English practice exercise: noun clause or relative clause? P5-06W

Other English Grammar Lessons

Writing Training
Grammar
Elementary/Pre-Intermediate
Grammar
Intermediate
Grammar
Upper-Intermediate
Grammar
Advanced/
Proficiency

To find what you need: type the subject you are looking for into the ’search’ box u then click

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)

 

  1. Who rules the country makes little difference to the ordinary citizen.
  2. I don’t know who I can trust.
  3. He is a person who never trusts anyone.
  4. They say that what goes around, comes around.
  5. The Windmill calls itself the theatre that never closed.
  6. What to have for breakfast is usually my first thought in the morning.
  7. ‘The Wanderer’ is a book which you must read.
  8. We had lunch, after which we went shopping.
  9. She told herself that everything would be all right.
  10. Which of my trainers to put on in the morning only takes me a moment to decide.
  11. Lorry drivers sometimes fall asleep at the wheel, which is always dangerous and often fatal.
  12. I’m looking for someone who speaks Russian.
  13. As a child I was always fishing where nobody could find me. .
  14. He asked me who I already knew at the party.
  15. I don’t understand what you’re talking about.
  16. I found that book in a second-hand bookshop near the river.
  17. Have you ever heard that elephants get drunk?
  18. In Indonesia, there is a small rhinoceros that is almost extinct.
  19. I remember Lewes as a town where I was always happy.
  20. I’m trying to find out where the public library is.

 

  • Shopping Cart





  • Recent Posts

  • Recent Comments

  • Meta