Do You Make This Mistake In English With Nouns?

sentence.

Examples

1. What Tim did shocked his friends.
A noun clause can be a subject of a verb. The noun clause is “What Tim did”.

2. Tim’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t run.
A noun clause can be an object of a verb. The noun clause is “that he couldn’t run”.

3. John is not responsible for what Tim did.
A noun clause can be an object of a preposition. The noun clause is “what Tim did”.

4. Tim’s mistake was that he refused to take instruction.
A noun clause can be a subject complement. The noun clause is “that he refused to take instruction”.

5. Everybody is sad that Tim died.
A noun clause (but not a noun) can be an adjective complement. The noun clause is “that Tim died”.

Noun Phrase

A Noun Phrase, frequently a noun accompanied by modifiers, is a group of related words acting as a noun.

Examples

1. Two of my friends have arrived.
The noun phrase is “Two of my friends”.

2. The first to arrive was John.
The noun phrase is “The first to arrive”.

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are word combinations that function as a noun. There are three types of