Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be

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Noun clauses with who, what, whose + be

Learners sometimes have a little trouble with word order in Noun Clauses. That's especially true if the verb is Is.

Look at this question:

Who is your teacher?

There's a noun following the verb is:  teacher. It's the subject of the question.

And the subject of a question comes in front of a verb in a Noun Clause! Like this:

I don't know who your teacher is.

Now let me ask you:

Who is listening to us right now?

In that question, Who is the subject.

So in a Noun Clause the word order is the same as in the question:

I don't know who is listening to us.

The same situation happens with what and whose when using the verb be in Noun Clauses.

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