Question

Select the sentence that uses a noun clause to combine the ideas below. Also identify the function of the noun clause.

1.) We know most about a few thing. The things which interest us are the things we know best.


a. We know most about what interest us.

b. interesting things are the things that we know most about.

c. We know most about a few interesting things.

d. We know most about things when they interest us.

e. subject

f. direct object

g. predicate noun

h. object of a preposition

i. appositive

Answer 1

We know most about a few interesting things. This sentence has a noun clause.

Explanation:

The noun clause is 'a few interesting things'. A 'noun clause' is said to have a set of words that perform the same as function of a noun. There are many functions of a noun clause. Here the 'function' of this noun clause is as a 'direct object'.

A 'direct object' noun clause receives the action from a transitive verb. The verb 'know' is passes on the object 'interesting things'.