ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

Ahmad Ramarza Yohnantan

Syaifurrijal M. Rizal Izzul .H
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Reducing Adjective
Adjectuve clause Clause to Adjective
01 Pronouns Used as the 03 Phrases
Subject

Adjective clause Quiz

02 Pronouns Used as the 04
Object of a
Preposition
 Adjective clause is a clause that cannot stand alone or also known as
dependent clause, its role is to modify nouns in a complex sentence. The
characteristics of this sentence start from having a subject and predicate, and are
preceded by a pronoun (who, which, that, whom).

Who(m) = used for people

That = used for both people and things
Which = used for things
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Adjective clause
with subject relative
pronouns
• I thanked the woman who helped me.
• The book which is on the table on mine.

In the example who and which is the subject of the adjective clause.

The adjective clause modifies a noun

The adjective clause modifies woman

Notes:
I thanked the woman = a main clause
Who helped me = an adjective clause
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Adjective clause
Pronouns Used as the
Object of a Preposition
 The preposition comes at the beginning of the adjective clause, in every usage, the preposition
comes after the subject and verb of the adjective clause. Example :
1. She is the woman about whom I told you about.
2. The music to which we listened last night was good.
3, The music that we listened to last night was good.

Note : If the preposition comes at the beginning of the adjective clause, only whom or which may be used. A
preposition is never immediately followed by that or who.

INCORRECT EXAMPLES:
1. SHE IS THE WOMAN ABOUT WHO I TOLD YOU.
2. THE MUSIC TO THAT WE LISTENED LAST NIGHT WAS GOOD.
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Reducing Adjective
Clauses to Adjective
Phrases
 An adjective phrase is a reduction of an adjective clause. It modifies a noun. It does not
contain a subject and verb. Example:

Clause = The girl who is sitting next to me is Mai.

Phrase = The girl sitting next to me is Mai.

Two ways adjective clause is changed to an adjective phrase.

1. If the adjective clause contain the be form of a verb, omit the subject pronoun and the be
form as the example :
• Clause = The man who is talking to John is from Korea.
Phrase = The man talking to John is from Korea.

2. If there is no be form of a verb in the adjective clause. It is sometimes possible to omit the
subject pronoun and change the verb to its -ing form as the example :
• Clause = English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters.
Phrase = English has an alphabet consisting of 26 letters.
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