NOUN CLAUSE
Clause adalah gabungan dari beberapa kata yang memiliki subjek dan predikat. Jadi noun clause adalah clause yang kedudukannya sebagai kata benda atau berfungi sebagai nomina.
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)
Contoh Noun Clause :
1. Noun Clause sebagai Subjek Kalimat ( subject of a sentence )
1. Noun Clause sebagai Subjek Kalimat ( subject of a sentence )
- What you said doesn’t convince me at all.
- How he becomes so rich makes people curious.
- What the salesman has said is untrue.
2. Noun Clause sebagai Verba Transitif ( Object of a Transitive verb )
- I know what you mean.
- I don’t understand what he is talking about.
- He said that his son would study in Australia
3. Noun Clause Sebagai Preposisi ( object of a Preposition )
- 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.
4. Noun Clause sebagai Pelengkap ( Completment )
- The good news is that the culprit has been put into the jail.
- This is what I want.
5. Noun Clause sebagai Pemberi Keterangan Tambahan ( Noun in Apposition )
- The idea that people can live without oxygen is unreasonable.
Noun clause diklasifikasikan menjadi 4 macam yaitu :
1. Statement (Pertanyaan)
a. Counjuction yang dipakai adalah “that”
b. Fungsi klausa ini adalah sebagai :
I. Subject kalimat
§ Kangaroo lives in Australia (Statement)
§ That kangaroo lives in Australia is well known to all (Noun clause)
II. Subject kalimat setalah “it”
§ It is well known to all that kangaroo lives in Australia
III. Objek pelengkap
§ My conclusion is that kangaroo in lives Australia
IV. Objek kata kerja
§ All people understand well that kangaroo lives in Australia
V. Apositif
§ My conclusion that kangaroo lives is Australia is correct
2. Question (Pertanyaan)
A. Yes/No Question
· Conjuction yang dipakai adalah “whether (or not/or if)
· Fungsi klausa ini adalah sebagai :
I. Subjek kalimat
§ Can she drive the car? (Question)
§ Whether she can drive car doesn’t concern me (Noun clause)
“or not” : whether or not she can drive the car doesn’t concern me (Noun clause)
“or if” : whether or if she can drive the car doesn’t concern me (Noun clause)
II. Objek pelengkap
§ My conclusion is whether she can drive the car
III. Objek kata kerja
§ I really wonder whether she can drive the car (Or Not)
IV. Objek kata depan
§ We discussed about whether she can drive the car
B. Wh-Question
· Conjuction yang dipakai adalah “kata taya itu sendiri”
· Fungsi klausa ini adalah sebagai :
I. Subjek kalimat
§ What is he doing ?(Question)
doing doesn’t concern me. (Noun clause)
II. Objek lengkap
§ My question is what she is doing
III. Objek kata kerja
§ I really wonder what she is doing
IV. Objek kata depan
§ We discussed about what she is doing
3. Request (permintaan)
· Conjuction yang dipakai adalah “that”
· Fungsi klausa ini adalah sebagai :
I. Objek kata kerja
§ Open the door. (Request)
§ He suggested that I open the door. (Noun clause)
4. Exclamation (seruan)
· Conjuction yang dipakai adalah “kata Tanya yang dipakai pada kalimat itu sendiri”
· Fungsi klausa ini adalah sebagai :
I. Objek kata kerja
§ What a handsome boy he is ?(Exclamation)
§ Inever realized what a handsome boy he is.(Noun clause)
II. Objek kata kata depan
§ We are talking about what a handsome boy he is.
Exercise
1. manakah yang merupakan bentuk kalimat dari noun clause tipe statement ?
a) That Panda lives in China is well known to all
b) She suggested that I read the book
c) Whether she can drive the car doesn’t concern me
d) I never realize what a handsome boy he is
( jawaban : A)
2. Manakah kalimat yang merupakan noun clause sebagai subjek kalimat ?
a) The fact that Rudi always comes late doesn’t surprise me.
b) That is what you need.
c) That the world is round is a fact.
d) What is he doing
(jawaban : C)
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