Adjective Clauses
Can you find Josh?
Can you find Josh’s dad?
• He is the boy who is
wearing shorts.
• He is the man who is
wearing a blue hat.
Which football player is a Seahawk?
The one who is on the bottom right.
The one who is wearing a blue jacket.
Two types of adjective clauses
1. Identifying (no comma)
2. Non identifying (comma)
Tells you which person or thing
you are talking about.
Tells you extra information that
might be important, but it’s
not necessary to identify
someone or something.
example
A: Where do you live?
B: I live in north Seattle, which
is a nice place to live.
example
A: Bring me the book.
B: Which one?
A: The book that is sitting on
the table.
What type of adjective clause?
1. Russell Wilson, whose favorite color is blue, plays for the
Seahawks.
nonidentifying
2. The player who is wearing an orange jersey is a good football
player.
identifying
Subject Relative Pronoun
Noun +
Who
That +
Which
whose
adjective clause
• People = who or that
• Places or things = which or that
• Possessive = whose
• note: you cannot use “that” with
Nonidentifying adjective clauses.
Example
 Identifying…
1. I have a friend. She lives in New York.
= I have a friend who lives in New York.
 Nonidentifying (extra information)…
2. My friend works for Microsoft. Microsoft is near
Seattle.
= My friend works at Microsoft, which is near Seattle.
The end!