English practice exercise: noun clause or relative clause? P5-06W
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In the following sentences, underline the noun clause or relative clause and label it (N) or (R). Beware - there are two rogue sentences which are neither. Identify them and say what they are.
Examples
I want to know which members of the council voted against the new car park. (N)
They’re going to reprint the novel which I wrote as a teenager. (R)
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Who rules the country makes little difference to the ordinary citizen.
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I don’t know who I can trust.
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He is a person who never trusts anyone.
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They say that what goes around, comes around.
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The Windmill calls itself the theatre that never closed.
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What to have for breakfast is usually my first thought in the morning.
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‘The Wanderer’ is a book which you must read.
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We had lunch, after which we went shopping.
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She told herself that everything would be all right.
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Which of my trainers to put on in the morning only takes me a moment to decide.
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Lorry drivers sometimes fall asleep at the wheel, which is always dangerous and often fatal.
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I’m looking for someone who speaks Russian.
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As a child I was always fishing where nobody could find me. .
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He asked me who I already knew at the party.
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I don’t understand what you’re talking about.
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I found that book in a second-hand bookshop near the river.
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Have you ever heard that elephants get drunk?
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In Indonesia, there is a small rhinoceros that is almost extinct.
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I remember Lewes as a town where I was always happy.
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I’m trying to find out where the public library is.