This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Noun Clauses – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Noun Clauses Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these words does NOT usually introduce a noun clause? A) That B) Whoever C) Because D) Whet A) C. B) Unless. C) Although. D) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 2. I need you to ..... us the truth A) Say. B) Tell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell. 3. It wasn't until he refused to help his mother organise his aunt's funeral that I realised ..... selfish Mike is. A) What. B) If. C) Why. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How. 4. Noun clausesComplete each conversation with a negative short answer.A:Have you ever heard of The Old Man and the Sea, by Hemingway?B:(believe) I ..... Is it any good? A) Don't believe so. B) Believe not. C) Don't believe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't believe so. 5. Identify the noun clause in the following sentence:It is unclear who left the door open. A) Left the door open. B) It is unclear. C) Who left the door open. D) Who left the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who left the door open. 6. I wondered what he was doing there. A) Subjective complement. B) Subject. C) Indirect object. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct object. 7. In the sentence "I am curious about what he thinks, " what is the function of the noun clause? A) Object of the Preposition. B) Direct Object. C) Subject. D) Predicate Nominative. E) Appositive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object of the Preposition. 8. I don't know where does she go after work. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 9. My dad gave me some advice. He said ..... eat too much. A) That I shouldn't. B) When I shouldn't. C) If I shouldn't. D) Shouldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I shouldn't. 10. Identify the noun clause in the following sentence:What he said was surprising to everyone. A) He said was surprising. B) Was surprising. C) Surprising to everyone. D) What he said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What he said. 11. What does Atsumori wear when he dies? A) Reaper. B) Kiln. C) Bamboo-flute. D) Flint stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bamboo-flute. 12. Dictionaries are useful, whether they are English or French. A) Direct Object. B) Object of Preposition. C) Subject. D) Predicate Nominative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Object. 13. I don't know what she wants for her birthday. A) I don't know. B) What she wants for her birthday. C) She wants for her. D) For her birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What she wants for her birthday. 14. This is when the object of preposition takes place. A) Object Of Preposition. B) Direct Object. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Indirect Object. E) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate Nominative. 15. The challenge is ..... they can complete the project without assistance. A) Who. B) Which. C) Whether. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether. 16. Identify what type of noun clause is being used in the sentence:Whoever is singing needs to stop. A) Object of a preposition. B) Predicate nominative. C) Subject. D) Direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject. 17. Just between you and I, this party is terrible. A) NO CHANGE. B) You and me. C) We. D) The three of us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You and me. 18. Create a noun clause that functions as a subject. A) Whatever happens. B) Whoever arrives first. C) Whichever book you choose. D) Wherever you go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whoever arrives first. 19. Complete the noun clause with the best word: ..... some parents-in laws can be officious is no big secret. A) Because. B) For. C) Why. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 20. The following are the fundamental of the Analects of Confucius except to; A) Sincerity. B) Benevolence. C) Humility. D) Propriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humility. 21. That she refused to apologize shocked the entire class. A) Refused to apologize shocked. B) Shocked the entire class. C) That she refused to apologize. D) The entire class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she refused to apologize. 22. True or False? A noun clause sometimes has a subject and a verb. A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. For me, ..... is not important. A) What does a person wear. B) What will a person wear. C) What a person wearing. D) What a person wears. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What a person wears. 24. Choose the best word to complete the sentence: " ..... she lives is considered a very upscale neighborhood." A) Where. B) How. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where. 25. ..... so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate to places that they have never even seen. A) The migration of the monarch butterflies is. B) The migration of the monarch butterflies, which is. C) That makes the monarch butterflies' migration. D) What makes the monarch butterflies' migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What makes the monarch butterflies' migration. 26. Identify the noun clause that is functioning as the subject of the sentence:Whoever shows up first gets the best seat at the movie. A) Whoever shows up first gets. B) Whoever shows up first. C) Will get the best seat. D) At the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whoever shows up first. 27. Identify the clause:'[Although he was frightened], Bilbo overcame his fears.' A) Adverb clause. B) Noun clause. C) Prepositional clause. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb clause. 28. Identify the noun clause in the following sentence:I know what you did last summer. A) I know. B) What you did last summer. C) Last summer. D) You did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What you did last summer. 29. It is very obvious ..... A) He should be telling the truth. B) He is supposed to have been studying the project. C) He is not guilty at all. D) To have been informed about the meeting dates. E) That Michael Jordan is the most expensive basketball player in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) That Michael Jordan is the most expensive basketball player in the world. 30. The evidence that hyenas are more closely related to mongooses than they are to either dogs or cats is both surprising and indisputable. A) NO CHANGE. B) Dogs or cats are. C) Dogs and cats are. D) Dogs and cats is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 31. Noun clauses:Embedded questionsChoose the correct word to begin each embedded question.Do you know (when / where / if) Johnson's memoir is a fast read? A) When. B) Where. C) If. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. 32. Shifting gears to Noun Phrases! Which of the following do Noun Phrases NOT include? A) Nouns. B) Modifying Words. C) Adverbs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbs. 33. The boss didn't know ..... happened in the meeting. A) What. B) How. C) That. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What. 34. Complete the sentence with the correct noun clause:'The reality is ..... ' A) that does everybody need somebody B) that everybody needs somebody sometimes C) needing somebody sometimes D) everybody needs somebody A) That does everyone need someone. B) That someone needs everybody sometimes. C) That everybody needs someone. D) That everybody needs somebody sometimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That everybody needs somebody sometimes. 35. ..... employees don't love performance reviews is no secret A) The fact that. B) Why do companies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fact that. 36. The trouble is ..... we can get more oil. A) What. B) Whom. C) Where. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 37. Is the sentence correct or wrong?Have you heard that Mr. Baga said when is he going to date? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. What is the adverb in the sentence:My dog eats quickly. A) Quickly. B) Eats. C) My. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 39. Identify the clause type:The movie that we watched last night was thrilling. A) Adjective Clause. B) Adverb Clause. C) Noun Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective Clause. 40. Will it be ready tomorrow?Let me know if ..... A) Tomorrow will it be ready . B) Will it be ready tomorrow. C) Will be ready. D) It will be ready tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It will be ready tomorrow. 41. (Where did she go?) ..... is none of your business. A) Where did she go. B) Where she went. C) Where she go. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where she went. 42. ..... in 1980, this photo shows the Prime Minister at university. A) Taken. B) Which it was taken. C) To be taken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taken. 43. I don't know ..... , Jane has been crying since last night. A) What happened. B) That was happen. C) Why. D) Why happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What happened. 44. The crops ..... were planted by the settlers provided a good enough harvest for them to be able to survive their first winter. A) That. B) Who. C) -. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 45. What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence? "I don't know whether I should stay or leave." A) Object of preposition. B) Direct object. C) Predicate noun. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 46. In the story of A Shower, the shower symbolizes? A) Short, tragic, budding love of a young partner. B) Coldness. C) Purity. D) Innocent love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short, tragic, budding love of a young partner. 47. What does it mean to compare/contrast? A) To tell what is alike and what is the same. B) To tell what is different. C) To tell us what is the same. D) To tell what is alike and what is different. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To tell what is alike and what is different. 48. A subordinate clause can work independent of the rest of the sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Noun phrase used as a subject:The race car driver swerved around the corner. A) The race car driver. B) Driver. C) Around the corner. D) Swerved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The race car driver. 50. We could hardly understand ..... A) What the man is talking. B) What was the man talking about. C) The man is talking about what. D) What the man is taking about. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What the man is taking about. 51. What does Susan do after school? A) Tell me what Susan does after school. B) What Susan does after school?. C) Tell me what Susan do after school?. D) Tell me what Susan do after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell me what Susan does after school. 52. What is the noun clause in the sentence:'What my brother enjoys most is playing soccer.'? A) What my brother enjoys most. B) Playing soccer. C) What my brother enjoys. D) My brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What my brother enjoys most. 53. What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence? "The problem is that he never listens to me." A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Predicate noun. D) Object of preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate noun. 54. In the sentence 'The cake, which was delicious, was eaten quickly, ' what type of clause is 'which was delicious'? A) Adjective Clause. B) Noun Clause. C) Adverb Clause. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective Clause. 55. THE BIG ADVANTAGE OF ..... GRANDMA AT HOME IS THAT SHE CAN BABYSIT MORE OFTEN. A) MISS. B) BEING. C) HAVE. D) HAVING. E) WANTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HAVING. 56. (What happened)? I don't know ..... A) What is exactly happened. B) What happened. C) What is happening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What happened. 57. I really wonder ..... he didn't say anything before he left our house. A) Which. B) Why. C) What. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why. 58. Complete the sentence:'Do they like their new house?'CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION A) I'm not sure where they like their new house. B) I'm not sure why they like their new house. C) I'm not sure if they like their new house. D) I'm not sure when they like their new house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm not sure if they like their new house. 59. What is the function of the clause in the sentence:'I know that she is coming'? A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) Independent clause. D) Noun clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun clause. 60. "Does anybody know ..... on the ground?" A) How long this plane will be. B) How long will be this plane. C) That how long this plane will be. D) How long will this plane be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How long this plane will be. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesNoun Clauses Quiz 1Noun Clauses Quiz 2Noun Clauses Quiz 3Noun Clauses Quiz 4Noun Clauses Quiz 5Noun Clauses Quiz 6Noun Clauses Quiz 7Noun Clauses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books