Combine the following sentences into one sentence using a noun clause:
The vendor shouted something. It made the whole compartment laugh.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → What the vendor shouted made the whole compartment laugh.
Joining with a “what” noun clause:
- Here what means “the thing that”. A what-clause does the work of a noun, so it can be the subject of a verb.
- “Something” in the first sentence and “it” in the second are the same thing. “What the vendor shouted” takes the place of both and becomes the subject of “made”.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Which the vendor shouted made the whole compartment laugh. — Incorrect. “Which” begins an adjective clause, so it needs a noun just before it. Here there is no noun, so the sentence has no proper subject.
Option 3: That what the vendor shouted made the whole compartment laugh. — Incorrect. The option says “That what”. “What” already joins the clause, so the extra “that” is wrong.
Option 4: What the vendor shouted it made the whole compartment laugh. — Incorrect. The what-clause is already the subject of “made”. The extra “it” gives the verb a second subject.