CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES (5) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES

 

EXERCISE 6. Noun clauses. Directions: Work in pairs. Speaker A: Read the question. Your book is open. Speaker B: Change the question to a noun clause. Begin your response with "I don’t know ……’ Your book is closed.   Example: Where does ( . . .) live? SPEAKER A (book open): Where does Anita live? SPEAKER B (book closed): I don't know where Anita lives.       Switch roles 1 Where did (………) go yesterday? 10 How long has (………) been living here? 2 How old is (………)? 11 Who wrote (Tales of the South Pacific)? 3 Where does (………) eat lunch? 12 What happened in Alaska yesterday? 4 What is (………)'s last name? 13 What did (………) do yesterday? 5 What time does (………) usually get up? 14 Who is that girl? 6 When did (………) get home last night? 15 Who are those people? 7 What time did (………) go to bed last night? 16 What kind of tree is that? 8 Who is (………) 's best friend? 17 Whose (backpack) is that? 9 Who did (………) call last night? 18 Whose (gloves) are those?   EXERCISE 7. Information questions and noun clauses. Directions: Ask information questions and respond using noun clauses. Speaker A: Using the given question word, ask any question that you are sure Speaker B cannot answer. (You don't have to know the answer to the question.) Speaker B: Respond to the question by saying "I don't know ...." followed by a noun clause. Then you can guess at an answer if you wish.   Example: when SPEAKER A: When was the first book printed? SPEAKER B: I don't know when the first book was printed. Probably three or four hundred years ago.   1 where 6 whose 2 who 7 when 3 how far 8 why 4 what kind 9 what 5 what time

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EXERCISE 6 EXERCISE 7