tailieunhanh - English grammar drills part 16

Common nouns are divided into two groups: count and noncount. Count means that we can make the noun plural and use number words with the noun. Using the noun dog, for example, we can make the noun plural. | Noun Clauses 97 3. The experiment that we had proposed was finally approved. 4. I almost forgot that we were going to the Smiths tonight. 5. They will never forget the trip that they took to New Zealand. 6. We finally picked a design that we could all agree on. 7. Everybody felt that the discussion had gone as well as it could. 8. I am very worried about the meeting that we will have this afternoon. 9. We quickly discovered that we could not get a cab in a rainstorm. 10. The cab that we had ordered never showed up. When a th a t clause is used as the object of a verb we often delete the word that from the beginning of the noun clause. Here are some examples with the deleted that represented by 0 in the underlined that clauses. We knew 0 it was getting pretty late. Do you understand 0 we may not be able to hold your reservation The manager said 0 the hotel will be full this weekend. I suggest 0 we look for another restaurant closer by. The waiter said 0 we would need to wait at least twenty minutes. Deleting the introductory that from the beginning of that clauses poses a special problem for nonnative speakers because the introductory word that is the obvious clue that signals the beginning of a that clause. That clauses are unique in this respect no other type of noun clause has the option of deleting its introductory word. Consequently anytime we recognize a noun clause that does not begin with a distinctive introductory word we know by default that it must be a that clause with the that deleted. 98 Noun Phrases Exercise Many of the following sentences contain a that clause with a deleted that. Underline the that clause and confirm your answer by inserting that at the beginning of the clause. We decided we should call a taxi. We decided that we should call a taxi. 1. He claimed he had been working at home all afternoon. 2. I wouldn t have guessed it would have cost so much. 3. His son showed us he could ride his bicycle without using his hands. 4. We quickly .