NOUN CLAUSE

A. Noun Clause

Noun clause merupakan anak kalimat yang menduduki posisi noun (kata benda). Dan Noun

Clause berasal dari salah satu susunan berikut: Statement, Question (yes/no question dan

Information question), request dan exclamation.

Word used to introduce noun clause.

1.Question words:what, when, where, why, how,whatever,whenever.

2.Whether,if

3.That.

1. Statement

Conjunction yang digunakan adalah “That”. Dan proses pembentukannya adalah sebagai

berikut:

a.Buat statement (pernyataan)

Ex. Rice is the best drop in Indonesia

b. Tambahkan conjunction “That” di awal kalimat

Contoh di atas menjadi, that rice is the best drop in Indonesia

c.Tambahkan main clause (induk kalimat)

Lalu contoh di atas menjadi, that rice is the best drop in Indonesia makes me wonder

Posisi-posisi noun clause yang terbuat dari statement, yaitu:

a. As subject

Noun clause + verb + complement

Ex. that rice is the best drop in Indonesia makes me wonder

b. As object

S + verb + Noun clause

Ex. The fact is that rice is the best drop in Indonesia

c. As subject after anticipatory “IT”

It + verb + complement + Noun clause

Ex. It’s well known that rice is the best drop in Indonesia

d. As object of certain verb

S + verb + Noun clause

Ex. I wonder that rice is the best drop in Indonesia

Certain verb antara lain: admit, advice, allege, ask, announce, argue, assert, assure, beg,

believe, boast, claim, complain, command, confess, consider, convince, decide, declare,

demand, deny, discover, expert, explain, find, forget, foretell, guarantee, hint, happen,

imagine, insist, know, learn, notice, observe, pretend, promise, propose, prove, realize,

recognize, remember, remind, request, say, see, seem, show, stipulate, suggest, suppose,

teach, tell, think, understand, vow, warn, wonder, etc.

e. As object of preposition

S + verb + preposition + Noun clause

Ex. They are uncertain of that rice is the best drop in Indonesia

Important note

Kata that dapat dihilangkan kecuali pada posisi subject dan subjective complement

2)Question

1. Yes or No Question

Conjunction yang digunakan adalah If, If …… (or not), whether ….. (or not). Dan proses

pembuatannya sebagai berikut:

a. Buat kalimat yes or no question

Ex. Will she get the money?

b. Tambahkan conjunction whether atau If sesudah pertanyaan tersebut dijadikan

pernyataan

Ex. Whether she will get the money

c. Tambahkan main clause

Ex. Whether she will get the money is my question

Posisi-posisi noun clause yang terbuat dari yes or no question, yaitu:

a. As subject

Ex. Whether she will get the money is my question

b. As object

Ex. I asked Whether she will get the money

c. As subject after anticipatory “IT”

It is strange Whether she will get the money

d. As object of certain verb

Ex. I think of Whether she will get the money

e. As object of preposition

Ex. I think of Whether she will get the money

2. Information Question

Conjunction yang digunakan adalah: who,what,, where, when, why, how, whoever,

whenever, wherever.

Pembuatan noun clause yang terbuat dari information question

a. Buat kalimat information question

Ex. Why does she get the money?

b. Jadikan pernyataan

Ex. Why she gets the money

c. Tambahkan main clause

Ex. Why she gets the money makes me suppose.

Posisi-posisi noun clause yang terbuat dari information question, yaitu:

a. As subject

Ex. Why she gets the money makes me suppose.

b. As object

Ex. I asked you why she gets the money

c. As subject after anticipatory “IT”

It is odd why she gets the money

d. As object of certain verb

Ex. I forget why she gets the money

e. As object of preposition

Ex. I think of why she gets the money

2. Request

Conjunction yang digunakan adalah “That”. Noun clause yang berasal dari request

menggunakan verb murni (bare infinitive). Noun clause tersebut menekankan pada hal yang

penting, nasehat, ataupun keinginan. Dan bare infinitive tersebut dipengaruhi oleh adanya

certain word yang menunjukkan request, seperti: advice, suggest, ask, beg,command. etc.

Ex. My parents suggested that I get lecture at UIN (State Islamic University)

The lecturer insisted that every student university be in class on time

3. Exlamation

Conjunction yang digunakan adalah what dan how (betapa, sungguh)

Ex. Exclamation: What a pity girl she is!

Sentence : I do not realize it

Menjadi : I do not realize what a pity girl she is.

4. Peringkasan pada noun clause

1.Omitting adalah peringkasan dengan cara menghilangkan conjunction of noun clause.

Example:

I think that he will succed in his life.

I think he will succed in his life.

He supposed that I was still there.

He supposed I was still there.

2.Abridgment adalah peringkasan dengan cara tanpa menghilangkan conjuction of noun

clause,dan menghasilkan to infinitive dan auxiliary verb:

To infinitive digunakan untuk meringkas (mengabridment) noun clause ketika:

Conjuction berasal dari question word.

Subject pada subclause sama dengan subject pada main clause.

Di dalam subclause harus terdapat modal auxiliary. Pada umumnya

modal auxiliary yang di gunakan adalah can (ability), must (obligation),

dan should (advisability).

Example:

I don’t know what I should do.

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know whether I must go or not

I don’t know whether to or not.

Auxiliary verb digunakan untuk menggantikan stuktur verb / verb phrase yang

sama dengan verb / verb phrase sebelumnya, seperti:

Most people feel that she won’t succeed in that job, but I know that she will

succeed in that job.

Most people feel that she won’t succeed in that job, but I know that

she will.

Jadi modal auxiliary “will” pada contoh tersebut digunakan untuk

mengganti atau mewakili struktur verb phrase sebelumnya, yakni ‘succeed

in that job’