Transcript Adjective Clause or Relative Clause

Adjective
Clauses
Review:
What is an adjective?
What is a clause?
Review:
What is an adjective?
What is an
adjective ?
1. Adjectives are describing
words.
2. Adjectives describe a noun
3. Adjectives come before the
words they modify.
*Examples: small, pink, and
friendly.
Small cat
Pink cat
Friendly cat
Review:
What is a clause?
What is an
independent
clause ?
-A group of words with
its own subject and
verb
-An independent clause
can stand by itself as a
complete sentence.
Example:
He is afraid of cats
What is a
subordinate
clause ?
-It cannot stand
alone by itself as a
sentence.
Example:
afraid of pink cats
What is an adjective clause?
What is an
adjective
clause or
relative
clause?
1. It is a subordinate
clause (cannot stand
by itself)
2. It modifies a noun
or pronoun
3. It comes after the
words they modify
Example #1:
It modifies the noun
He is afraid of cats which are pink.
Noun
Adjective Clause or Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
Comes after the words they modify
What else is
an adjective
clause or
relative
clause?
-It begins with a relative
pronoun
-who
-whom
-whose
-that
-which
OR
Relative adverb
-when
-where
-why
What else
does an
adjective
clause or
relative
clause do?
--It functions as an
adjective answering
the questions:
What kind?
and
Which one?
and
How many?
Relative Pronoun
Example
Relative This
Pronouns
is the man who helped us. (more formal)
We can use who or that when we talk about
people
This is the man that helped us. (less formal)
Who is more formal than that
We don’t use what:
This is the man what helped us.
We use which or that when we talk about things
(but not people).
It’s the watch which my husband bought me for
my birthday. (more formal).
Which is more formal that that.
It’s the watch that my husband bought me for my
birthday. (less formal)
It’s the watch my husband bought me for my
birthday.
In informal speech, we can omit which and that
when the pronoun refers to the object of the
sentence.
In this sentence, ‘the watch’ is the object of the
verb bought se we don’t need to use that or
which.
It was the man that sold me the car.
We cannot omit which and that when the pronoun
refers to the subject of the sentence.
We use whose to show possession.
In this sentence, ‘the man’ is the subject of the
verb sold so we need to use that or who.
It was the man sold me the car.
John, whose brother was also a musician, plays
over 100 converts every year.
Example #2:
Relative Pronoun
This is the pink cat which I bought.
Noun
Adjective Clause or Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
What kind?
Example #3:
Relative Pronoun
The pet store that opened in 2000 is still very popular.
Noun
Adjective Clause or Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
What kind opened?
Example #4:
Relative Pronoun
I met the woman who just took over as manager.
Noun
Adjective Clause or Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
Which manager?
Example #5:
Relative Pronoun
Sara’s parents, who own the pet shop, are from Brazil.
Noun
Adjective Clause or Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
Which parents?