Adjective Clauses
Adjective Clauses
Phrase:
Adjective Clauses
Phrase: a group of words
Adjective Clauses
Phrase: a group of words
Clause:
Adjective Clauses
Phrase: a group of words
Clause: a group of words with a subject and verb
Adjective Clauses
Phrase: a group of words
Clause: a group of words with a subject and verb
- independent clause (sentence)
Adjective Clauses
Phrase: a group of words
Clause: a group of words with a subject and verb
- independent clause (sentence)
- dependent (subordinate) clause
Adjective Clauses
An adjective clause is a
group of words with a
subject and verb that
modifies a noun or
pronoun.
Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses usually begin with a…
Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses usually begin with a…
*relative pronoun
Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses usually begin with a…
*relative pronoun (there are only five of
these: who, whom, whose, which, or
that)
Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses usually begin with a…
*relative pronoun (there are only five of
these: who, whom, whose, which, or
that)
*relative adverb
Adjective Clauses
Adjective clauses usually begin with a…
*relative pronoun (there are only five of
these: who, whom, whose, which, or
that)
*relative adverb (a few of these are
before, since, when, where, why, but
there are more)
Adjective Clauses
We visited our friends the
Averils, who live in
Wisconsin.
Adjective Clauses
We visited our friends the
Averils, who live in
Wisconsin.
Adjective Clauses
We visited our friends the
Averils, who live in
Wisconsin.
Adjective Clauses
The section that gives
rules for underlining and
quotation marks begins
on page 371.
Adjective Clauses
The section that gives
rules for underlining and
quotation marks begins
on page 371.
Adjective Clauses
The section that gives
rules for underlining and
quotation marks begins
on page 371.
Adjective Clauses
Lucienne traveled again
to the place where we
had first met.
Adjective Clauses
Lucienne traveled again
to the place where we
had first met.
Adjective Clauses
Lucienne traveled again
to the place where we
had first met.
Adjective Clauses
This is the candidate
about which I had told
you.
Adjective Clauses
This is the candidate
about which I had told
you.
Adjective Clauses
This is the candidate
about which I had told
you.
Adjective Clauses
Eliptical clause -
Adjective Clauses
Eliptical clause – a clause that has a word
missing
Adjective Clauses
Eliptical clause – a clause that has a word
missing
(On some occasions, a relative pronoun will be
eliminated from an adjective clause.)
Adjective Clauses
The suggestions they
made were ignored.
Adjective Clauses
The suggestions they
made were ignored.
Adjective Clauses
The suggestions [that]
they made were
ignored.
Adjective Clauses
Great men and women
became the legendary
heroes we studied.
Adjective Clauses
Great men and women
became the legendary
heroes we studied.
Adjective Clauses
Great men and women
became the legendary
heroes [whom] we
studied.
Adjective Clauses
Please turn to page 94 in
your book.