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Noun Clause 名词从句 Introduction 什么是名词从句 His story was interesting. What he said was interesting. A noun phrase is used as a subject or an object. A noun clause is used as s subject or an object. I heard his story. I heard what he said. His story is a noun phrase. It is used as the object of the verb heard. What he said is a noun phrase. It is used as the object of the verb heard I Does anyone know what happened? Where she went is none of your business. Do you know whose pen this is. Who is coming to the party is still a secret. Please tell me where you live. I couldn’t hear the teacher. What did he say? Where did Tom go? No one knows. What does Anna want? We need to know. What does Alex need? It is a new job. What do you want? Did you talk to your parents about it? Noun clause beginging with a question word Question: Where does he live? What did he say? When do they arrive? Noun clause: I don’t know where he lives. I couldn’t hear what he said. Do you know when they arrive? In a noun clause, the subject precedes the verb. Do not use question word order in a noun clause. Do, does and did are used in questions but not in noun clause. Who is she? Who are those men? Whose house is that? What did she say? What did they do? I don’t know who she is. Does anyone know who those men are? I wonder whose house that is What she said surprised me. What they should do is obvious. She is the subject of the question, so it is placed in front of the verb be in the noun clause. EXERCISE: How old is he? I don’t know _______________________________________ What was he talking about? ____________________________________ was interesting. What did he say? ____________________________________ wasn’t true. When are they coming? Do you know ______________________________________ How much does it cost? I can’t remember ___________________________________ Which one does he want? Let’s ask him ______________________________________ Who are those people? I don’t know _______________