This document provides examples of noun clauses beginning with question words like who, what, when, where, why, and how. It also includes examples of noun clauses using if/whether. For each question word or if/whether clause example, a response is given using I don't know and placing the question information in a noun clause. In total there are 24 examples with question words and 10 examples with if/whether clauses.
This document provides examples of noun clauses beginning with question words like who, what, when, where, why, and how. It also includes examples of noun clauses using if/whether. For each question word or if/whether clause example, a response is given using I don't know and placing the question information in a noun clause. In total there are 24 examples with question words and 10 examples with if/whether clauses.
This document provides examples of noun clauses beginning with question words like who, what, when, where, why, and how. It also includes examples of noun clauses using if/whether. For each question word or if/whether clause example, a response is given using I don't know and placing the question information in a noun clause. In total there are 24 examples with question words and 10 examples with if/whether clauses.
This document provides examples of noun clauses beginning with question words like who, what, when, where, why, and how. It also includes examples of noun clauses using if/whether. For each question word or if/whether clause example, a response is given using I don't know and placing the question information in a noun clause. In total there are 24 examples with question words and 10 examples with if/whether clauses.
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Noun Clauses beginning
with a Question Word
Chapter 14 – Noun Clauses
( question word and if/whether clauses) 1.
Where does (name) live?
I don’t know where (name) lives
2.
What country is (name) from?
I don’t know what country (name) is
from. 3.
How long has (name) been living
here?
I don’t know how long (name) has
been living here. 4.
What is (name)’s telephone number?
I don’t know what (name)’s telephone
number is. 5.
Where is the post office?
I don’t know where the post office is.
6.
How far is it to Kansas City?
I don’t know how far it is to Kansas
City. 7.
Why is (name) absent?
I don’t know why (name) is absent.
8.
Where is my book?
I don’t know where your book is.
9.
What kind of watch does (name)
have?
I don’t know what kind of watch
(name) has. 10.
Why was (name) absent yesterday?
I don’t know why (name) was absent
yesterday. 11.
Where did (name) go yesterday?
I don’t know where (name) went
yesterday. 12.
What kind of government does Italy
have?
I don’t know what kind of government
Italy has. 13.
What is (name)’s favorite color?
I don’t know what (name)’s favorite
color is. 14.
How long has (name) been married?
I don’t know how long (name) has
been married. 15.
Why are we doing this exercise?
I don’t know why we are doing this
exercise. 16.
Who turned on the lights?
I don’t know who turned on the lights.
17.
Where is (name) going to eat lunch?
I don’t know where (name) is going to
eat lunch. 18.
When does this semester end?
I don’t know when this semester
ends. 19.
Where did (name) go after class
yesterday?
I don’t know where (name) went
yesterday. 20.
Why is (name) smiling?
I don’t know why (name) is smiling.
21.
How often does (name) go to the
library?
I don’t know how often (name) goes
to the library. 22.
Whose book is that?
I don’t know whose book that is.
23.
How much did that book cost?
I don’t know how much that book
cost. 24.
Who took my book?
I don’t know who took your book.
Now make sentences using “if” or “whether”. One student reads the question aloud. The other student makes a sentence beginning with “I wonder” or “I don’t know” and then puts the information from the question into noun clause word order.
Anthony F. Russell-Logic, Philosophy, and History. A Study in The Philosophy of History Based On The Work of R. G. Collingwood-University Press of America Inc. (1984) PDF