Unit 11: Adjective Clauses: Review and Expansion

This unit Is neccesary when you want to write a report or tell a history because you emphazise the context.

Adjectives clauses Here, the entire clause takes on the function of an adjective, usually modifying a noun or pronoun, the antecedent
An adjective clause is used to describe a noun:
Example:
The house, which was blue, belonged to San Martin.
A relative pronoun is usually used to introduce an adjective clause:
Example:

Young-Hee, who was Venezuelan, lived in Lima .
Adjectives clauses are normally introduced by a relative pronoun such as which/that (things); who/that/whom (people); whose (to indicate possession); where (place) or when (time).
Examples:
I'm looking for a secretary who speaks Spanish.

There's a restaurant that serves Mexican dishes.

I'm going to a store where they know a lot about those things.

An identifying relative clause gives necessary information and is essential to the meaning of the main sentence. The relative pronouns can be omitted when they are the object of the relative clause. The relative clause is not put in commas.

Example
The movie that I watched yesterday was exciting.
Note. Never put commas before THAT

A non-identifying clause gives extra information and is not essential to the meaning of the main sentence. In non-identifying relative clauses, the relative pronouns cannot be omitted and cannot be replaced by that. The relative clause is put in commas.

My sister, who is a good doctor, studied medicine.




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