The bright cheerful young girl sleeping in her room

Carrying a heavy backpack

Not clauses

How you make me feel

She took up the captain's role

​Clauses

A clause has at least a subject and a verb

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Noun Clauses

Noun clauses are clauses that play the roles of the nouns in a sentence. For example:

That she was upset about losing her purse is an understatement.

What is the subject and the verb in the underlined noun clause?

What role is it playing in the sentence?

Subject | Subject

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Noun Clauses

Which role are the noun clauses playing the the following sentences?

• That she was upset about losing her purse is an understatement.

• In biology class, we're studying how climate change affects animals in the Arctic.

• You should have given what your friend said both thought and consideration.

• Robert’s failure to keep the appointment is what frustrated his physician.

• Maya put on her headphones to avoid listening to what her mother was saying.

Subject | Subject

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what, whatever, who, whom, whoever, whomever, which, whichever

pronouns

that, how, when, where, whether, why

subordinating conjunctions

Noun clauses often start with

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