CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES (9) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR                               CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES

 

EXERCISE 11. Noun clauses. Directions: Practice using noun clauses. Speaker A: Ask the given question. Your book is open. Speaker B: Restate A's question, beginning with "You want to know ...." and ask if that is right. Your book is closed. Speaker A: Tell B if that is right. Speaker B: Answer the question.   Example: Is (. . .) at the bank? SPEAKER A (book open): Is Gina at the bank? SPEAKER B (book closed): You want to know if Gina is at the bank. Is that right? SPEAKER A (book open): Yes, that's right. SPEAKER B (book closed): I don't know if Gina is at the bank. OR No, Gina isn't at the bank. She's here in class. OR Yes, she is. Gina is at the bank.       Switch roles. 1 Does (……….) have a bicycle? 10 Is there a pay phone in this building? 2 What time does class end? 11 Why is (……….) absent today? 3 Can (……….) sing? 12 Whose pen is that? 4 What does "delicious" mean? 13 How much does a new refrigerator cost? 5 Whose books are those? 14 Does (……….) speak (name of a language)? 6 Is (……….) married? 15 What kind of wristwatch does (……….) have? 7 Where did (……….) go last night? 16 Is (……….) planning to take another English course? 8 Does (……….) have a job? 17 Who is the mayor of (name this city/town)? 9 Who is that person? 18 Who is in charge of the English classes at this school?   EXERCISE 12. Noun clauses. Directions: Answer the questions using the words in boldface. Give two or three different answers. Work in groups or as a class. Example: What do you know? where SPEAKER A: I know where Madagascar is located. SPEAKER B: I know where (……….)'s dictionary is. SPEAKER C: I know where my parents got married.   QUESTION 1: What do you know? A where B what C why D who E whose QUESTION 2: What do you know? A where B if C why D who Q UESTION 3: What do you want to know? A if B when C what D who QUESTION 4: What do you wonder? A why B if C what D who E how F whether

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EXERCISE 11 & 12 (YOUR OWN RESPONSES)