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Adjective Clauses

Making Your Sentences More Complex Rush University Center for Academic Excellence

Review

Q: What’s an adjective clause?

A: An adjective clause functions like an

adjective—it gives more information about a

noun.

Q: Which words does it begin with?

A: A relative clause always begins with a “relative

pronoun,” which substitutes for a noun or a

pronoun.

Q: What are the relative pronouns?

Now, let’s practice and review!

 If you have the same cards, you are partners.

 Get into partner pairs.

 Each pair will receive relative pronoun cards.

 Read each sentence, and decide among yourselves which

pronoun you should use.

 Ask yourselves this: “Is it a subject or an object?”

I like the person _______ was nice to me.

I hate the dog _______bit me.

I hate the dog that bit me.

I like the bike that my father gave me.

Students ________ grades are low

should always talk to the teacher before

midterm.

I like the paintings ________

hang in the Art Institute.

I like the paintings that hang in

the Art Institute.

I like the paintings which hang in the Art Institute.

 “Which” is acceptable, but some people object to using “which” in a restrictive relative clause. “That” is preferred.

 I like the paintings that hang in the Art

Institute, which is a neoclassical-style

building

with columns in the front.

I hope I hear from the

person with whom I spent hours

talking last night.

(Formal)

I hope to hear from the person

whom I spent hours talking with

last night.

(Less formal)

I hope to hear from the person who

I spent hours talking with/to last

night.

(Conversational speech)

Group 2 (Non-Restrictive Clause - With Commas) These include extra, non-essential pieces of information.

I am moving to Louisville, KY, which is home to the

Muhammad Ali Museum.

Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote "The Raven," is a great American poet.

Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until 1898, when it was made part of the United States.

My mother, who is an excellent cook, is thinking of opening a restaurant.

Group 2, cont.

I’m planning to grow roses, which I find quite

beautiful.

I’m driving across the country with three small children, which is going to be stressful.

France, which is located in Western Europe, has a long cultural history.