Adjective Clauses Subtitle

Let’s figure this out: Adjective clause What’s an adjective? A word that describes a noun So what’s a clause? A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb (like a sentence, but may or may not be a complete thought) So what’s an adjective clause? A group of words that contains a subject and a verb AND describes a noun

What does an adjective clause look like? It usually starts with WHO, THAT, or WHICH Who is for people Which is for things That is for people and things It comes right after the noun it describes It gives extra information about a noun It can be removed from a sentence with no problem because it’s just extra information

Some examples We helped the man who was lost in the woods. The new computer that is in my office is fast. I thanked the woman who helped me yesterday. The book that is on the table is mine. Incorrect: The book is mine that is on the table. The house which is across the street is going to be sold.

An adjective clause helps us combine sentences efficiently without always using “,and” We helped a man. He was lost in the woods. The new computer is in my office. That computer is fast. I thanked the woman. She helped me yesterday. The book is mine. It is on the table. That house is going to be sold. It is across the street. If there are two sentences with the same noun, you can combine them using an adjective clause

Practice: pg. 271, exercise 3

Sometimes the adjective clauses get trickier The man was Mr. Jones. I saw him. The man whom I saw was Mr. Jones. The movie wasn’t very good. We saw it last night. The movie that we saw last night wasn’t very good. If the noun is a DO or IO in the second sentence, you will use this way to combine them. With this way, you don’t always need to include the “who,” “that,” or “which.”

Practice the tricky ones Pg. 273, exercise 8 & Pg. 274, exercise 11 The book was good. I read it. I liked the woman. I met her at the party last night. I liked the essay. You wrote it. The people were very nice. We visited them yesterday. The man is standing over there. Ann brought him to the party. The man is standing over there. I told you about him. I must thank the people. I got a present from them. The meeting was interesting. Omar went to it.

We can also use other words to start adjective clauses Whose, when, where I know a man. His bicycle was stolen. I know a man whose bicycle was stolen. I remember a day. I learned to ride a bicycle on that day. I remember the day when I learned to ride a bicycle. There is the place. I ate my first burrito there. There is the place where I ate my first burrito.