Question

which one of these is an example of a noun clause?
do you like to eat meat?
he was someone who liked to eat pork.
eating meat, which is usually a delicacy, is a favorite past time of some folks.
that he ate meat was a surprise to us.

Explanation:

A noun clause is a dependent clause that functions as a noun. Let's analyze each option:

• "Do you like to eat meat?" is a question (interrogative sentence), not a noun clause.
• "He was someone who liked to eat pork." contains an adjective clause ("who liked to eat pork") modifying "someone", not a noun clause.
• "Eating meat, which is usually a delicacy, is a favorite past time of some folks." contains an adjective clause ("which is usually a delicacy") modifying "meat", not a noun clause.
• "That he ate meat was a surprise to us." Here, "That he ate meat" is a noun clause because it functions as the subject of the sentence (a noun - like role), and it has a subject ("he") and a predicate ("ate meat") within the clause.

Answer:

That he ate meat was a surprise to us.