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Punctuating adjective clauses
“Pay No Attention”
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“Describe what you can see in the picture”
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Listen to the story then answer the GIST question below.
“What did she gave to the landlady as an apology?”
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Fill in the blanks as you listen to the story once.
While overseas, I lived on the second floor of an older apartment building. The
woman, ______________ the building, lived in the apartment below mine. One
evening, I got distracted while I was running a bath. The sound of water got my
attention. The bath, ________________ unattended for quite a while was full and
water was pouring onto the floor. Soon after I had mopped up the water,
_______________ have been half an inch deep, I heard a knock on the door. It was my
elderly landlady who wanted to know if there might be a leak in my apartment. I said
my English was not very good and I couldn’t understand what she was saying. This was
a lie. She wanted to check for leaks in the bathroom. I happily let her do this,
___________ the floors were dry and the mop was back in the closet. Puzzled, she left.
I sighed with relief. Sometime later, ___________ that quite a lot of water had dripped
down into the old woman’s apartment. It had seeped into a chest that contained some
of her prized possessions and ruined many of them. Deeply embarrassed,
____________ to the woman what had happened. I told her I wanted to pay for the
damage, _________________ my fault. She refused my offer, saying insurance had
paid for it. I bought her an expensive gift as an apology, ___________________, but I
don’t think she ever trusted me after that.
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Listen to the story for the last time then answer the following
questions below.
Main Idea Questions:
• What is the story all about?
• What is the attitude of the woman towards her
landlady?
Detailed Questions:
•
Where does the woman lived?
• Why did the landlady knocked on her door in that evening?
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Concept Check:
• distracted
• dripped
• mopped
• seeped
• leak
• prized possessions
• relief
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Highlighting:
1. Adjective clauses beginning with that are never set off from the main
clause with commas.
Example:
Food that has turned green in the refrigerator should be thrown
away.
2. Adjective clauses beginning with who or which should not be set off
with commas if omitting the clause would change the basic meaning of
the sentence.
Example:
Students who turn green should be sent to the infirmary.
**Because we don't mean that all students should be sent to the infirmary,
the adjective clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence. For this
reason, we don't set off the adjective clause with commas.
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3. Adjective clauses beginning with who or which should be set off with
commas if omitting the clause would not change the basic meaning of
the sentence.
Example:
Last week's pudding, which has turned green in the refrigerator,
should be thrown away.
**Here the which clause provides added but not essential information,
and so we set it off from the rest of the sentence with commas.
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CONTROLLED ACTIVITY: In the following sentences, add commas to set off
adjective clauses that provide additional, but not essential, information. Don't
add commas if the adjective clause affects the basic meaning of the sentence.
1. Caramel de Lites which are cookies sold by the Girl Scouts contain 70
calories each.
Answer: Caramel de Lites, which are cookies sold by the Girl Scouts, contain
70 calories each.
2. These are the times that try men's souls.
3. I refuse to live in any house that Jack built.
4. I left my son at the campus day-care center which is available to all fulltime students with young children.
5. Students who have young children are invited to use the free day-care
center.
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6. A physician who smokes and overeats has no right to criticize the personal
habits of her patients.
7. Gus who gave Mary a bouquet of ragweed has been exiled to the storm
cellar for a week.
8. Professor Vic lost his only umbrella which he has owned for 20 years.
9. Healthy people who refuse to work should not be given government
assistance.
10. Felix who was once a hunter in the Yukon stunned the roach with one blow
from a newspaper.
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Semi – Controlled Activity: Underline the adjective clauses in the sentences
below, circle the noun or pronoun they describe. Then insert commas as needed.
1. Last night I met a man who plays in a jazz band.
Answer: Last night, I met a man who plays in a jazz band.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Last night I met Jeff Fox who plays in a jazz band.
The person who studies hard should get good grades in English.
June who studies hard should get good grades in English.
I enjoy visiting with people who have a rich and varied background.
I enjoy visiting with my foreign students who have a rich and varied
background.
7. The directions to the assignment which you did last night might confuse you.
8. The directions to this assignment which you did last night might confuse you.
9. I will give anyone who wants extra help as much of my time as possible.
10. I will give Trisha who wants extra help as much of my time as possible.
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FACILITATION ACTIVITY:
Tell something about yourself ( it may be your favorite
food, things, etc.). State at least 5 sentences with proper
punctuation in adjective clause.
Ex.
The bag, which was given by my mom, is my favorite.
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