1. Adjective Clauses
Review

2. What does it look like?
Starts with a pronoun: who, that, which, whose, whom
Comes immediately after the noun it describes
It’s called an adjective clause because…?
An adjective clause in a sentence makes the sentence….?

3. Students who didn’t get a worksheet should raise their hands.
Students should raise their hands. Some students didn’t get a worksheet.

4. Students, who didn’t get a worksheet, should raise their hands.
Students should raise their hands. All students didn’t get a worksheet.

5. The students, who most deserve the award, will win.
The students will win. Some of these students most deserve the award.

6. The students who most deserve the award will win.
The students will win. These students most deserve the award.

7. My mother, whose hobby is painting, inspires me to become an artist.
My mother inspires me to become an artist. My mother’s hobby is painting.

8. My mother whose hobby is painting inspires me to become an artist.
My mother inspires me to become an artist. My mother’s hobby is painting.
You have more than one mother??

9. I hate cheese, the smell of which drives me crazy.
I hate cheese. Its smell drives me crazy.

10. Reading, which I like, is necessary to be prepared for college.
Reading is necessary to be prepared for college. I like it.

11. When do I put commas around an adjective clause?
No commas: if it’s an essential clause: if you need the clause to tell you “which one?” when looking at the noun. It’s not EXTRA information
Commas: if it’s nonessential: if you know “which one?” when looking at the noun without the adjective clause’s information
That=always essential
Which=always non-essential
who, whose, whom=can be both

12. Examples to show the difference
Children, who are more than just small adults, need to be loved and cared for.
Children whose parents have died need to be loved and cared for.
The professor who teaches Chemistry is an excellent teacher.
Professor Will, who teaches Chemistry, is an excellent teacher.
My sister who is older than me is going to college next year.
My sister, who is older than me, is going to college next year.
Students who are happy come here.
Students, who are happy, come here.

13. The mosquitoes that are breeding in the bushes should be killed.

14. The project the students got last week is due tomorrow.