This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Noun Clauses – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Noun Clauses Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The issue is ..... you need to submit the assignment tomorrow. A) What. B) That. C) How. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 2. Kate lived in a large house with many animals. Her best friend, Jill, lived in a small house without pets. How were the friends' homes different? A) Kate had a large house, but Jill's was small. B) Kate doesn't have pets, but Jill does. C) Both Kate and Jill have homes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kate had a large house, but Jill's was small. 3. Pardon me. Could you tell me ..... ? A) The train station is?. B) How much the fare is?. C) ?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How much the fare is?. 4. He ignored what everyone else was saying during the debate. A) Was saying during the debate. B) He ignored what everyone else. C) What everyone else was saying during the debate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What everyone else was saying during the debate. 5. Even though he paid his overdue bills, the company canceled his credit card. A) Noun Clause. B) Adverb Clause. C) Adjective Clause. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb Clause. 6. The biggest reward you get for ..... is that you can see the community develop into a much better place. A) Help people in need. B) To help people in need. C) Helping people in need. D) To helping people in need. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping people in need. 7. Noun clauses:Embedded questionsChoose the correct word to begin each embedded question.I'd like to know (if / where / that) this novel takes place. A) If. B) Where. C) That. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 8. What is the noun clause in the sentence:The idea that we should have a picnic is great. A) That we should have a picnic. B) Is great. C) The idea. D) We should have a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That we should have a picnic. 9. Find the Noun Clause: "What Ms. Gruwell said was downright inspiring." A) Ms. Gruwell said was. B) What Ms. Gruwell said. C) Downright inspiring. D) Ms. Gruwell said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What Ms. Gruwell said. 10. Find the Noun Clause: "Whoever did this had better explain themselves." A) Did this. B) Explain themselves. C) Whoever did this. D) Had better explain themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whoever did this. 11. None of the places ..... we visited on our trip had any accommodation for tourists, so we usually wound up staying with local families. A) What. B) -. C) When. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -. 12. ..... they will have a good harvest this year is still unknown. A) What. B) If. C) That. D) Whether. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether. 13. The coach emphasized what the team needed to improve before playoffs began. A) To improve before playoffs began. B) The coach emphasized what the team. C) What the team needed to improve before playoffs began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What the team needed to improve before playoffs began. 14. Find the Noun Clause: "Whoever spilled the milk should please clean it up." A) Whoever spilled. B) Please clean it up. C) Whoever spilled the milk. D) Clean it up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whoever spilled the milk. 15. The fact that the National Weather Bureau predicted severe storms did not prevent the fishing boats from going out into the open seas. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 16. I wonder how long we should wait here. A) Predicate Nominative. B) Object of Preposition. C) Subject. D) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct Object. 17. "There is too much noise in this room. I can't understand what ..... " "Neither can I." A) That the professor is saying. B) The professor is saying. C) Is the professor saying. D) Is saying the professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The professor is saying. 18. What role does the word 'that' play in a noun clause? A) It serves as a conjunction to connect two independent clauses. B) It introduces a noun clause and indicates that the clause provides information about a subject or object. C) It acts as a pronoun replacing a noun in the clause. D) It functions as an adverb modifying the verb in the clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It introduces a noun clause and indicates that the clause provides information about a subject or object. 19. They argued about who should take responsibility for the mistake. A) About who should take responsibility. B) Who should take responsibility for the mistake. C) For the mistake. D) They argued about who should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who should take responsibility for the mistake. 20. Select the sentence that does not contain a noun clause with 'whether' or 'if' A) I am unsure if I should take the job. B) I am unsure whether I should take the job. C) I am unsure about whether I should take the job. D) I am unsure that I should take the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am unsure that I should take the job. 21. Choose the correct word to begin the noun clause:The high value of the dollar at the present explains ..... manufacturers and exporters are suffering. A) Why. B) Where. C) How long. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why. 22. I've been trying to understand ..... it is Nick who insisted that the teachers should come up with a new proposal to the next meeting in order to improve their teaching ability. A) How. B) If. C) What. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If. 23. You should be aware ..... your eating is related with your stress level. A) For what. B) Of what. C) For how. D) Of how. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of how. 24. Unscramble the words and write statements and questions with noun clauses.Did / know / self-help books / Newsom / more than fi fty / you / wrote A) Did you know that Newsom wrote more than fi fty self-help books?. B) Did you knew that Newsom wrote more than fi fty self-help books?. C) Did you know that Newsom write more than fi fty self-help books?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you know that Newsom wrote more than fi fty self-help books?. 25. Identify what type of noun clause is being used in the sentence:Sailboats travel to wherever the winds takes them. A) Predicate nominative. B) Object of a preposition. C) Direct object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Object of a preposition. 26. What he learned from the analysis led him to develop his theory.Is this a Noun Clause as Subject? A) Do not know. B) Not sure. C) Yes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 27. It seems ..... he won't be able to catch the bus. A) Whether. B) What. C) Why. D) That. E) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That. 28. Identify the noun clause that is functioning as the subject of the sentence:Whichever you buy comes with a 6 month guarantee. A) Comes with a 6 month guarantee. B) Whichever you buy. C) You buy. D) Whichever you buy comes with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whichever you buy. 29. The results of the survey ..... that George Bush junior would win the election. A) Indicated. B) Requested. C) Considered. D) Warned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicated. 30. We will discuss whether the rule should be changed tomorrow. A) We will discuss whether. B) Should be changed tomorrow. C) Discuss whether the rule. D) Whether the rule should be changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether the rule should be changed. 31. (How much does it cost?) I can't remember ..... A) How much does it cost. B) How much it costs. C) How much it is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How much it costs. 32. Where is the ice cream that was in the freezer? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 33. Cinderella is kind, sweet, and charming, while her step sisters are mean and cruel. How are Cinderella and her step sisters different? A) They both want to marry the prince. B) The step sisters are kind, but Cinderella is not. C) Cinderella is kind, but her step sisters are not. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cinderella is kind, but her step sisters are not. 34. You are just somebody that I used to know. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 35. For many years people have wondered ..... exists elsewhere in the universe. A) Life as it. B) That life. C) Life which. D) Whether life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether life. 36. Identify the sentence with an adverb clause. A) The book is on the table. B) He left because he was tired. C) The cat that is sleeping is cute. D) She is the girl who won the prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He left because he was tired. 37. We wonder if he actually saw angels in trees. A) Noun clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Adverb clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun clause. 38. Other times, noun clauses can act as the object of a ..... in the independent clause. I like to keep a schedule of when I have upcoming appointments. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 39. I'm really hungry, but I can't decide ..... A) What should I eat. B) What to eat. C) How should I eat. D) How I eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What to eat. 40. I'M AWAY AT COLLEGE. THE BAD PART IS THAT I ..... MY FAMILY. A) BEING. B) HAVE. C) MISS. D) WANTS. E) HAVING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MISS. 41. Where do you live?KNOW A) I need to know where you live. B) I need to know where do you live. C) I need know where do you live. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I need to know where you live. 42. Give an example of a noun clause. A) I don't know what she wants. B) I don't know what she needs. C) I don't understand why he left. D) I can't remember where I put my keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I don't know what she wants. 43. There are many factors that may make a difference in ..... you learn and remember something. A) Whose. B) Which. C) How. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 44. What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence? "They were surprised by how well he played." A) Predicate noun. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object of preposition. 45. The thing that bugs me the most is when nobody says Happy birthday to me.What is the noun clause? A) That bugs me the most. B) When nobody says Happy Birthday to me. C) The thing that. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When nobody says Happy Birthday to me. 46. Complete the sentence ..... that nobody stopped to help Sam on the road. A) It was surprising. B) It were surprising. C) I was surprised. D) I was surprising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was surprising. 47. Choose the correct clause type:The reason [why she left] is unknown. A) Adverb Clause. B) Adjective Clause. C) Noun Clause. D) Not a subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective Clause. 48. Identify the Noun Clause:The boy with the red shirt is who I want on my team A) The boy with the red shirt. B) My team. C) Who I want on my team. D) Red shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who I want on my team. 49. I don't know what ..... A) Levitate means. B) Does levitate mean. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Levitate means. 50. Identify the noun clause in the sentence:'I wonder whether he will come.' A) Wonder whether. B) He will come. C) I wonder. D) Whether he will come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether he will come. 51. Which of the following does a Noun Clause not act as in a sentence? A) Subject of the Sentence. B) Predicate of the Sentence. C) Adverb of the Sentence. D) Object of the Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb of the Sentence. 52. My mom always packs extra snacks to eat whenever we are hungry. A) Subject. B) Direct Object. C) Object Of Preposition. D) Predicate Nominative. E) Indirect Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Indirect Object. 53. She explained why she couldn't come to the party.Identify the noun clause. A) Come to the party. B) She couldn't come. C) She explained. D) Why she couldn't come to the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why she couldn't come to the party. 54. The indirect object is the person or thing that gets/receives the direct object. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. ..... the play was performed efficiently or not will be questioned. A) When. B) Whether. C) Why. D) That. E) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 56. What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence? "I don't know where he lives." A) Direct object. B) Object of preposition. C) Predicate noun. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct object. 57. The boy with the red shirt is who I want on my team. A) Subject. B) Indirect Object. C) Predicate Nominative. D) Direct Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predicate Nominative. 58. ..... (eat) fast food is unhealthy. A) Ate. B) Eating. C) To eat. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating. 59. Don't you know ..... ? A) Where will Mrs. Black be tonight. B) How old Mrs. Black is. C) When did Mrs. Black return last night. D) What does Mrs. Black like best. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How old Mrs. Black is. 60. Find the Noun Clause: "I will give the cell phone to whomever comes and claims it." A) Whomever comes and claims it. B) The cell phone. C) I will give. D) Give the cellphone to whomever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whomever comes and claims it. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books