Pengertian noun clause

Pengertian noun clause

Noun clause adalah klausa yang berfungsi sebagai nomina. Karena fungsinya sebagai nomina, maka noun clause dapat menduduki posisi-posisi berikut:

Subjek kalimat (subject of a sentence)

Objek verba transitif (object of a transitive verb)

Objek preposisi (object of a preposition)

Pelengkap (complement)

Pemberi keterangan tambahan (noun in apposition)

Untuk lebih jelasnya, perhatikanlah contoh-contoh di bawah ini!

NOUN CLAUSE SEBAGAI SUBJEK KALIMAT

Contoh:

What you said doesn’t convince me at all.

How he becomes so rich makes people curious.

What the salesman has said is untrue.

That the world is round is a fact.

NOUN CLAUSE SEBAGAI OBJEK VERBA TRANSITIF

Contoh:

I know what you mean.

I don’t understand what he is talking about.

He said that his son would study in Australia.

Verba yang dapat diikuti noun clause dalam hal ini that-clause antara lain adalah:

admit : mengakui

realize : menyadari

announce : mengumumkan

recommend : menganjurkan

believe : percaya

remember : ingat

deny : menyangkal

reveal : menyatakan, mengungkapkan

expect : mengharapkan

say : mengatakan

find : menemukan

see : melihat

forget : lupa

stipulate : menetapkan

hear : mendengar

suggest : menganjurkan

inform : memberitahukan

suppose : mengira

know : tahu, mengetahui

think : pikir, berpendapat

promise : berjanji

understand : mengerti

propose : mengusulkan

wish : ingin, berharap

NOUN CLAUSE SEBAGAI OBJEK PREPOSISI

Contoh:

Please listen to what your teacher is saying.

Budi pays full attention to how the native speaker is pronouncing the English

word.

Be careful of what you’re doing.

NOUN CLAUSE SEBAGAI PELEGKAP

Contoh:

The good news is that the culprit has been put into the jail.

This is what I want.

That is what you need.

NOUN CLAUSE SEBAGAI NOUN IN APPOSITION

Contoh:

The idea that people can live without oxygen is unreasonable.

The fact that Rudi always comes late doesn’t surprise me.

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Reported Speech Multiple Choice

1              Samira said, "Monica speaks English very well."

                                A. Samira said that Monica spoke English very well.

                                Samira said that Monica is speaking English very well.

                                Samira said that Monica had spoken English very well.

                                Samira said that Monica speaks English very well.

2              Yolanda said, "I have to leave the class before 12:30."

                                Yolanda said that I have to leave the class before 12:30."

                                Yolanda said that she has to leave the class before 12:30."

                                C. Yolanda said that she had to leave the class before 12:30."

                                Yolanda said that she has had to leave the class before 12:30."

3              Gabriela said, "I can't possibly finish my work by five o'clock."

                                Gabriela said that she can't possibly finish her work by five o'clock.

                                Gabriela said that she won't possibly finish her work by five o'clock.

                                C. Gabriela said that she couldn't possibly finish her work by five o'clock.

                                Gabriela said that she hadn't been able to possibly finish her work by five o'clock.

4              Martha said, "I am going to go to Mexico next year."

                                Martha said that she is going to Mexico next year.

                                B. Martha said that she was going to Mexico next year.

                                Martha said that she had gone to Mexico next year.

                                Martha said that she will be going to Mexico next year.

5              Baruch said, "I might teach ESL 843 next semester."

                                Baruch said that he is going to teach ESL 843 next semester.

                                Baruch said that he will teach ESL 843 next semester.

                                C. Baruch said that he might teach ESL 843 next semester.

                                Baruch said that he could teach ESL 843 next semester.

6              Truc said, "I went to Vietnam to visit my family."

                                Truc said that she went to Vietnam to visit her family.

                                B. Truc said that she had gone to Vietnam to visit her family.

                                Truc said that she is going to Vietnam to visit her family.

                                Truc said that she was going to Vietnam to visit her family.

7              Olena said, "I will ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech."

                                A. Olena said that she would ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech.

                                Olena said that she will ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech.

                                Olena said that she was going to ask the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech.

                                Olena said that she had asked the teacher to explain the differences between quoted and reported speech.

8              The teacher said, "You must study hard for the test on reported speech."

                                The teacher said that we must study hard for the test on reported speech.

                                B. The teacher said that we had to study hard for the test on reported speech.

                                The teacher said that we could study hard for the test on reported speech.

                                The teacher said that we are going study hard for the test on reported speech.

9              Chanty said, "My English may improve very quickly."

                                Chanty said that her English was going to improve very quickly.

                                Chanty said that her English had been able to improve very quickly.

                                Chanty said that her English improved very quickly.

                                D. Chanty said that her English might improve very quickly.

10           Sang said, "I have already written a letter to my family in Thailand."

                                A. Sang said that he had already written a letter to his family in Thailand.

                                Sang said that he wrote a letter to his family in Thailand.

                                Sang said that he was writing a letter to his family in Thailand.

                                Sang said that he will write a letter to his family in Thailand.

11.	Rosa asked Jose, "Have you been studying English very long?"
			Rosa asked Jose when do you study English.
			Rosa asked Jose if he had studied English.
			Rosa asked Jose if he had been studying English very long.
			Rosa asked Jose if he was studying English very long.
12.	Samira asked me, "May I borrow your English dictionary?"
			Samira asked me if she may borrow my English dictionary.
			Samira asked me if she could borrow my English dictionary.
			Samira asked me if I could borrow her English dictionary.
			Samira asked me if I had borrowed her English dictionary.
13.	Monica Cheng asked Roeun, "Are you going to visit Cambodia?"
			Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he is going to visit Cambodia.
			Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he had visited Cambodia.
			Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he had gone to Cambodia.
			Monica Cheng asked Roeun if he was going to visit Cambodia.
14.	The teacher said, "Study chapters 1-4 for the final test!"
			The teacher told us to study chapters 1-4 for the final test.
			The teacher asked us if we studied chapters 1-4 for the final test.
			The teacher said us to study chapters 1-4 for the final test.
			The teacher asked to us to study chapters 1-4 for the final test.
15.	The teacher said, "Don't come to school on Monday because it is a holiday!"
			The teacher asked to us to don't come to school on Monday because it is a holiday.
			The teacher asked if we were coming to school on Monday because it is a holiday.
			The teacher told to us don't come to school on Monday because it is a holiday.
			The teacher told us not to come to school on Monday because it is a holiday. JBC