Noun clause

A.      Noun clause sesuai dengan fungsinya dalam kalimat :

• Subjek kalimat

What Billy did Shocked his friend.

• Objek kalimat

Billy’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t swim.

• Pelengkap

Billy’s mistake was that he refused to take lessons.

• Objek preposisi

Mary is not responsible for what Billy did.

• Keterangan tambahan

Everybody is sad that Billy drowned.

B.   Mengkombinasikan 2 anak kalimat dengan mengubah satu untuk menjadi noun clause dan menggunakannya seperti dibawah ini.

a.      Mengubah kalimat pernyataan menjadi noun clause menggunakan THAT.

I know + Billy made a mistake à I know that Billy made a mistake.

b.      Mengubah kalimat pertanyaan menjadi noun clause menggunakan IF atau WHETHER.

George wonders + Does Fred know how to cook? à George wonders if Fred knows how to cook.

c.       Mengubah kalimat pertanyaan-Wh menjadi noun clause dengan menggunakan kata-Wh itu sendiri.

I don’t know + Where is George? à I don’t know where George is.

C.     Dibawah ini adalah kata yang menjadi ciri noun clause :

·         That

·         If atau Whether

·         Wh-words : How, What, When, Where, Which, Who, Whom, Whose, Why

·         Wh-ever words : However, Whatever, Whenever, Wherever, Whichever, Whoever, Whomever

D.     Tambahan

1. Noun Clause dengan "that" digunakan sebagai subjek dari suatu kalimat dengan kata kerja tertentu.
2. Noun Caluse dengan "that" sering menjadi objek dari verb (kata kerja), beberapa verb berikut ini biasanya mempunyai subjek yang menunjukkan manusia.
3. Dalam pembicaraan, Noun Clause bisa diganti dengan So, After, Hope, Believe, Suppose, Expect, Know.
4. Kata Kerja Aktivitas Mental
5. • Agree                     Notice                    
   • Believe                   Realize                        
   • Angry                     Sorry
   • Decide                   Remember                  
   • Doubt                    See                            
   • Feel                       Show                         
   • Clear                     Worried
   • Forget                   Suppose                     
   • Guess                    Think                          
   • Disappointed         Understand
   • Hear                      Wonder                                    
   • Glad                      Happy
   • Hope                     Imagine
   • Pleased                  Say                             
   • Know                    Tell                            
   • Sad
6. Kata Kerja Kalimat Tak Langsung

• Admit                      Argue
• Aver                        Boast
• Confess                   Convince
• Insist                        Maintain
• Explain                    Foretell
• Pray                        Predict
• Relate                     Remark
• Say                         State
• Tell                         Threaten

E.     Exercise

1. The Underlined word are noun clause, except...

a.  I know what you mean.

b.  That was what he has done.

c.  They knew how to put it across .

d.  Before he realised  it, Tien Poo was screaming out.

2. Tommy : "Where are your parents?"

    Raka     : "I can't tell you ..."

a.  Where my parents are 

b.  Where are your parents 

c.  Where your are parents

d.  Where my are parents

3. Tia   : "How does the computer works?" 

              Ara  : "I don't know..."

a.  How does the compiters works

b.  How the computer  work

c.   How the computer works

d.  How the computer worked

4. Jojo    : "Why was Miss Wulan late this morning?"

    Maria  : "I wonder ..."

a.  Why Miss Wulan was late this morning

b.  Why was Miss Wulan late this morning

c.  If Miss Wulan wa late this morning

d.  Whether Miss Wulan was late this morning

5.  Armand  : "When did your father fly to Medan?"

     Amin      : "I didn't remember ..."

a.  When did my father fly to Medan 

b.  When my father fly to Medan 

c.  When my father flies to Medan 

d.  When did my father flew to Medan 

F.    Source :

http://faculty.deanza.edu/flemingjohn/stories/storyReader$23

http://webhome.broward.edu/~ydaniel/EAP%200485C%20Presentations/Noun%20Clauses.ppt

http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/53796205