Transcript Noun, Adjective, and Adverb Clauses

Noun, Adjective, and Adverb
Clauses:
Also Known as Dependent Clauses!
Grammar
Eleventh Grade American Literature
Ms. Pennell
Noun Clauses …
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A noun clause is a subordinate
clause that acts as a noun.
 Usually start with a relative
pronoun
 Relative Pronouns: that, which,
who, whom, whose
 Acts like a noun or an adjective
Functions in
Sentences
Examples
Subject
Whoever travels the
Chattahoochee River follows the
yellow rafts gently floating down a
peaceful track.
Direct Object
You must pack whatever you will
need.
Indirect Object
You should give whoever waits at
the camp a copy of your route.
Object of a
Preposition
Robert Campbell settled trading
camps in whatever regions the
Hudson’s Bay Company sent him.
Predicate
Nominative
At 40, Campbell’s most notable
achievement was that he
established Fort Selkirk.
(is a noun or pronoun that
appears with a linking verb
and renames, identifies, or
explains the subject)
Adjective Clauses
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An adjective clause is a
subordinate clause that modifies a
noun or pronoun by telling what kind
or which one. Adjective clauses act
like adjectives.
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Usually connected to the word it
modifies by one of the relative pronouns
(that which, who, whom, or whose).
Sometimes, it is connected by a relative
adverb (after, before, since, when,
where, or why).
Examples of Adjective
Clauses
Arctic winters, which are
long and cold, are severe.
 The arctic is a region where
life is difficult.
 She likes the guy who sits in
front of her.
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Essential and Nonessential
Adjective Clauses
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An adjective clause that is
nonessential to the basic
meaning of a sentence is set off
by commas.
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The ship, which was a nuclear
submarine, became the first
vessel to pass beneath the North
Pole.
Example of an Essential
Adjective Clause
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Essential adjective clauses are
not set off by commas.
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The first vessel that passed
beneath the North Pole was a
nuclear submarine.
Practical Use of Adjective
Clauses
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By using either a nonessential or an
essential adjective clause, you can
often combine the ideas from two
sentences into one.
The Arktika was the first surface ship to
crack through the Arctic icepack. It was
a Soviet ice breaker.
Combine the above two sentences using
an essential or nonessential adjective
clause.
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Solution …
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The Arktika, which was a Soviet
icebreaker, was the first surface
ship to crack the Arctic ice pack.
Adjective Clauses Continued
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Relative pronouns and relative
adverbs not only introduce
adjective clauses, but also
function within the subordinate
clause.
Adjective Clauses Continued
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A relative pronoun or relative
adverb:
Connects the adjective clause to
the modified word
 Acts within the clause as a
subject, direct object, or other
sentence part.
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The Uses of Relative
Pronouns Within the Clause
As a Subject:
that is within the Arctic Circle
The part of Alaska that is
within the Arctic Circle is cold
most of the year.
As a Direct Object:
(Reworded) I met whom last
year
The explorer whom I met last
year has never been to the
North Pole.
As the Object of a
Preposition:
(Reworded) little foliage can
grow in which – obj of prep
The climate is one in which
little foliage can grow.
As an Adjective:
whose sled left without him
Adj.
I saw a dog whose sled left
without him.
Adverb Clauses
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Adverb clauses modify verbs,
adjectives, adverbs, or verbals
by telling where, when, in what
way, to what extent, under what
condition, or why.
Elliptical Adverb Clauses
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In an elliptical adverb clause,
especially those beginning with
as or than, the verb or both the
subject and the verb are not
stated but are understood.
Verb Understood: I am taller than
he (is).
 The Yukon has as many rural
inhabitants as (it has) urban
inhabitants.
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