noun clauses

subject

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. For example, in the sentence: "The crowd cheered for him," the word "crowd" would be the subject.

whom

is correctly used as the object of a verb.

A clause that can stand alone because its meaning is complete is a(n) _____clause.

main

A ____ pronoun introduces the adjective clause.

relative

A dependent clause is also called a(n) _____.

subordinate clause

predicate noun

A predicate noun is a single noun or a noun phrase that renames the subject of a sentence and follows a form of the verb "to be" or another linking verb. For example, in the sentence, "Mr. Smith is a doctor," "a doctor" would be the predicate noun. In the sentence, "My son became a professional soccer player," = "a professional soccer player"

object of preposition

Prepositions often begin prepositional phrases. To complete the phrase, the preposition usually teams up with a noun, pronoun, or gerund, or the object of the preposition. Here are some examples: At noon. At = preposition; noon = noun or the object of the preposition.

direct object

a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in "Jimmy fed the dog."

compound-complex sentence

a sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

A clause that modifies a noun is a(n) _____ clause.

adjective

A clause that modifies a verb is a(n) _____.

adverb

A clause that tells how, when, where , or to what extent something was done is a(n) _____ clause.

adverb

Subordinating conjunctions introduce ___ clauses.

adverb

While, as though , and if are used to introduce ...

adverb clauses