{"id":73635,"date":"2020-04-02T06:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73635"},"modified":"2024-06-09T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T11:58:41","slug":"adjective-clauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/adjective-clauses\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjective Clauses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Adjective clauses<\/b>&nbsp;function as&nbsp;adjectives. They describe&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/15-grammar-terms-you-should-know\/\">nouns&nbsp;and&nbsp;pronouns<\/a>. Most adjective clauses start with the pronouns&nbsp;<b>who, whom, which, that,&nbsp;whose, when,&nbsp;<\/b>or<b>&nbsp;where<\/b>. Other pronouns like&nbsp;whoever, whatever, whomever, whichever, what and why can also start an adjective clause. Adjective clauses that begin with one of the&nbsp;relative pronouns&nbsp;are also called&nbsp;<b>relative clauses<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We set out for the next town\u00a0<b>where we had planned to stay the night.\u00a0<\/b>(The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018where we had planned to stay the night\u2019\u00a0<\/i>describes the noun\u00a0<i>\u2018town\u2019<\/i>.)<\/li><li>The boy\u00a0<b>who stole the watch<\/b>\u00a0was caught. (The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018who stole the watch\u2019\u00a0<\/i>describes the noun<i>\u00a0\u2018boy\u2019.<\/i>)<\/li><li>This is a fine opportunity\u00a0<b>which should not be lost.<\/b>\u00a0(The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018which should not be lost\u2019<\/i>\u00a0describes the noun\u00a0<i>\u2018opportunity\u2019<\/i>.)<\/li><li>I found a quiet place\u00a0<b>where we can meet.<\/b>\u00a0(The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018where we can meet\u2019<\/i>\u00a0describes the noun\u00a0<i>\u2018place.\u2019<\/i>)<\/li><li>Here is the book\u00a0<b>that you were looking for.<\/b>\u00a0(The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018that you were looking for\u2019<\/i>\u00a0describes the noun\u00a0<i>\u2018book\u2019<\/i>.)<\/li><li>Have you ever spoken to the people\u00a0<b>who live next door?<\/b>\u00a0(The adjective clause\u00a0<i>\u2018who live next door\u2019<\/i>\u00a0describes the noun\u00a0\u2018people\u2019.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worksheet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Underline the adjective clauses in the following sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>People who live in the countryside tend to be healthier than those who live in cities.<\/li><li>The young men who live in the flat opposite to mine keep having all night parties.<\/li><li>I know a lot of young people who want to move to developed countries.<\/li><li>Masons are people who build homes.<\/li><li>Where are the apples that were in the refrigerator?<\/li><li>A cobbler is someone who mends shoes.<\/li><li>I haven&#8217;t finished reading the book that I borrowed from the library.<\/li><li>The house that was destroyed in the fire belonged to my uncle.<\/li><li>They have bought a new car that can seat 8 people.<\/li><li>The police have arrested the man who plotted the crime.<\/li><li>People who were injured in the accident are in hospital.<\/li><li>The boy who had scraped his knee cried in pain.<\/li><li>I have an impacted tooth that needs to be extracted.<\/li><li>Thomas Alva Edison was the man who invented the light bulb.<\/li><li>A theist is a person who believes in God.<\/li><li>She said something that I will never forget. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/adjective-clauses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/adjective-clauses.jpg\" alt=\"adjective clauses\" class=\"wp-image-77740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/adjective-clauses.jpg 408w, https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/adjective-clauses-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adjective clauses&nbsp;function as&nbsp;adjectives. They describe&nbsp;nouns&nbsp;and&nbsp;pronouns. Most adjective clauses start with the pronouns&nbsp;who, whom, which, that,&nbsp;whose, when,&nbsp;or&nbsp;where. Other pronouns like&nbsp;whoever, whatever, whomever, whichever, what and why can also start an adjective clause. Adjective clauses that&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[745,782,417,2423],"class_list":["post-73635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-adjective-clauses","tag-clauses","tag-relative-clauses","tag-what-are-adjective-clauses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73635","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=73635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77741,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73635\/revisions\/77741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}