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Chapter 12 Adjective Clauses
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Adjective Clauses: INTRODUCTION
Adjectives An adjective clause “Gives” information about a noun. An adjective “Modify” (describes) a noun. Ex: I met a man + who is kind to everybody. I met a girl + who is a good in her exams. Ex: I met a kind man She is a good girl. An adjective clause follows noun. An adjective usually comes in front of a noun.
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Adjective Clauses: INTRODUCTION
CLAUSE: is a structure that has a subject and a verb. Ex: 1- I met a man 2- who lives in Chicago Two kinds of clauses: 1- independent can stand alone as a sentence I met a man , he lives in Chicago. 2- dependent can’t stand alone as a sentence, it must connected to an independent clause. Who lives in Chicago
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Using WHO,WHOM and THAT in Adjective Clauses
Change subject pronoun to who or that To make an adjective change, change HE to who EX: The man is friendly. He lives next to me. The man who lives next to me is friendly. The man that lives next to me is friendly. a subject pronoun can’t be omitted from an adjective clauses.. Change object pronoun to whom or that To make an adjective clause, change him to whom. EX: The man was friendly. I met him. The man whom I met was friendly. The man that I met was friendly. an object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clauses. The man I met was friendly.
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Using WHICH and THAT in Adjective clause
Change subject pronoun to which or that To make an adjective change, change IT to which or that. EX: The river is polluted. It flows through the town. The river which flows through the town is polluted. The river that flows through the town is polluted. a subject pronoun can’t be omitted from an adjective clauses.. Change object pronoun to which or that To make an adjective clause, change THEM to which or that. The books which I bought were expensive. The books that I bought were expensive. an object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clauses. The books I bought were expensive.
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Which/ That Who/ whom It refers to things It refers to people
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Singular and plural verbs in adjective clauses
I know the man who is sitting over there The verb in adjective clause is singular because who refers to a singular noun. Man I know the people who are sitting over there. The verb in adjective clause is plural because who refers to plural noun. people
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Using WHOSE in adjective clauses
Whose used for possession To make an adjective clause, change Possessive pronoun + noun to whose + noun (my, your, her, his, our, your, their, its) EX: the man called the police His car was stolen. The man whose car was stolen called the police. I know a girl Her brother is a movie star. I know a girl Whose brother is a movie star. The people were friendly We bought their house. The people whose house we bought were friendly.
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