Which sentence uses a noun clause as a direct object? A) Tom began to fight with Kevin over which team was better. B) Rob explained what he liked on his sandwiches to the chef. C) That type of wallpaper would look really good in our bathroom. Eliminate D) What the babysitter saw eventually led to a call to the police.
B) Rob explained what he liked on his sandwiches to the chef. This is the sentence that uses a noun clause as a direct object. See the underlined structure and the explanation below:
explain(ed) is the main verb and it is transitive; it needs a direct object .
what he liked on his sandwiches is the noun clause. It can be replaced by a noun phrase: this fact - Rob explained this factto the chef.- ; and what he liked on his sandwiches is a clause because it has a subject and a predicate: he (subject) + liked on his sandwiches ( what -placed at the beginning) (predicate).
