Chapter 12

Adjective Clauses

Adjective Clauses: INTRODUCTIONAdjective Clauses Adjectives

An adjective clause “Gives” information about a noun.

An adjective “Modify” (describes) a noun.

Ex: I met a man + who is kind to everybody.

I met a girl + who is a good in her exams .

Ex: I met a kind man

She is a good girl.

An adjective clause follows noun. An adjective usually comes in front of a noun.

Adjective Clauses: INTRODUCTIONCLAUSE: is a structure that has a subject and a verb.• Ex: 1- I met a man 2- who lives in Chicago• Two kinds of clauses:• 1- independent can stand alone as a sentence I met a man , he lives in Chicago.• 2- dependent can’t stand alone as a sentence, it

must connected to an independent clause. Who lives in Chicago

Using WHO,WHOM and THAT in Adjective Clauses

Change subject pronoun to who or thatTo make an adjective change, change HE to whoEX: The man is friendly. He lives next to me.The man who lives next to me is friendly.The man that lives next to me is friendly. a subject pronoun can’t be omitted from an adjective clauses..

Change object pronoun to whom or thatTo make an adjective clause, change him to whom.EX: The man was friendly. I met him.The man whom I met was friendly.The man that I met was friendly. an object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clauses. The man I met was friendly.

Using WHICH and THAT in Adjective clause

• Change subject pronoun to which or thatTo make an adjective change, change IT to which or that.EX: The river is polluted. It flows through the town.The river which flows through the town is polluted.The river that flows through the town is polluted. a subject pronoun can’t be omitted from an adjective clauses..

Change object pronoun to which or thatTo make an adjective clause, change THEM to which or that.The books which I bought were expensive. The books that I bought were expensive. an object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clauses. The books I bought were expensive.

Which/ That Who/ whom

It refers to things It refers to people

Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses

• I know the man who is sitting over there The verb in adjective clause is singular because

who refers to a singular noun. Man

• I know the people who are sitting over there.The verb in adjective clause is plural because

who refers to plural noun. people

Using WHOSE in adjective clauses • Whose used for possession

To make an adjective clause, change Possessive pronoun + noun to whose + noun

(my, your, her, his, our, your, their, its)EX: the man called the police. His car was stolen.The man whose car was stolen called the police.

I know a girl. Her brother is a movie star.I know a girl Whose brother is a movie star.

The people were friendly. We bought their house.The people whose house we bought were friendly.