Adjective Clause Review
Grammar 4
BEFORE WATCHING THE FILM
Discussion Questions
In groups, answer the following questions:
1. Do you make friends easily?
2. Do you have any childhood friendships that are still strong today? Tell your group about them.
3. What is a best friend?
Look at the pictures of the main characters in the film. Can you describe them? Use the box provided to
write down sentences that describe them. Use adjective clauses.
ELLIE
CARL
While Watching the Movie
While you are watching the movie, take notes and answer the following questions:
1. Who is Ellie?
Who is Carl?
2. What was Ellie doing when Carl walked in the house?
3. What happened to Carl when he tried to get his balloon back?
4. What are Ellie’s dreams? Where does she want to go?
5. Who is Charles Muntz?
6. What do you think happens next?
Combine the two sentences. Use the second sentence as an adjective clause.
Give all the possible patterns.
1. Ellie is playing in a house. The house is old.
2. Carl has a balloon. The balloon is blue.
3. The house has a door. The door is broken.
4. Carl is the shy boy. His balloon went flying to the roof.
5. Ellie plays in a house. Its walls are in bad shape.
6. Ellie is the president of an exclusive club. Only explorers get in the club.
7. Ellie took Carl to the place. The balloon was there.
8. Carl was afraid of Ellie. Carl did not talk to her.
Look at the pictures and write your own sentences using adjective clauses.
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Restrictive and Non-restrictive adjective clauses.
Decide if some of the information in these sentences is additional or necessary. If it is additional,
add commas.
1. The house where Carl and Ellie played in was very old.
2. In her youth (age 8), Ellie met Carl who was also 8-years old.
3. Carl who entered the house without being invited got scared when Ellie screamed at him.
4. Carl didn’t know that he was in an exclusive club.
5. Ellie gave Carl a badge that represented the club they belonged to.
6. I saw where your balloon went.
7. The girl who became Carls’ friend visited him.
8. Ellie who is a nature explorer visited Carl in his house.
9. Ellie showed Carl a book which was about her adventures.
10. Muntz is a famous explorer who is an adventurer that Carl and Ellie admire.
11. Ellie who was a young tomboy discovered that she shared the same interest in adventures
as their hero the famous explorer Charles F. Muntz.
Do you want to know what happens to Carl and Ellie? Watch the second part of the film and take
notes.
Due: June 9th, 2011
Assignment.
Using the information you have about Carl and Ellie, write a short story describing their life together.
Your story should be typed, Times New Roman 12 point, double-spaced, and have your name, date,
and assignment in the top left corner. Your story must include the elements listed below. Use the
table to check which items you have completed. Please underline or highlight every adjective clause
in your story.
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Adjective Clause with Relative Pronoun as
Subject
Adjective Clause with Relative Pronoun as Object
Adjective Clause with Relative Pronoun as Object
of Preposition
When, Where
Whose + Noun in an Adjective Clause
Restrictive Adjective Clause
Non-restrictive Adjective Clause
If you need to check the videos again, here are the links:
Carl and Ellie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR8hlvLghrs
Married Life- Carl and Ellie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GroDErHIM_0
NO