This document provides an overview and examples of adjective clauses. It begins with definitions, stating that an adjective clause is a dependent clause that describes a noun or pronoun in an independent clause. It uses a fairytale story as an example to demonstrate different types of adjective clauses, including those introduced by relative pronouns like who, whom, which, and that. The document provides exercises for students to practice forming sentences using adjective clauses.

1. Adjective Clauses:
Review and Expansion4
Focus on Grammar 5
Part IV, Unit 11
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Fearless Princess
A Fairytale

2. Once upon a time,
there was a
prince.
He decided to take
a walk in a dark
and scary forest.
All of a sudden,
a terrible storm
moved in…
…and the prince got
completely lost.

3. In the morning, a terrifying
dragon found the prince.
The prince became very,
very scared.
Suddenly a knight in
armor appeared from
behind a tree and
attacked the dragon.
Now, the terrible
dragon was afraid
and ran away.

4. When the prince
walked up to the
knight, the knight
took off his armor …
… and a beautiful
princess stood in
front of him.
She was strong
and smart and
sweet …

5. … and she took
him to her castle
where they lived
happily ever
after.

6. Can you complete these definitions?
An adjective clause is a …
Adjective clause pronouns (or relative
pronouns) are …
An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
An adjective clause is a dependent clause
that describes a noun or pronoun in a main clause.
Adjective clause pronouns (or relative pronouns)
are who, whom, which, and that.
DefinitionsDefinitions
An adjective describes …

7. This is the prince
whowho got lost.
Here is the knight
thatthat the prince respects.
This is the princess whowho
saved the prince.
Relative Pronouns 1Relative Pronouns 1
UseUse whowho and thatthat to refer to people.

8. The knight holds the sword
whichwhich scared the dragon.
The dragon thatthat scared the
prince spits fire.
Relative Pronouns 2Relative Pronouns 2
UseUse whichwhich and that to refer to things.

9. This is the princess
thatthat saved the prince’s life.
Relative Pronouns 3Relative Pronouns 3
The knight holds the sword
thatthat scared the dragon.
ThatThat is less formal than whowho and whichwhich.

10. He attacked the dragon.
Here is the knight.
noun
adjective clause
describes the noun
Adjective Clauses 1Adjective Clauses 1
subject
Here is the knight who attacked the dragon.

11. Do you see the dragon that scared the prince?
It scared the prince.
Do you see the dragon?
noun
Adjective Clauses 2Adjective Clauses 2
adjective clause
describes the noun
subject

12. The dragon was
dangerous.
The knight attacked the dragon.
The dragon that the knight attacked was very dangerous.
noun
adjective clause
describes the noun
Adjective Clauses 3Adjective Clauses 3
subjectobject

13. The prince was scared.
The princess saved him.
The prince whom the princess saved was scared.
noun
adjective clause
describes the noun
Adjective Clauses 4Adjective Clauses 4
subjectobject

14. Who and
what
are these
fairytale
figures and
items?
Form sentences with
adjective clauses.Practice 1Practice 1
1
2 3
4
5

15. They lived in her castle.
The princess was powerful.
The princess whose castle they lived in was powerful.
noun
Using Whose 1Using Whose 1
UseUse whose toto replace a possessive adjective.replace a possessive adjective.
An adjective clause with whose can modify people.can modify people.

16. Its appearance terrified the prince.
The dragon whose appearance terrified the prince ran away.
noun
Using Whose 2Using Whose 2
An adjective clause with whosewhose can also
modify things.
The dragon ran away.

17. 1. The dragon is dangerous.
His fire and smoke scare everyone.
Practice 2Practice 2
Combine the sentences below.
Change the second sentence to an
adjective clause.
2. The storm is frightening.
The prince is walking through the storm.
The storm, through whichthrough which the prince is
walking, is frightening.
3. The princess is fearless.
The prince escapes with her.
The princess, with whomwith whom the prince
escapes, is fearless.
The dragon, whosewhose fire and smoke
scare everyone, is dangerous.

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