Adjective Clauses

1. Adjective Clauses USE • Adjective clauses to identify or give additional information about nouns (people, places, things) • It can be a combination of two sentences. Example: • I have a friend + He loves playing football. • I have a friend who loves playing football. Adjective clause

2. Adjective Clauses • AdjectiveClauses are introduced by the following words (relative pronouns): who, whose, which, someone, somebody, etc. Examples: • I have a friend who collects Coca-Cola bottles. (The clause who collects Coca-Cola bottles identifies the friend) • I know the manwhose bicycle was stolen.

3. Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns USE (relative pronouns): • WHO- to refer to people • WHICH- refer to places or things • WHOSE + noun- show possession or relationship

4. Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns USE (relative pronouns): • Relative pronouns have the same form whether they refer to singular or plural nouns. • That’s the man wholives across the road. • That’s the woman wholives across the road. • Those are the people wholive across the road.

5. Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns • Using a comma may have different meaning in the sentence. Compare: • My sister, who lives in Sabah, came to visit me this year • My sister who lives in Sabah came to visit me this year. (I have several sisters. This one lives in Sabah)

6. Exercises • Write who, that, which or whose to complete the sentences. 1. The woman ______ gave us all this money is not very rich. 2. This is a machine ______ costs half a million ringgit. 3. Is this the person ______ stole your wallet? 4. That’s the man ______ car was stolen. 5. She’s the person _____ is working for the film studio. 6. He’s the journalist ______ article was on the front page of The Star. 7. He passes all his exams, ______ surprised us. 8. The policeman asked me for directions, _____ confused me a little.