9-8 Recognizing Adjective Clauses
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This document provides information about adjective clauses, which add descriptive information about a main noun. Adjective clauses begin with words like "that" or "who" and refer back to the preceding noun. They can come after the noun or be placed elsewhere in the sentence. Adjective clauses allow writers to combine two ideas into one sentence in a concise yet descriptive way.
9-8 Recognizing Adjective Clauses
- 1. Section A
- 2. Another way to give more information about a main noun is by adding an adjective clause after it. main noun adjective clause We know a lot of He is looking for an interesting I have a I prefer NOUN PHRASE people job boss activities who can speak two languages. that pays a lot of money. who doesn’t like to make decisions. that I can do outdoors. GRAMMAR TERM: A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.
- 3. Section B
- 4. Adjective clauses often begin with a word like that or who. This word refers back to the noun or pronoun before it. Do you know everyone that works here? I would fire an employee who was dishonest. Words like that and who can be the subject of an adjective clause.
- 5. However, when there is another subject, we can usually leave out that or who. Do you want to see the coat I bought? (the coat I bought = the coat that I bought) Many of the people I know are artists. (the people I know = the people who I know)
- 6. Notice that a noun + an adjective clause can come in the middle of a sentence. When are the people who are doing the work going to be finished? The class I need to graduate was canceled.
- 7. Section C
- 8. An adjective clause lets us combine two ideas into one sentence. We bought some milk yesterday. Idea 1 Idea 2 Where is it? Where’s the milk (that) we bought yesterday?
- 9. I have a good friend. Idea 1 Idea 2 He helps me all the time. I have a good friend who helps me all the time. A tornado has very strong winds. Idea 1 Idea 2 They blow in a circle. A tornado has very strong winds that blow in a circle. An adjective clause lets us combine two ideas into one sentence.