1. Adjective Clauses

2. Review: What is an adjective? What is a clause?

3. Review: What is an adjective?

4. 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

5. Review: What is a clause?

6. 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

7. What is a subordinate clause ? -It cannot stand alone by itself as a sentence. Example: afraid of pink cats

8. What is an adjective clause?

9. 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

10. He is afraid of cats which are pink. Adjective Clause or Relative Clause Noun Example #1: It is also a: Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone) It modifies the noun Comes after the words they modify

11. 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

12. 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?

13. Relative Pronouns Relative PronounExample We can use who or that when we talk about people Who is more formal than that This is the man who helped us. (more formal) This is the man that helped us. (less formal) 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). Which is more formal that that. It’s the watch which my husband bought me for my birthday. (more formal). It’s the watch that my husband bought me for my birthday. (less formal) In informal speech, we can omit which and that when the pronoun refers to the object of the sentence. It’s the watch my husband bought me for my birthday. In this sentence, ‘the watch’ is the object of the verb bought se we don’t need to use that or which. We cannot omit which and that when the pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence. It was the man that sold me the car. 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. We use whose to show possession.John, whose brother was also a musician, plays over 100 converts every year.

14. This is the pink cat which I bought. Adjective Clause or Relative Clause Noun Example #2: It is also a: Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone) Relative Pronoun What kind?

15. The pet store that opened in 2000 is still very popular. Adjective Clause or Relative Clause Noun Example #3: It is also a: Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone) Relative Pronoun What kind opened?

16. I met the woman who just took over as manager. Adjective Clause or Relative Clause Noun Example #4: It is also a: Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone) Relative Pronoun Which manager?

17. Sara’s parents, who own the pet shop, are from Brazil. Adjective Clause or Relative Clause Noun Example #5: It is also a: Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone) Relative Pronoun Which parents?