Adjective Clauses vs Adverb Clauses By Veronica Nivelo

Adjective Clauses vs Adverb Clauses By Veronica Nivelo

Adjective Clauses Adverb Clauses • An adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies or describes nouns. • An adverb clause is a dependent clause that shows relationship between ideas. Example The girl who is sitting next to you is from Mexico. Example The baby woke up when the phone rang.

Adjective Clauses • Adjective clauses are introduced by relative pronouns and relative adverbs. • Relative pronouns who, which, that, whose • Relative adverbs where, when Adverb Clauses • Adverb clauses are introduced always by: • Subordinating conjunctions after, before, while, because, since, unless, if , until

Adjective Clauses • An adjective clause nearly always appears following the noun. Example The book which is on the table is yours. The building where I live is very old. Adverb Clauses • An adverb clause may appear anywhere. Example After she graduates, she will get a job. She will get a job after she graduates.

Adjective Clauses • An adjective clause cannot be moved without constructing sentences that are ungrammatical. Example The book that is on the table is mine. The book is mine that is on the table. Adverb Clauses • An adjective clause can be moved without constructing sentences that are ungrammatical. Example The picnic will be canceled only if it rains. Only if it rains, the picnic will be canceled.

Adjective Clauses Adverb Clauses • Adjective clauses use commas to give additional information. • Adverb clauses use commas when the dependent clause goes first in the sentence. Example Mr. Smith, who is a retired teacher, does volunteer work at the hospital. By the time they arrived, we had already left. • Adjective clauses do not use commas if the information is necessary. • Adverb clauses do not use commas if the independent clause goes first in the sentence. Example The movie which we saw last night was good. We had already left by the time they arrived.

Adjective Clauses • An adjective clause can be reduced to a phrase( only if the adjective clause has the pronouns who, which, or that) by omitting the pronoun and changing the verb to its –ing form. Example • English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters. • English has an alphabet consisting of 26 letters. Adverb Clauses • An adverb clause can be reduced to a phrase( only if the dependent and independent clause have the same subject. Example • After I took my test, I went to my friend’s house. • After taking my test, I went to my friend’s house.

Exercises • I will get a reward since I passed my test today. • Some people are tall while others are short. • The people that we visited yesterday were very kind. • We went inside when it began to rain. • John is working on a new project that he doesn’t understand. • The book which I ordered from the bookstore hasn’t arrived yet. • As soon as the cat heard the electric can opener, he ran into the kitchen. • The woman who lives next door had an accident. • Carla stayed with my family until her broken leg healed completely. • My check was returned because I forgot to sign it.