Free Advanced Grammar Lessons - CEFR C1 - 3 of 12
Noun Clauses
Watch four videos using noun clauses in conversation.
Conversation 1
Man: Well, that was a terrible movie. That is not what I expected.
Woman: Yeah, I didn't like it at all. The acting was terrible, but what I really hated was the ending. How dumb.
Man: What got me was the plot line. It made no sense.
Woman: So what do you want to do now?
Man: Well, what I would really like to do is forget the last two hours that I wasted on this rubbish.
Woman: Yeah. What a waste of two hours. It is what it is. I guess.
Conversation 2
Man: So how did you like breakfast?
Woman: Everything was delicious. The toast, the jam, the coffee. But what I really loved was how you seasoned the eggs. They were delicious.
Man: I'm glad you liked it. That wasn't how I usually cooked them.
Woman: Oh. What did you do differently?
Man: Well, what I usually do is add the seasoning after I cooked the eggs. But this time I did it before I cooked them.
Woman: That's a good tip. I'll try that myself next time.
Man: What you don't want to do though is add too much salt.
Woman: Okay. I'll go easy on the salt. I'll remember that
Conversation 3
Man: What's going on across the road?
Woman: From what I heard, the company in that office is going out of business. They went bankrupt.
Man: Really? I would love to know why their business failed. I thought they were doing well.
Woman: From what I could gather. They lost a lot of their clients to a new tech rival.
Man: That's too bad. I guess that is the sign of the times. It's a dog eat dog world.
Woman: Well, back in the day when they first got started, they put a lot of local firms out of business. What comes around goes around.
Man: I get what you're saying, but it's still hard to not feel bad for them.
Conversation 4
Woman: It's too bad that Jason couldn't make the trip.
Man: Maybe he didn't want to be around his ex-girlfriend.
Woman: What I heard was that she asked him not to come.
Man: Well, he did break up with her, so I don't blame her.
Woman: That's not what I heard. I heard she broke up with him.
Man: Well, what really happened is none of our business, I suppose
Woman: You are right, it's still the same without him.
Man: Hey, speak of the devil. There she is.
Noun Clauses
- You do not know what you are talking about.
- What I really need is a vacation.s.
- I like the way that you made this.
- I like how you made this.
- I like the shirt that you are wearing.
- I like what you are wearing.
- I like the way you did that.
- I like how you did that.
- This is the man that I was telling you about.
- This is who I was telling you about.
- I don't understand the reason why you did that.
- I don't understand why you did that.
- The place where I grew up has changed.
- Where I grew up has changed.
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