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This document discusses adjective clauses, which provide additional information about nouns. It notes that adjective clauses use relative pronouns like who, that, which to begin the clause. Adjective clauses can identify specific nouns or indefinite pronouns. The verb in the adjective clause agrees with the number of the noun it refers to. There are two types of adjective clauses - identifying and nonidentifying. Identifying clauses are essential to identify the noun, while nonidentifying clauses provide extra information and are set off with commas.
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- 1. COMMUNICATIVE GRAMMAR IV AdjectiveClauses with Subject Relative Pronouns César Ochoa Cueva, M.S.Ed.
- 2. Adjective Clauses Adjective Clauses Use adjective clauses to identify or give additional information about nouns (people, places, or things). I used to live in Catamayo, which is in the south of Ecuador. Tom Hanks is an actor who starred in Forrest Gump.
- 3. Adjective Clauses Adjective Clauses Adjective clauses can also identify or describe indefinite pronouns such as one, someone, somebody, something, another, and other (s). An actress is someone who plays a role in a movie. The adjective clause directly follows the noun (or pronoun) it is identifying.
- 4. Adjective Clauses Adjective Clauses Sentences with adjective clauses can be seen as a combination of two sentences. Ricardo calls often. + He lives in Rome. = Ricardo, who lives in Rome, calls often.
- 5. Relative Pronouns Relative Pronouns Adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns. Subject relative pronouns can be who, that, which, and whose. I have a friend who/that has a castle. castle Paris is a city which/that attracts a lot of tourists. He is the student whose book is on the shelf. shelf
- 6. Relative Pronouns Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns have the same form whether they refer to singular or plural nouns, or to males or females. That is the man who works for McDonalds. That is the woman who likes hamburgers. Those are the people who play soccer.
- 7. Verb form inAdjective Clauses Verb form in Adjective Clauses The verb in the adjective clause is singular if the subject relative pronoun refers to a singular noun. It is plural if it refers to a plural noun. Bob is my friend who lives in Mexico. Sue and Tom are my friends who live in Mexico.
- 8. Kinds of AdjectiveClauses Kinds of Adjective Clauses There are two kinds of adjective clauses, identifying and nonidentifying. I have a lot of good friends. My friend who lives in New York visits me often. The adjective clause is necessary to identify which friend.
- 9. Kinds of AdjectiveClauses Kinds of Adjective Clauses A nonidentifying adjective clause is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. Do not use commas with an identifying adjective clause. I have a lot of good friends. My best friend, who lives in New York, visits me often. The friend has already been identified as the speaker’s best friend. The adjective clause gives additional information.
- 11. Bibliography • Fuchs, M.& Bonner, M., Focus on Grammar 4 Pearson Education , White Plains, NY 10606, 2006 • http://www.myenglishteacher.net • Photo credit: Microsoft Office