Classroom Assignment: 94 | BBC Compacta Solution For Class 8 PDF Download

(A) In the following sentences, underline the noun clause and state its function.

Ans 1.
Noun Clause: that the result would be out very soon
Function: Object of the verb 'inform'

Ans 2.
Noun Clause: that he died young
Function: Noun Clause in apposition to the pronoun 'It'

Ans 3.
Noun Clause: When they left
Function: Subject to the verb 'is'

Ans 4.
Noun Clause: that he had topped the list
Function: Noun clause in apposition to the noun 'news'

Ans 5.
Noun Clause: what she said
Function: Object of the preposition 'to'

Ans 6.
Noun Clause: why you were absent yesterday
Function: Object to the to-infinitive 'to know'

Ans 7.
Noun Clause: that he had made a mistake
Function: Object to the participle 'realizing'

(B) Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable noun clause.

Ans 1. Where the ship disappeared

Ans 2. that the king is dead

Ans 3. that she is innocent

Ans 4. what the sign said

Ans 5. what I want

Ans 6. when they will get their degrees

Ans 7. that her mother was critically ill

(C) The following pairs of sentences have been combined together to form a complex sentence by using a noun clause. Choose the correct option.

Ans 1. (c) What he says is true.

Ans 2. (b) I have forgotten what you wanted.

Ans 3. (c) She wants to know how she can get more marks.

Ans 4. (a) You should listen to what your father is saying.

Ans 5. (d) The fact that she has died cannot be hidden for long.