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Nominal Clauses - Exercise 2

Directions: Locate the nominal clause in each sentence. Type your answer into the box below the sentence. Then identify the nominal clause's function in the sentence as subject, direct object, subjective complement, object of preposition, or appositive.

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1. He told us what we should do with the extra copies.

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2. Miriam had no belongings except what she carried in her suitcase.

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3. A good night's sleep is exactly what you need.

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4. Michael wrote that he would come to lunch the following day.

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5. What we have here is a failure to communicate.

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6. This idea, that knowledge makes people good, was a popular belief during the nineteenth century.

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7. People seem amused by whatever you say.

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8. My own opinion is that every able citizen should vote.

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9. She hated the fact that he left his clothes strewn across the floor.

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10. No one has been told about how the matter will be resolved.

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