An adjective clause serves the purpose of an adjective. That means it can be used to modify a noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An adjective clause<\/strong> is sometimes also called a relative clause<\/strong>. It is an example of a subordinate clause. Adjective clauses are usually introduced by the relative pronouns who, whom, which, that<\/strong> and whose<\/strong>. The relative adverbs when, where<\/strong> and why<\/strong> can also be used to introduce adjective clauses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can convert a simple sentence into a complex sentence by expanding an adjective or other determiner into a clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note that an adjective clause comes immediately after the noun it modifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Study the following examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a simple sentence. It can be converted into a complex sentence by expanding the possessive adjective his<\/em> into an adjective clause. Study the sentence given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His house = the house which belonged to him<\/p>\n\n\n\n To convert this sentence into complex, expand the phrase honest boys<\/em> into the clause \u2018boys who are honest\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack\u2019s house = house that Jack built\/ house that belongs to Jack<\/p>\n\n\n\n An interesting story = a story that is interesting<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes<\/strong>The relative pronouns who, whom <\/strong>and whose<\/strong> are only used to talk about people. Note that whom <\/strong>is the object form of who<\/strong>. It can replace the pronouns him, her, them etc. Whom<\/strong> is rarely used in modern English. In a less formal style, we prefer who<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whose<\/strong> is the possessive form of who<\/strong>. It can replace the pronouns his, her, their etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which<\/strong> is only used to talk about animals and things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That<\/strong> can be used to talk about both people and things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Underline the adjective clause in the following sentences.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. The elephant which is the largest land animal may soon join the list of endangered species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. She wore the necklace which was given by her grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. I talked to the man who was in charge of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. I need a laptop that has a huge memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. We must not trust people who do not stick to their words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Everybody praised the boy whose bravery saved the life of his kid brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. They still live in that old house which was built by their grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Peter, who was my junior at university, is now my colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Trust only those people who are honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. The house where I live is not far from the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. which is the largest land animal<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. which was given by her grandmother<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. who was in charge of the operation<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. that has a huge memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. who do not stick to their words<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. whose bravery saved the life of his kid brother<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. which was built by their grandmother<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. who was my junior at university<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. who are honest<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. where I live<\/p>\n\n\n\n An adjective clause serves the purpose of an adjective. That means it can be used to modify a noun. An adjective clause is sometimes also called a relative clause. It is an example of a subordinate clause....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[743,745,744,77],"class_list":["post-71664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-adjective-clause","tag-adjective-clauses","tag-relative-clause","tag-relative-pronouns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77164,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71664\/revisions\/77164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Adjective clause worksheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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