Adjective clause
(adj.CL)
A clause is a group of words which has a
subject and a finite verb.
An adjective clause is a clause which
functions as an adjective or a clause which
modifies the noun in front of it.
e.g. The man
who teaches English, The
book which you bought
det.
H post.m (adj.Cl) det. H
post.m (adj. Cl)
- Present
participial Phrase/Ving (pres.p)
e.g. The man
standing there, the student sleeping in my room.
Det.
H Post.m. (pres.p) det. H
post.m (pres.p)
- Past
participial Phrase/V.3 (past.P)
e.g. The play
written by Shakespeare ,
The car made in Japan
det.
H post.m (past.p) det H
post. M (past.p)
Adjective Clause
An adjective clause is a
dependent clause that modifies a noun. An adjective
clause is also
called a relative clause.
The relative
pronouns used in adjective clauses are:
Subject à who/that (human)
which/that (non
human)
Object à whom/that (human)
which/that (non
human)
Possessive à whose
Examples:
I
thanked the woman
She
helped me.
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I thanked the woman who
(that) helped me.
The man was
Mr. Jones.
I saw him
The man whom I
saw was Mr. Jones.
The
book is mine.
It
is on the table.
The book which
(that) is on the table is mine.
The
movie wasn’t very good.
We
saw it last night.
The movie which(that)
we saw last night wasn’t very good.
I
know the man.
His
bicycle was stolen.
I know the man whose bicycle was stolen.
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