Subordinate Clauses Adjective Clause The Adjective Clause A

Subordinate Clauses Adjective Clause

The Adjective Clause • A clause (a group of words containing a subject and a verb) that modifies a noun or pronoun • An adjective clause will FOLLOW the word or words it modifies • Tells what kind or which one • Often begin with a relative pronoun – That, Which, Whom, Whose (When, Where)

Identifying Adjective Clauses • The book that I am reading in English 11 A is the best book I’ve ever read. • Look for your key word (relative pronoun) • The book that I am reading in English 11 A is the best book I’ve ever read. • Look for the noun preceding it • The book that I am reading in English 11 A is the best book I’ve ever read. • Ask the question—Which book? OR What kind of book? • The book that I am reading in English 11 A is the best book I’ve ever read.

Check! • The book that I am reading in English 11 A is the best book I’ve ever read. • Take out the adjective clause, beginning with the relative pronoun • The book is the best book I’ve ever read. • You should be left with an sensible independent clause that I am reading in English 11 A

Practice • The person who bags my groceries is covered in tattoos. • Identify the relative pronoun • The person who bags my groceries is covered in tattoos. • Identify the noun preceding it • The person who bags my groceries is covered in tattoos. • Answer the question—What kind? OR Which one? • The person who bags my groceries is covered in tattoos.

Check! • Are you left with an independent clause • The person is covered in tattoos. • Hooray! who bags my groceries

Practice Again • The dragon whose scales are the shiniest will be the easiest to see. • The dragon will be the easiest to see. whose scales are the shiniest

On Your Own • Complete Exercise 2 on pg 562 • Copy the sentence onto a sheet of paper, then underline the adjective clause once and the noun or pronoun it modifies twice • You do NOT need to tell if the pronoun is used as a subject, direct object, or an object of the preposition