ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

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Adjective Clauses
An adjective clause is a dependent clause that
describe a noun or pronoun in a main clause.
The adjective clause is preceded by a relative
pronoun, the kind of which depends on the
antecedent.
Relative Pronouns Introducing the
Adjective Clause
People

Time

Who
Whom
That
Which
That
When

Place

Where

Things

Because the clause is an adjective, it is positioned directly after

the noun that it describes.
Example :
The woman is filling the glass that she put on the table..
S
V
S
V
adjective clause

The glass that she put on the table contains milk.

S
S
V
V
adjective clause

Relative Pronouns 1 :
Use who or that to refer to people
(subject)

Adjective Clause
She is the lady. The lady helped me find the
magazine I was looking for.
She is the lady who helped me find the magazine I was
looking for.
OR
She is the lady that helped me find the magazine I was
looking for.

Relative Pronoun 1 :
Use whom or that to refer people
(object)

Adjective Clause
She is a new student in the class. We met her
last week.
She is a new student in the class whom we met last
week.
OR
She is a new student in the class that we met last
week

Relative Pronoun 2 :
Use which to refer things

Adjective Clause
Mount Everest is very dangerous to
climb. Mount Everest is the highest
mountain in the world.
Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain
in the world, is very dangerous to climb.

Relative Pronoun 3 :
Use when to refer time

Adjective Clause
I will never forget the day. I graduated on
that day.
I will never forget the day when I graduated.

Relative Pronoun 4 :
Use where to refer place

Adjective Clause
The building is near a supermarket. He
works in the bulding.
The building where he works is near a
supermarket.

Sentences with Reduced Clauses

It is possible in English for a clause to appear
in a complete form or in a reduced form.
The two types of clauses that can be reduce
are :
1. Adjective Clauses
2. Adverb Clauses

Example : My friend should be on the train which is arriving

at the
station now.
Although it was not really difficult, the exam took a lot
of time.

If there is no be-verb in the adjective clause, it is still

possible to have reduced form.
When there is no be-verb in the adjective clause, the
connector is omitted and the verb is changed into the ing
form.

appering

Example : I dont understand the article which

appears in todays paper.
In this example there is no be-verb in the adjective clause
which appears in todays paper, so the connector which is
ommited and the main verb appears is changed to the
ing form appearing.

It should be noted that not all adjective clauses can appear in

a reduced form. An adjective clause can appear in a reduced
form only if the adjective clause connector is followed directly
by a verb. In other words, an adjective clause can only be
reduced if the connector is also subject.

Example :
The woman that I just met is the tour guide (does not
reduce)
The letter which you sent me arrived yesterday (dose
not reduce)
In these two examples the adjective clauses cannot be
reduced because the adjective clause connectors that and
which are not directly followed by verbs; that is directly
followed by the subject I, and which is directly followed by
the subject you.