Relative clauses or Adjective Clauses The Fearless Princess A Fairytale Focus on Grammar

…and the prince got completely lost. 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.

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

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

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

Definitions Can you complete these definitions? An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. An adjective describes … An adjective clause is a … 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, which and where. Adjective clause pronouns (or relative pronouns) are …

Relative Pronouns 1 Use who to refer to people. This is the prince who got lost. Here is the knight who the prince respects. This is the princess who saved the prince.

Relative Pronouns 2 Use which to refer to things. The knight holds the sword which scared the dragon. The dragon which scared the prince spits fire.

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

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

adjective clause describes the noun Adjective Clauses 3 The dragon was dangerous. The knight attacked the dragon. object subject The dragon which the knight attacked was very dangerous. noun adjective clause describes the noun

adjective clause describes the noun Adjective Clauses 4 This is the castle. They went to live there. This is the castle where they went to live. noun adjective clause describes the noun

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

Solutions to practice 1 1. This is the witch who put a spell on Snowwhite. 2. This is the apple which Snowwhite ate. 3. This is the shoe which Cinderella lost. 4. This is the girl who turned into a princess. 5. This is the frog who turned into a prince.

Practice 2 The storm, through which the prince is Combine the sentences below. Change the second sentence to an adjective clause. Practice 2 The storm, through which the prince is walking (through), is frightening. 1. The storm is frightening. The prince is walking through the storm. The princess, (with) who(m) the prince escapes with, is fearless. 2. The princess is fearless. The prince escapes with her.

Practice 3 Don’t forget to use the characters from the fairytale, Make a sentence using each of the 3 Relative Pronouns to describe place. Practice 3 Don’t forget to use the characters from the fairytale,