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    This document provides an introduction and overview of adjective clauses. It begins by defining clauses, independent clauses, and adjective/relative clauses. It then discusses the use of relative pronouns and adverbs in adjective clauses when used as subjects or objects. Examples are given for who, which, that, whom, whose, where, when. The document also shows how to combine sentences using an adjective clause. Finally, it explains how to change an adjective clause to an adjective phrase by omitting the subject pronoun and verb forms.

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    This document provides an introduction and overview of adjective clauses. It begins by defining clauses, independent clauses, and adjective/relative clauses. It then discusses the use of relative pronouns and adverbs in adjective clauses when used as subjects or objects. Examples are given for who, which, that, whom, whose, where, when. The document also shows how to combine sentences using an adjective clause. Finally, it explains how to change an adjective clause to an adjective phrase by omitting the subject pronoun and verb forms.

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    This document provides an introduction and overview of adjective clauses. It begins by defining clauses, independent clauses, and adjective/relative clauses. It then discusses the use of relative pronouns and adverbs in adjective clauses when used as subjects or objects. Examples are given for who, which, that, whom, whose, where, when. The document also shows how to combine sentences using an adjective clause. Finally, it explains how to change an adjective clause to an adjective phrase by omitting the subject pronoun and verb forms.

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    An English Material for KPD

    Grade IX
    By Veronika Napitu
    What will you find in this material?
    • Introduction to Adjective Clause
    • The Use of Relative Pronoun & Relative Adverb in Adjective
    Clause
    • Changing An Adjective Clause to An Adjective Phrase
    Introduction to • Clause : I saw a man
    Adjective S V
    Clause
    • Independent Clause : I saw a man
    Clause : a group of words S V O
    containing a subject and a
    verb
    • Adjective Clause : who closed the door
    Independent Clause :
    a complete sentence. It
    contains the main subject and
    verb of a sentence
    Complex Sentence :
    Dependent Clause :
    is not a complete sentence, it
    I saw a man who closed the door
    must be connected to an
    independent clause
    modifies
    Adjective Clause/Relative Verb
    Clause : Subject
    a dependent clause that Main verb
    modifies a noun. It describes,
    identifies, or gives further
    information about a noun.
    The Use of Relative Pronoun & Relative Adverb
    in Adjective Clause
     Using Relative Pronoun as Subject :
    who, which, that

    (a) I thanked the woman (a) The book is mine


    (b) She helped me (b) It is on the table
     I thanked the woman who helped me.  The book which is on the table is mine.
    S V S V  The book that is on the table is mine.
     I thanked the woman that helped me.
    which & that = used for things
    who & that = used for people
    who / that is the subject of the adjective clause
    Let’s combine the two sentences, use the second sentence as an
    adjective clause

    1. The girl is happy. She won the race.


    2. The student is from China. He sits next to me.


    3. We are studying sentences. They are contain adjective clause.


    4. I am using a sentence. It contains an adjective clause.



    The Use of Relative Pronoun & Relative Adverb
    in Adjective Clause
     Using Relative Pronoun as Object :
    whom, which, that

    (a)The man was Mr. Jones. (a) The movie wasn’t very good.
    (b) I saw him. (b) We saw it last night.
     The man whom I saw was Mr. Jones.  The movie which we saw last night wasn’t very
     The man which I saw was Mr. Jones. good.
     The man I saw was Mr. Jones.  The movie that we saw last night wasn’t very
    good.
     The movie we saw last night wasn’t very
    good.

    Whom = used for people


    An object pronoun is often
    Which = used for things
    omitted from an adjective
    That = used for both people
    clause
    and things
    Let’s combine the two sentences, use the second
    sentence as an adjective clause

    1. The book was good. I read it.


    2. I liked the woman. I met her at the party last night.


    3. The people were very nice. We visited them yesterday



    The Use of Relative Pronoun & Relative Adverb
    in Adjective Clause
     Using whose  to show possession  Using where  to modify a place
    (city, country, room, house, etc)
    (a) I know the man.
    (b) His bicycle was stolen. (a) The building is very old.
     I know the man whose bicycle was stolen. (b) He lives there (in that building).
     The building where he lives is very old.
    (a)The student writes well.  The building in which he lives is very old.
    (b) I read her composition.  The building which he lives in is very old.
     The student whose composition I read  The building that he lives in is very old.
    writes well.
    If where is used, a preposition is not included in
    the adjective. If where is not used, the
    preposition must be included.
    The Use of Relative Pronoun & Relative Adverb
    in Adjective Clause

     Using when  to modify a noun of time (year, day, time, century, etc)

    (a)I’ll never forget the day


    (b)I met you then (on that day).
     I’ll never forget the day when I met you.
     I’ll never forget the day on which I met you.
     I’ll never forget the day that I met you.
     I’ll never forget the day I met you.

    The use of preposition ‘on’ in this type precedes ‘which’. Otherwise, the preposition is
    omitted.
    Let’s combine the two sentences, use the second
    sentence as an adjective clause

    1. I know the man. His wife is my teacher


    2. That is the drawer. I keep my jewellery there (in that drawer).


    3. July is the month. The weather is usually the hottest then (in that
    month

    Changing An Adjective Clause to An Adjective Phrase
    Adjective clauses can be • There are two ways in which an adjective clause is changed to
    reduced to phrases. An adjective
    phrase modifies a noun. An
    an adjectival phrase:
    adjective phrase does not (1) The subject pronoun is omitted and the be form of the verb is omitted
    contain a subject and a verb. (a)Clause: The man who is talking to you is from Korea.
    Adjective clause: Phrase: The man talking to you is from Korea.
    The girl who is sitting next to
    (b) Clause: The idea which are presented in that book is interesting.
    me is Mary.
    Adjective phrase: Phrase : The idea presented in that book is interesting.
    The girl sitting next to me is (c) Clause: The books that are on that shelf are mine.
    Mary Phrase: The books on that shelf are mine.
    Only adjective clause that have
    a subject pronoun – who, which, (2) If there is no be form of a verb in the adjective clause, you can omit the
    or that – are reduced to subject pronoun and change the verb to the –ing form.
    modifying adjective phrases. (a) Clause: Anyone who wants to get the news can listen to the
    Clause: The boy whom I saw was message
    Tom Phrase: Anyone wanting to get the news can listen to the
    Phrase: (none) message
    Change the adjective clauses to adjective phrases.

    1. Do you know the woman who is coming toward us?


    2. The children who attend that school receive a good education.


    3. We have an apartment which overlooks the park.



    Hope this material benefit you

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