CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES (10) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES

 

EXERCISE 13. Noun clauses. Directions: What are some of the things you wonder about? Consider the given topics. Create sentences using "I wonder ……… (why, when, how, if, whether, etc.)." Work in groups or as a class.   Example: fish I wonder how many fish there are in the world. I wonder how many different kinds of fish there are in the world. I wonder how long fish have lived on earth. I wonder whether fish can communicate with each other. I wonder if fish in fish tanks are happy. Etc.   1 birds 5 electricity 2 the earth 6 dinosaurs 3 (name of a person you know) 7 (topic of your own choosing) 4 events in the future       EXERCISE 14. Noun clauses and questions. Directions: Create questions and answer them using noun clauses. Work in pairs. Speaker A: Ask a question. Use the suggestions below. Try to ask a question that Speaker B can't answer. Speaker B: Answer the question if you can. If you can't, say "I don't know ..." followed by a noun clause. Then you can guess at the answer if you wish. Example: location of X* SPEAKER A: Where is Mr. Fong's briefcase right now? SPEAKER B: Under his desk. OR I don't know where his briefcase is. I suppose he left it at home today.       Switch roles 1 location of X 7 meaning of X 2 cost of X 8 time of X 3 owner of X 9 amount of X 4 reason for X 10 year that X happened 5 person who did X 11 type of X 6 country X is from 12 distance from X to Y

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EXERCISE 13&14 (YOUR OWN RESPONSES)