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Understanding Adjective Clauses

An adjective clause modifies a noun by describing or giving information about it. It follows and is attached to a noun. An adjective clause contains a subject and verb and uses connecting words like who or that. Who is used to refer to people or animals while that can refer to people, animals, or things. Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that cannot stand alone as sentences.

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Understanding Adjective Clauses

An adjective clause modifies a noun by describing or giving information about it. It follows and is attached to a noun. An adjective clause contains a subject and verb and uses connecting words like who or that. Who is used to refer to people or animals while that can refer to people, animals, or things. Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that cannot stand alone as sentences.

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Adjective Clauses

Adjective Clauses: Introduction

Adjectives Adjective Clauses


An adjective modifies a noun. Modify means An adjective clause modifies a noun. It
to change a little. An adjective describes or describes or gives information about a noun.
gives information about the noun.
An adjective usually comes in front of a noun. An adjective clause follows a noun.

(c) I met a man who is kind to everybody.


(a) I met a kind man
(d) I met a man who is a famous poet.
(b) I met a famous man
(e) I met a man who lives in Chicago.

GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY
A clause is a structure that has a subject and a verb. There are two kind of clauses: independent and
dependent.
 An “IC” independent clause, can stand alone as a sentence.
 A “IC” dependent clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence.
It must be connected to an independent clause.

Using Who and that in Adjective clauses.

Who Uso Sinificado Examples


 Personas  Quien IC She is my daughter. She is 4 years old.
 Quienes DC She is my daughter who she is 4 years
old.
My daughter, who is 4 year old, is in
the school.

That  Personas  Que Luis is at the hotel.


 Animales The hotel is near his house.
 Cosas Luis is at the hotel that is near his house.
Exercise 2. Looking at grammar.

Check the items that have complete sentences.

1. I.C I know a teenager. She flies airplanes.


2. D.C I know a teenager who files airplanes.
3. D.C A teenager who flies airplanes.
4. I.C Who flies airplanes.
5. I.C Who flies airplanes?
6. D.C I know a teenager flies airplanes.

Exercise 3. Warm-up

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the list. Underline the word that follows doctor
in each sentence.

A dermatologist An orthopedist A pediatrician A surgeon

1. A surgeon is a doctor who performs operations.


2. A dermatologist is a doctor that treats skin problems.
3. A orthopedist is a doctor who treats bone injuries.
4. A pediatrician Is a doctor that treats children.

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