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Select the noun clauses in the sentences. Whatever you do make sure you're home on time. Janice couldn't decide what she should major in at college.

Respuesta :

1. whatever you do
2. what to major in at college

Answer:

1. Whatever you do make sure you're home on time.

2. Janice couldn't decide what she should major in at college.

Explanation:

A noun clause is a dependent clause, that is to say, a group of words containing a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought. This type of clause acts as a noun in a sentence: it can function as a subject, a direct or indirect object, a predicate nominative, or an object of a preposition; and they tend to begin with the words how, that, what, whatever, when, where, whether, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, or why.

In sentence number 1, Whatever you do is a noun clause because it is dependent (It does not express a complete thought on its own), it begins with whatever, it has a subject: you, it has a verb: do, and it acts as a noun, more specifically as the subject of the sentence.

Likewise, in sentence number 2, what she should major in is a noun clause because it is dependent, it begins with what, it has a subject: she, it has a verb: major in, and it acts as a noun, more specifically as the direct object of the verb decide.