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a. We are going to move to a larger apartment soon.b. We are going to move to an apartment that is closer to school.
1. Are both of these sentences correct? yes no
2. What is the noun in sentence a? _________________
3. In sentence a, what word is modifying apartment? _________________
4. What kind of word is it? _________________
5. In sentence b, what is modifying apartment? _____________________________
6. Grammatically, what is it? _________________
7. What kind of clause is it? _________________
Highlight the adjective clauses in the following sentences.
1. October 10, which is a holiday called Discoverer’s Day, commemorates the day when Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World.
2. How do you like the book that I gave you?
3. Anyone who is interested in joining a club that will help build houses for low income families should come to a meeting on Tuesday.
4. I have always wanted to live in a place where I could see and hear the ocean from my front porch.
5. Anyone whose first name begins with “T” should meet in the college counseling room, which is next to the principal’s office, after school today.
6. Would you ask the people sitting on the wall to move somewhere safer?
7. The reason why I was late this morning is that the electricity went out in my neighborhood last night and my alarm clock, which is electric, didn’t go off.
8. Have you ever wondered why the capital of the United States, which is between Maryland and Virginia, is not a part of any state?
a. The new CD that I bought last week is really good. b. My new CD, which I bought last week, is really good.
1. What words are connecting the adjective clauses to the noun? __________ & _________
2. What kind of word are these words? _________________
3. What kind of pronouns connect adjective clauses to nouns? _________________ 4. What are the relative pronouns in English?
apartment larger adjective that is closer to school
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a. which b. that c. ____________ (or ____________) d. ____________ e. ____________ f. ____________ g. ____________ 5. Is the new CD general or specific? (Do you know which one?) _________________ 6. Is that I bought last week a defining or non-defining clause? _________________
7. Do you need commas with defining clauses? yes no
8. Is my new CD general or specific? (Do you know which one?) _________________ 9. Is which I bought last year a defining or non-defining clause? _________________ 10. Do you need commas with non-defining clauses? yes no
a. All the people who were in the library had to evacuate when the fire alarm went off. b. All the people who I met on vacation were very polite and friendly.
11. What is the adjective clause in sentence a? ___________________________________
12. What is the subject of this clause? _________________
13. Is this a subject or object clause? _________________ 14. What is the adjective clause in sentence b? ___________________________________
15. What is the subject of this clause? _________________
16. What does who mean in sentence b? _________________ 17. How would you write this clause as a main clause? _____________________________
18. What part of the clause is who? _________________
19. Is this a subject or object clause? _________________ 20. Do you need to add an object after the main verb? yes no
Highlight the adjective clause in each sentence. Are the following clauses subject or object clauses? Are they defining or non-defining?
ex. s / n My brother, who is younger than me, lives in Baltimore. 1. ____ / ____ Music that has a hard, driving beat is very popular among teenage boys. 2. ____ / ____ Snowboarding, which I have always wanted to try, is the fastest growing
winter sport.
3. ____ / ____ Did you finish all the work that your boss gave you?
4. ____ / ____ Presidents Day, which was last Monday, used to be two separate holidays. 5. ____ / ____ Legend says that the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which burned most of the
city and killed 300 people, was started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.
6. ____ / ____ All the students who I have interviewed wish that the dress code was less strict.
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8. ____ / ____ Andrew Johnson, who became President after the death of Abraham Lincoln, was the first President to be impeached by Congress.
9. ____ / ____ Friends are people who you can depend on during difficult times.
10. ____ / ____ Mt. Rushmore, which I visited when I was in middle school, has the faces of four U.S. Presidents carved in its side.
Write the correct relative pronoun in the blank. Add commas when necessary. 1. The Vernal Equinox ________________ comes on March 20 is the day
________________ marks the change of season from winter to spring.
2. What was the name of the scientist ________________ is famous for her research on radioactivity ________________ led to the discovery of radium and polonium.
3. Pablo Picasso ________________ paintings created a new genre of art died at the age of 91
4. Pablo Picasso ________________ died on April 8, 1973 created a new genre of art. 5. People ________________ live in colder parts of the world usually prefer to take vacations
in places ______________ they can relax and enjoy warm, tropical weather.
6. Barry Sanders ____________ became one of the greatest running backs in the history of the NFL never fully explained the reasons _____________ he retired so suddenly.
7. Any senior ________________ GPA is 3.6 or higher will graduate with honors.
8. Halloween ________________ is now one of the most popular holidays in the U.S. was originally called All Hallow’s Eve ________________ was the day ________________ spirits of dead people returned to Earth.
9. One of the causes of the Civil War ________________ lasted from 1861 to 1865 was the belief ________________ state governments should be more powerful than the federal government.
10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt ________________ many people consider one of the greatest Presidents in U.S. history broke the precedent ________________ was set by George Washington of not serving more than two terms in office.
Rewrite the following sentences so they have at least on adjective clause. 1. Students will be given demerits if they do not follow the dress code.
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ which that who whom whose where when why s n o d o n , which that who , which , whose , who who where , who why whose , which , which when , which that , whom that
2. If clothing is too tight or too revealing, you are not allowed to wear it at school.
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. Many people oppose the decisions of the President, so they are going to have a protest
rally.
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. When they have dreams of becoming professional athletes, high school students often go
to special camps. These camps will help them be more competitive.
High school students ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. We found a wallet on the beach so we turned it in to the police.
We ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________
You are not allowed to wear clothing that is too tight or too revealing at school.
Many people who oppose the decisions of the President are going to have a protest rally.
who have dreams of becoming professional athletes often go to special camps that will help them be more competitive.
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Highlight the adjective clause in each sentence. Are the following clauses subject or object clauses? Are they defining or non-defining?
ex. s / n My brother, who is younger than me, lives in Baltimore.
1. ____ / ____ Compaq, which is the largest computer company in the world, bought Digital Corporation this year.
2. ____ / ____ The woman who called forgot to give me her phone number 3. ____ / ____ The woman that you were talking to lives in Milan.
4. ____ / ____ The New York Yankees, which is my favorite baseball team, plays it’s home games in Yankee Stadium.
5. ____ / ____ The first word processor that I used was WordStar. 6. ____ / ____ The person that gets this job will have to move to Seattle. 7. ____ / ____ I couldn’t find the kind of cereal that you asked me to buy. 8. ____ / ____ My grandfather built the home that my father was born in.
9. ____ / ____ I will go to the U.S. during summer vacation, which begins in a few weeks. 10. ____ / ____ I took all the pictures that I hung on my wall.
Write the correct relative pronoun in the blank. Add commas when necessary. 1. Students _______________ families are not in Hawaii can join the homestay program
_______________ will help them find a family _______________ they can live with. 2. The best vacation _______________ I have ever taken was the one _______________
my whole family spent a week at DisneyWorld _______________ is the one in Florida. 3. The Hope Diamond _______________ is now currently in the Smithsonian Museum is
supposed to bring bad luck to anyone _______________ owns it.
4. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________ led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s dreamt of a world _______________ people were judged by their abilities and not by the color of their skin or their religion.
5. ANZAC Day _______________ Australians and New Zealanders remember the soldiers _______________ fought in World War I is similar to Bastille Day _______________ commemorates the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution because they are both the most important national holidays in each country..
6. The reason _______________ a student is late is much less important than the fact _______________ they were late in the first place.
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7. Lance Armstrong ______________ I have admired for many years is the seven-time winner of the Tour de France _______________ is the most difficult cycling race in the world. 8. Ramadan _______________ is the holiest time of the year for people _______________
follow Islam is the month _______________ adults do not eat or drink during the day. 9. Lexington, Massachusetts _______________ the first battle of the Revolutionary War was
fought is a small town outside Boston _______________ was the capital of the colony _______________ many of the main events leading up to the Revolution occurred.. 10. Mark Twain _______________ was born Samuel Clemens wrote such classics as The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer _______________ tells about life in rural America and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court _______________ tells about an American _______________ goes back in time.
Rewrite the following sentences so they have at least one adjective clause.
1. If people want to live healthy lives, they should get plenty of sleep and drink lots of water. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. Andrea has only been a student at this school for two months and already her classmates
elected her class vice-president. [One of the clauses must be passive.] _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. I began diving when I was in high school, and it helped me to be better at other sports.
Diving ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ or I_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. King Kalakaua was the king of Hawaii and he traveled around the world and was known as
the Merrie Monarch. [Use one defining and one non-defining clause.] _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. Kickball has rules and the rules are similar to baseball and it is popular among elementary
students. [Use one defining and one non-defining clause.] _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ , whom , which , which who when , where , which where , who , which , which who
People who want to live healthy lives shoucl get plenty of sleep and drink lots of water
Andrea, who has only been a student at this school for two months, was already elected her class vice-president.
, which I began when I was in high school, helped me to be better at other sports.
began diving, which helped me to be better at other sports, when I was in high school.
King Kalakaua, who was known as the Merrie Monarch, was the king of hawaii who traveled around the world.
Kickball, which is popular among elementary students, has rules that are similar to baseball.
