A SUMMARY OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS & ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Teachers: This is a good overview of adj clauses 1.

Use the sentences after the charts on the computers in class. Show the students how to make transformations by moving the words around. They are the same sentences that are in the chart. Then the students have a great reference. I change the names in the sentences to match my students. 2. I use the first 2 boxes on Day 1 and the rest on Day 2. Enjoy! Amy Bargfrede

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A SUMMARY OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS & ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Relative Pronouns as subjects of verbs Identifying Adjective Clauses

Non-identifying Adjective Clauses

People who that I know the students who (that) are from Korea. That which The book that is on the table belongs to Michelle.

who I talked to John, who is from Texas. . Which Michelle is from China, which is in Asia.

Things

Relative Pronouns as possessive adjectives + subjects of verbs Identifying Adjective Clauses Non-identifying Adjective Clauses People whose whose I know the student whose family lives in Peru. Relative Pronouns as objects of verbs Identifying Adjective Clauses People whom (or who, informally) that ----The student whom I saw was Mickey. The student that I saw was Mickey. The student I saw was Mickey. (same meaning) that which -----I read the letter that Jose wrote. I read the letter which Jose wrote. I read the letter Jose wrote. (same meaning) I can introduce you to Mia, whose family lives in Thailand.

Non-identifying Adjective Clauses whom (or who, informally)

Joon, whom you met yesterday, is from Korea.

Things

Which

Turkey, which I have visited, is very beautiful.

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A SUMMARY OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS & ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions Identifying People preposition + whom whom.... preposition that........ preposition .............. preposition Chang is the student for whom we are waiting. Chang is the student whom we are waiting for. Chang is the student that we are waiting for. Chang is the student we are waiting for. prep + whose + noun (never delete whose) whose + noun..... prep She is the person about whose cat we are talking. She is the person whose cat we are talking about. Things preposition + which which........preposition that.......preposition .............preposition The building in which I live is old. The building which I live in is old. The building that I live in is old. The building I live in is old. Where as a Relative Pronoun Identifying Adjective Clauses Places where Thats the school. We study there (in/at that place). Thats the school where we study When as a Relative Pronoun Identifying Adjective Clauses Time when ---I remember the day. We talked about adjective clauses then (at that time.) I remember the day when we talked about adjective clauses. I remember the day we talked about adjective clauses

Non-identifying Adjective Clauses Where I love Rice University, where I study.

Non-identifying Adjective Clauses When My favorite day was Wednesday. I met everyone on that day. My favorite day was Wednesday, when I met everyone in the class.

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