UNIT 11: Adjective Clauses

I think that to learn and analyze the adjective clauses is very important in order to improve our English Skills and become more fluent. For example when you practice complex sentences like a combination of dependent clauses and independent clauses. The following are few examples:

1.Placement: The adjective clauses can be:

1.1 After the main clause
- He have bought a car that runs very fast.

1.2 Inside the main clause
- The car that runs very fast is small .


2.Relative pronouns: Who, Whom, Which, that

2.1 Subjects: Who, which, that

2.1.1 People. - Use ‘who’ or ‘that’ to refer people.
- She has a teacher who likes to scream in class.
- The athletes have a trainer that is from another country.

2.1.2 Things. - Use ‘that’ or ‘which’ to refer things
- That is the house which is very big.
- Those are the trees that were cut.

2.2 Objects: Who(m), Which, That, Ø (no pronoun)

2.2.1 People.- Use 'who(m)', 'that' or no-pronoun to refer people.
- This is the child who(m) we gave money.

2.2.2 Things.- Use 'which', 'that' or no-pronoun to refer things.
- This is the movie which she likes a lot.


3. Whose to indicate possession
3.1 Whose + noun

3.1.1 People
- I saw a movie about a man whose brother became a criminal.

3.1.2 Things
- It’s the building whose shape is very modern.


4. Where and When in Adjective Clauses

4.1 Place.- Use ‘where’ to refer places.
- I usually go to the city where I was born.

4.2 Time.- Use ‘when’, ‘that‘ or no pronoun to refer time.
- I remember the day when I saw a good movie.


5. Adjective clauses: Identifying or Nonidentifying

5.1 Identifying clauses: Never use commas.
- The woman who is laughing next to me likes bolliwood movies.

5.2 Nonidentifying: Use commas.
- My neighbor Manuel, who I lend some money, left the city.

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