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LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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1.5 The complex sentence: noun clauses1.5C Noun clauses derived from questions [> LEG I .24]Study:ШYes/No questions1 Has he signed the contract? is a direct Yes/No question. [> 13.1]2 We can introduce a Yes/No question as a noun clause after if or whether. We use 'reportingverbs' like ask, tell me, want to know[> 15.4A]:Tell me if he has signed the contract. ( Tell me what?} : if he has signed the contract.Ask him whether he has signed it. (Ask him what?): whether he has signed it.Question-word questions1 When did you sign the contract? is a question-word question. [> 13.5-8]2 We can introduce this as a noun clause after Tell me, I want to know, etc. The word orderchanges back to subject + verb and we don't use a question mark [> 15.4B]:Tell me when you signed the contract. (Not *Tell me when did you sign*)Write:Complete these sentences with noun clauses.1 Has he passed his exam? I want to know . . . ' f ? ^ ? . . .2 Can you type? You didn't say3 Will he arrive tomorrow? I wonder4 Does he like ice-cream? Ask him5 Was he at home yesterday? I'd like to know6 Should I phone her? I wonder7 Is she ready? Ask her8 When did you meet her? I want to know9 How will you manage? Tell me10 Why has he left? I wonder11 Where do you live? Tell me12 Which one cfoëâ she want? Ask her13 Who's at the door? I wonder14 What does he want? I'd like to know1.5D ContextWrite:Underline nine noun clauses in this text.YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN STRENGTH!I suppose you know you can turn into superwoman orsuperman in an emergency. Mrs Pam Weldon reportedthat her baby nearly slipped under the wheels of a car.Mrs Weldon weighs only 50 kilos, but she said she liftedthe car to save her baby. Dr Murray Watson, a zoologist,wrote that he jumped nearly three metres into the air tograb the lowest branch of a tree when hyenas chasedhim in Kenya. Perhaps you wonder if you can performsuch feats. The chances are that you can. Doctors saythat we can find great reserves ot strength when we ereafraid. It's well-known that adrenalin can turn us intosuperwomen or supermen!She lifted the carl11

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