PAPER

COMPLEX ENGLISH GRAMMAR

NOUN CLAUSES

Lecturer : MISNAWATI, M.Pd

Made by :
AMELIA RIZKIANI (2002020011)
DEA SAFIRA RIZKY (2002020005)
ULFA SATIRA (2002020014)
NURHANISAH (2002020002)

FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN

UNIVERSITAS AL MUSLIM
BIREUEN
2021
 PREFACE

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

First of all the writer’s deepest thank to Allah Subhanallahu Wa Ta’ala, teh lord
of the universe and to our Prophet Muhammad Shalallahu ‘Alaihi Wassallam,
may peace and blessing be upon him, his family and his followers. The writer
extends special thanks to the God for blessing and grace for the witer, so she can
finish this paper on time. Thanks to Madam Misna as the English Teacher for who
give this task so that she gets a lot of useful knowledge. It is one of subject in
English Department that is learn about the system of language. This paper is not
perfect and lack of many things. So the writer expects the critic and suggestion in
order to make it better. Hopefully this paper can be used as a reference to learn
about the specific part of the system of language, exact noun clauses.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE..........................................................................................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................................3
CHAPTER I.......................................................................................................................4
EXPLANATION.............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER II......................................................................................................................5
EXAMPLE.....................................................................................................................5
CHAPTER III....................................................................................................................7
SUMMARY...................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER IV....................................................................................................................8
INFERENCE..................................................................................................................8
REFERENCE ......................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.

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 CHAPTER I
EXPLANATION

Noun clause is dependent clause that takes the place of any noun in the sentence,
wheter they are subjects, objects, or subject complements.
 Five Function that Possible Way in Noun Clause can be Function in
Sentence.
1. Subject
Noun clause can be function as subject of sentence.
2. Direct Object
Noun clause can also function as direct object of the verb in the
independent clause.
3. Indirect Object
Noun clause can also act as indirect objects of the verb in the independent
clause.
4. Object of Preposition
Noun clause can act as the object of a preposition in independent clause .
5. Subject of Complement
Noun clause can act as subject complement or noun thst follow linking
verb.

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 CHAPTER II
EXAMPLE

Noun Clause
 She was saddened by what she had read.
In the sentence above, the noun clause what she had read is being used
as the object of the preposition by.
Five Function of Noun Clause
1. Subject
 Why my pet turtle stares at me all day is beyond me.
In sentence above, the noun clause acts as a single subject of the
independent clause.
2. Direct Object
 When my dog goes to doggy day care, i do not know what he does.
But he always has the best time.
In the sentence above, the noun clause what he does is acting as the
direct object of the verb know.
3. Indirect Object
 She choose to photograph whomever was willing to pose for her.
In the sentence above, the direct object of the verb choose is the
infinitive phrase to photograph. Just like a noun clause, this infinitive
phrase is acting like the noun direct object. Therefore, the noun clause
whomever was willing to pose for her is the indirect object of the same
verb.
4. Object of the Preposition
 I like to keep a schedule of when i have upcoming appointments.
In the sentence above, the noun clause when i have upcoming
appointments is acting as the object of the preposition of.

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5. Subject Complement
 Actors can become whomever they want to be on stage.
In the sentence above, the noun clause whomever they want to be is the
subject complement of the linking verb become.

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 CHAPTER III
SUMMARY

Noun clause is part of system language that is dependent clause that takes
the place of any noun in the sentence, wheter they are subjects, objects, or subject
complements. And for more information of noun clause are, first. Noun clause can
replace any noun in a sentence, including subject, object and complement.
Second, noun clause are not modifiers but they are placeholders. And last, noun
clause always begin with either interrogative pronoun or expletive.

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 CHAPTER IV
INFERENCE
So that the explanation of noun clause. The writer realize there are still
shortcoming and errors caused by the limited knowledge that the writer has in
making this paper. Therefore, the writer asks for critism and advice from the
readers.

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