Noun, adjective, and adverb clauses

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how do you know which clause it is ? what tricks could I use to help me figure them out?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

First of all, you have to recognize a normal noun, adjective and adverb. Are you comfortable identifying these words?

CalifJim · Answer

You'll have to rely on more than tricks, because -- as shown below in bold -- many of the words that introduce these different kinds of clauses are the same regardless of clause type. Those that are unique to a specific kind of clause may help you, however. Obviously, the adverb clauses are the easiest because most of the words that introduce them are used only for adverb clauses.

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Noun clauses are usually introduced by these words.

that, what

Noun clauses are also introduced by these to form an embedded (indirect) question.

if, whether, how, what, when, where, which, who, whom, whose, why, however, whatever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever
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Adjective clauses are usually introduced by these words.

that, which, who, whom, whose, where, when
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Adverb clauses are usually introduced by these words.

after, before, when, while, as, by the time (that), whenever, since, until, as soon as, once, as long as, so long as, because, since, now that, inasmuch as, so (that), in order that, even though, although, though, whereas, while, if, unless, only if, whether or not, even if, providing (that), provided (that), in case (that), in the event (that).
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The most common of all these is probably that. Often you can use this trick to identify a clause that begins with that: If it comes after a verb it's a noun clause; if it comes after a noun, it's an adjective clause.

Fran said that she was ready. said: verb | that she was ready: noun clause
Larry liked the book that I bought for him. book: noun | that I bought for him: adjective clause

Of course, to do this you have to know what verbs, nouns, and adjectives are. And if you know that, you should be able to identify these clause types without the tricks, because a noun clause acts like a noun, an adjective clause acts like an adjective, and so on.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

can you tell me some nouns please i beg you

AlpheccaStars · Answer

List of Nouns:

List 1: Proper Nouns:
England
Manchester
London
Christmas
Westminster Abbey

Tony Blair
Cambridge University
March
Thursday
The Beatles

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List 2: Common nouns:
rugby
football
car
trolley
house
girl
soup
hiccup
brother

List 3: Uncountable common nouns:
air
water
sugar
salt
information

List 4: Compound nouns:
bookmark
graveyard
yardarm
grapefruit
countryside

List 5: Abstract Nouns
bravery
hope
fear
trust
imagination

Microlab · Answer

The Noun clauses take the place of a noun, they are subjects or objects of verbs or prepositions, answering the question "who", "whom", "what"

The Adjective clauses take the place of adjectives, modifying nouns or pronouns, answering question "what kinds of", "which?"

The Adverb clauses take the place of adverbs, answering the question "when", "where", "why", expressing the relationships of cause, effect, time, space, conditions...

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