Noun Clause

A noun clause is a group of words which contains a subject and a predicate of its own. A noun clause does the work of a noun.

• I hope that I will win the first prize.

Here the noun clause ‘that I will win the first prize’ acts as the object of the verb ‘hope’.
More examples of noun clauses are given below.

• That he is a brave man is admitted by all. (Here the noun clause ‘that he is a brave man’ acts as the subject of the verb ‘is’.)
• Everybody knows that he is an honest man. (Here the noun clause ‘that he is an honest man’ is the object of the verb ‘knows’.)
• There is no meaning in what you say. (Here the noun clause ‘what you say’ acts as the object of the preposition ‘in’.)
• His knowledge that he is honest gave him the courage to fight. (Here the noun clause ‘that he is honest’ is in apposition to the noun ‘knowledge’.)