan dan
contoh di bawah ini.
1. Noun
Clause That Begin Question Word
The following words
can be used to introduce a noun clause : When ,Where ,Why , How , who, whom,
what , which, whose .
Example :
Where does he live ? I
don’t know where he lives.
When did they leave ? Do
you know when they left?
What did she say ? Please tell me what she said.
Why is Ana absent ? I want to know why
Ana is absent.
2. Noun Clause with Which Begin With IF or Whether.
When a yes/no question are changed to a noun
clause, it is usually used to introduce the clause.
Example :
Does Lisa have a job ? I
wonder if Lisa has a job.
Will ana come to party? I don’t know if she will come to party.
3.Noun Clause which begin
with That.
Biasanya that-clause untuk mental activity.
Berikut daftar verb pada main clause yang biasanya
diikuti that-clause: assume,agree,believe,conclude,demonstrate,
discover, dream,doubt, guess,
fear,figure,find,forget, hear,imagine,indicate, know, learn,observe,pretend,presume,predict,
prove, notice, realize,read,recall,recognize,regret,remember,reveal,show,teach,suppose,
observe, think.
Example :
I think that Mr.Doni is good teacher.
I dreamed that I was on the top of
mountain.
