Question

Pick out the noun clauses :
1. The poet could not understand what the song meant.
2. Now we know why it is important to brush the teeth everyday.
3. How the prisoner escaped is a mystery.
4. I wish I were a bird.
5. Give him what he wants.
6. He wants to know why he has been denied a promotion,
7. The doctor asked the patient if he was feeling better
8. Finding that he was in a bad mood, I did not talk to him about my problems.
⁹. There is no sense in what he says.
10. I wonder why the bell was constantly ringing.​

Answer 1

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1. The poet could not understand what the song meant.

2. Now we know why it is important to brush the teeth everyday.

3. How the prisoner escaped is a mystery.

4. I wish I were a bird.

5. Give him what he wants.

6. He wants to know why he has been denied a promotion.

7. The doctor asked the patient if he was feeling better.

8. Finding that he was in a bad mood, I did not talk to him about my problems.

9. There is no sense in what he says.

10. I wonder why the bell was constantly ringing.

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✦ It acts as a noun

✦ It may be

• the subject of a verb,
• the object or complement of a verb,
• the object of a preposition, an infinitive or a participle.

✦ It may be introduced by

• that,
• question words like why, what, how, etc.,
• if or wheather.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. The poet could not understand what the song meant.

2. Now we know why it is important to brush the teeth everyday.

3. How the prisoner escaped is a mystery.

4. I wish I were a bird.

5. Give him what he wants.

6. He wants to know why he has been denied a promotion.

7. The doctor asked the patient if he was feeling better.

8. Finding that he was in a bad mood, I did not talk to him about my problems.

9. There is no sense in what he says.

10. I wonder why the bell was constantly ringing.