CLAUSE COMBINING

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The author is my aunt.
 The author wrote this
masterpiece.

The author who wrote this

masterpiece is my aunt.
Adjective clause
Who=sub conj/subject of
the sub clause
• The handsome man is my father.
• [You went with ]the handsome
man yesterday.
• O
• The handsome man whom you
went with yesterday is my father.
• The handsome man with whom
you went yesterday is my father.

– Adjective clause
The woman is very happy
The woman’s son won the
competition.

The woman whose son won

the competition is very happy
-> adjective clause
The tiger is trapped by the
villager.
The tiger killed the peasant.

The tiger which killed the

peasant is trapped by the villager.
Adjective clause
Which=subordinate conj/subject
of the sub clause
The boy is his brother.
The boy is riding his bicycle.

The boy who is riding his

bicycle is his brother.
Adjective clause
who=sub conj/subj of the
sub clause
The woman calls the
police.
The woman’s bag is
stolen.

The woman whose bag is

stolen calls the police.
Adjective clause
Jember is a city.
I was born in that city.
Jember is a city where
I was born.
Jember is a city in which
I was born.
Adjective clause
The cat is a Persian.
The cat’s tail is long.

The cat of which tail is

long is a Persian.
The tragedy happened in
AntahBerantah.
two hundred inhabitants live in that
city.

The tragedy happened in

AntahBerantah where two hundred
inhabitants live.

The tragedy happened in

AntahBerantah where two hundred
inhabitants live.
Assignment:
Make some sentences using clause combining (each number
has 3 clauses as given on the previous slides) with the use
of the following subordinate conjunctions:
1. Which
2. That
3. Who
4. Whose
5. Whom
6. Where / in which
7. Of which
8. Subordinate conjunction (with preposition as given on slide
no 3)

Name the file and or email “IG TASK 4 2020. YOUR AND
PARTNER’S FIRST NAMES”.
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