Adjective Clauses

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Adding a Modifying Phrase

CL1 Joining two sentences into one: that
  • the main sentence - the independent clause
  • a modifying phrase - the dependent clause
smart car on street
 

The car that is very small   is economical to drive.

The car that I want to buy   is economical to drive.

 

 

Relative Pronouns


CL2


Adding a clause that modifies a person or thing.

  • who
  • whom
  • that
  • which

Omitting an object pronoun

 


Woman on Phone


The woman who called you is here.

The woman  (whom) you called is here.

CL3

Adding a clause that modifies an animate possessive noun.

  • whose (for people)
greek woman
 

The woman  who is Greek is on the phone.
The woman  whose name is Greek is on the phone.

CL4

Adding a clause that modifies a noun of time or place:

  • when (time)
  • where (where)
flower child
 

San Francisco  where the "flower children" began  is a colorful city.

The 1960s when the "flower children" thrived   was a colorful decade.

 

CL7 Adding a clause that modifies a noun that is an expression of quantity
  • little of which
  • some of which
  • most of which
  • all of which

 

Visitors
California has a lot of visitors, most of which come to see Disneyland.
CL8

Adding a clause that modifies a noun that is possessive:

  • the X of which  (for things)
  • whose  (for people or things)

 

car

The car  the door of which I dented  cost a fortune to repair.

The car  whose door I dented  cost a fortune to repair.

 

Using Punctuation to Clarify Meaning

CL5

Punctuating an adjective clause that

  • identifies the noun it modifies (no commas) 
  • adds extra information to the noun it modifies (commas) 

 

Bottled Water

The water that I drank last night contained sodium.

The Evian water, which I drank last night, contained sodium.

CL6 Punctuating a sentence to include
  • a few or some -  specific (restrictive) 
  • all (non-restrictive) 

 

bio-scientist
 

The bio-scientist who creates green energy will make a profit.

The bio-scientist, who creates green energy, will make a profit.

CL9

Referring to part or all of a clause

  • that  (noun)
  • which  (noun, phrase or clause)

 

pressing delete key

He deleted the picture that upset me. (The picture upset me.)

He deleted the picture, which upset me. (The action upset me.)

 

Shortening Clauses

CL10

 

Reducing a clause using that + "be" deletion

  • who is
  • that is
  • which is

 

talk show
 

A talk show [which is] trying to improve its rating may plan a fight.

A talk show trying to improve its rating may plan a fight.

CL11

Reducing a clause by changing that + verb to an "ing" phrase

  • who lives = living
  • that breaks = breaking
  • which lies = lying

 

Congress

Congress, [which consists] of two houses, is on a break.

Congress, consisting of two houses, is on a break.

Pa3d

Present & past participle modifying phrases

 

Alcatraz
 

Alcatraz Island (that was) known as "The Rock", was a maximum security prison.

Law enforcement agencies (who knew) knowing about the isolation of Alcatraz chose it as the ideal site for their new prison.
 

 

Agreement

Agr

Clause Agreement

 

monkey family
 
The monkey  under the bananas is hiding.
The monkeys  under the tree are hiding.
 

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Julie Sevastopoulos -   College of San Mateo - San Mateo, CA 94402 USA