I DON’T KNOW . . . ABOUT. (NOUN CLAUSE) I DON’T KNOW . . . ABOU...

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EXERCISE 2, p. 405. Noun clauses that begin with a question word. (Chart 14 - 2)This exercise attempts to give students an idea of how noun clauses are typically used inconversation. Speaker B could, of course, simply stop after saying “I don’t know,” but oftena speaker will repeat what has been asked, often repeating nouns and proper names insteadof substituting pronouns.ANSWERS: 2. where Natasha went 3. why Maria is laughing 4. why fire is