7th Grade Language Usage
Noun Clauses
Name _______________________________
Question #1:
Write the word that begins the noun clause in this
sentence.
That Mexico City can be viewed from the Latin
American Tower is common knowledge.
Question #2:
Write the word that begins the noun clause in this
sentence.
The most impressive sight in Mexico City is what
Mexicans call Zocalo.
Question #3:
Write the word that begins the noun clause in this
sentence.
Zocalo is what is known around the world as
Constitution Plaza.
Question #4: What is the function of the noun clause in
this sentence?
Do you know which government building is in
Constitution Plaza?
A. object of the preposition
B. direct object
C. predicate nominative
D. subject
Question #5:
What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence?
The National Palace is where the president of Mexico
has his office.
A. subject
B. predicate nominative
C. object of the preposition
D. direct object
Question #6:
What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence?
Many farmers do whatever they can to raise crops.
A. predicate nominative
B. direct object
C. object of the preposition
D. subject
Question #7:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
which
A. relative pronoun
B. subordinating conjunction
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #8:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
because
A. relative pronoun
B. subordinating conjunction
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #9:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
as
A. subordinating conjunction
B. relative pronoun
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #10:
Related to clauses, what function does this word phrase
serve?
even though
A. begins only noun clauses
B. subordinating conjunction
C. relative pronoun
Question #11:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
The decrease in value of Mexican money meant
THAT THEIR MONEY DID NOT BUY AS MANY
GOODS AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY.
A. noun clause
B. adjective clause
C. adverb clause
Question #12:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
what
A. relative pronoun
B. subordinating conjunction
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #13:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
whichever
A. subordinating conjunction
B. relative pronoun
C. begins only noun clauses
7th Grade Language Usage
Noun Clauses
Name _______________________________
Question #14:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
WHAT IS IT you would like to see in Mexico?
A. noun clause
B. independent clause
Question #15:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
Farmers know THAT THEY MUST MAKE A LIVING
WITH AN OX AND A PLOW.
A. independent clause
B. noun clause
Question #16:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
Plantations called Ejidos are WHERE WORKERS
SHARE THE PROFITS.
A. independent clause
B. noun clause
Question #17:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
You would think THAT MEXICO WOULD BE A
WEALTHY NATION BECAUSE OF THE DISCOVERY
OF OIL IN THE 1970s.
A. adjective clause
B. noun clause
C. adverb clause
Question #18:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
BECAUSE THEY HAD A GREAT DEPOSIT OF OIL,
Mexico borrowed vast sums of money to be repaid
with profits from the oil.
A. noun clause
B. adjective clause
C. adverb clause
Question #19:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
In 1981, the price of oil began to fall so that profits
WHICH WERE USED TO REPAY THEIR DEBTS were
not enough to do so.
A. noun clause
B. adverb clause
C. adjective clause
Question #20:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPAY THEIR DEBTS,
Mexico's money decreased in value.
A. adjective clause
B. adverb clause
C. noun clause
Question #21:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
WHEN THE VALUE OF MONEY DECREASED, the
price of goods increased.
A. noun clause
B. adverb clause
C. adjective clause
Question #22:
Identify the capitalized group of words.
UNLESS MEXICO CAN OVERCOME ITS DEBT AND
INFLATION, it will remain in serious economic
trouble.
A. adjective clause
B. noun clause
C. adverb clause
Question #23:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
whatever
A. relative pronoun
B. subordinating conjunction
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #24:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
whenever
A. relative pronoun
B. subordinating conjunction
C. begins only noun clauses
Question #25:
Related to clauses, what function does this word serve?
who
A. subordinating conjunction
B. relative pronoun
C. begins only noun clauses
7th Grade Language Usage
Noun Clauses
Answer Key
1. that
2. what
3. what
4. B -direct object
5. B -predicate nominative
6. B -direct object
7. A -relative pronoun
8. B -subordinating conjunction
9. A -subordinating conjunction
10. B -subordinating conjunction
11. A -noun clause
12. C -begins only noun clauses
13. C -begins only noun clauses
14. B -independent clause
15. B -noun clause
16. B -noun clause
17. B -noun clause
18. C -adverb clause
19. C -adjective clause
20. B -adverb clause
21. B -adverb clause
22. C -adverb clause
23. C -begins only noun clauses
24. B -subordinating conjunction
25. B - relative pronoun