OK we talk about now I'm close and this is the idea that sometimes a cause can act as a noun and be
the subject of a sentence.
So here is my example and what I want for dinner is pizza sounds ok right.
It may be a little awkward but it's grammatically fine.
What are the clauses here like.
I want to match subject and verb right.
So I have I want I want.
Is a is a clause.
Subject verb want.
This is a clause.
Then I have another verb here is the key principle here is that when you have a question words such
as what and you follow that with a clause.
What I want for dinner.
This whole clause that clause can function as a noun.
So this whole thing what I want for dinner is just a noun and because it's a noun a sentence like that's
a subject.
So what I want for dinner is the subject of the sentence and the verb is describes the subject or is
the verb for the subject.
What I want for dinner so what I want for dinner is the subject is is the verb what I want for dinner
is pizza.
And I said what I want is pizza.
I didn't have to throw the food in there in there to make it complicated.
But what I want is pizza.
OK.
So you know any kind of question word can begin a noun clause.
Whoever did this is in trouble why she put up with him is beyond me.
I know.
What do I know.
Look it's not it's not at the beginning any more to the back.
I know you.
I know him.
I know her.
I know John.
I know what you want what you want.
Is now and that's the object of the verb.
No I like I like Coca-Cola.
I like burgers.
I like how he tries so hard.
OK so it's not just a question what is the one thing that you can add into in addition to question what
is the word that that can also signal a noun clause.
OK so that you are smart is not being questioned.
There's a subject that you are being smart whereas the verb is I know.
What do you know.
I know that you are tired.
I know that you're tired.
So question words and that can signify a noun clause.
Not that a noun clause is always singular.
So whoever this is is use a singular verb for a noun.
OK.
Final point here.
I promise it's a final point.
You can often drop that.
So interesting.
I know that you are tired you can just say I know you are tired.
OK.
We say it all the time but it's grammatical.
So you may ask is that a lot.
If I see them say it is that ok and the answer is yes it's fine.
OK so any time you want to just inserted that in a sentence not a problem.
Ok so since we learned that rule or that rule about noun clauses we can now apply it to this question.
So again pause if you need to read the sentence try to analyze it.
And then pick the correct answer.
OK so whether the green team can avoid losing these two important games depends on each member's ability
to stay alert.
So as we look at all these different options you'll see first of all that you know is it whether a green
team can avoid losing or whether the team can avoid to lose these two important games.
So off the bat this is what we call you know a provisional idiom and basically you know which one is
the correct.
Can you avoid.
Do you avoid doing something or do you avoid to do something.
And Dina you are incorrect.
We never say you avoid to do something you said avoid doing something.
So I'm going to be left with a B and C and Pevensey purposes.
Williams I'll cover a lesson as well so don't worry about that.
I'm just really want to I just want to focus on the noun clause here.
OK.
So I'm cheating between ABC so they look pretty similar to Except I can see that C's no good because
I don't have a verb for the subject.
What did the green team can avoid losing these two important games.
If I look at see I had the subject team and I had the verb can avoid but that was part of this noun
clause that began with a question word whether whether the green team can avoid avoid what avoid losing
these important games.
That whole clause was a noun clause.
It began with weather.
And that's the subject.
So you need a verb for that subject but see I never have.
I just have depending on each member's ability to stay alert.
So there's a problem there.
No verb seizing correct.
I'm left with a and b are identical except that a has dependes and B has depend you know this is a subject
verb agreement issue.
And again we'll cover that in a little lecture.
But remember the noun clause Oise act as a singular subject.
Hence we have to have a singular verb.
And in this case it depends.
And you'll learn more about that in the lesson on subject verb agreement.
OK.
You know we discussed a lot of concepts in this lesson.
Please always come back to this lesson when you get a question wrong due to it being a fragment a comeback.
Review it.
See why it's a fragment.
But it's this is the kind of thing that you know just by doing problem sets in and always trying to
look for or identify the causes as you read the choices you really Mahsa this and quickly be a.
And then if I why heart problems I have issues.