CONTENTS

12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction

12-2 Using who and whom in adjective ...
12-3 Using who, who(m), and that in adjective ...
12-4 Using which and that in adjective clauses
12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective …
12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses
12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses

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12-1 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: INTRODUCTION

I have a terrific friend

who is very kind.

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adjective
11-10 CPITALIZATION + noun
(a) I have a terrific friend.
adjective + noun
(b) I have a thoughtful friend.

adjective modifies noun

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adjective
11-10 CPITALIZATION + noun
(a) I have a terrific friend.
adjective + noun
(b) I have a thoughtful friend.

adjective noun

(usually)
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noun
11-10 CPITALIZATION +
adjective clause
(c) I have a friend who is always cheerful.
noun
+ adjective clause
11-10 CPITALIZATION

(d) I have a friend who is a doctor.

noun
11-10 CPITALIZATION +
adjective clause
(e) I have a friend who lives next door.

adjective clause modifies noun

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noun
11-10 CPITALIZATION +
adjective clause
(c) I have a friend who is always cheerful.
noun
+ adjective clause
11-10 CPITALIZATION

(d) I have a friend who is a doctor.

noun
11-10 CPITALIZATION +
adjective clause
(e) I have a friend who lives next door.

noun adjective clause

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12-2 USING WHO AND WHOM IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The boy who has the phone

is adorable.

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 12-2 USING WHO AND WHOM IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

(a) The child is adorable. He has the phone.

(b) The child who has the phone is adorable.

he is a subject pronoun
who is a subject pronoun
who
he adjective clause

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(a) The child is adorable.

(b) The child who has the phone is adorable.

INCORRECT: The child is adorable

who has the phone.

noun adjective clause

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 12-2 USING WHO AND WHOM IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

(c) The child was funny. I saw him.

(d) The child whom I saw was funny.

him is an object pronoun

whom is an object pronoun
whom
him adjective clause

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(c) The child was funny.

(d) The child who has the phone was funny.

noun + adjective clause

INCORRECT: The child was funny who has the phone.

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two sentences one sentence who

Jonah is in my English class.

He is an excellent student.

Jonah who is an excellent student

is in my English class.

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two sentences one sentence who

Mary is an artist.
She is very talented.

Mary who is very talented

is an artist.

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two sentences one sentence Ø

We see the vendors.
They are working in the floating
market.

The vendors whom we see are

working in the floating market.

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12-3 USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

The girl that has the phone

is friendly.

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 12-3 USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

(a) The girl is friendly.

(b) The girl who has the phone is friendly.
same
meaning

(c) The girl that has the phone is friendly.

INCORRECT: The girl has the phone is friendly.

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 12-3 USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

(a) The child is adorable. He has the phone.

(c) The child that has the phone is adorable.

He is a subject pronoun
that can be the subject

that
He adjective clause

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 12-3 USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

S O
(d) The child was funny. I knew her.

who(m)
that
(e) The child who(m) I knew was funny.
(f) The child that I knew was funny.
(g) The child Ø I knew was funny.
object pronoun can be omitted
from adjective clause
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CORRECT OR INCORRECT ?
The people who(m) I met last night
were really funny.

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CORRECT OR INCORRECT ?
The woman is reading is my sister.

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CORRECT OR INCORRECT ?
The woman that is reading is my sister.

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12-4 USING WHICH AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The computer that I just

bought is really fast.

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s v
(a) My computer is really fast. It is new.
s v
(b) My computer which is new is really fast.
s v
(c) My computer that is new is really fast.

which things
that people / things
who, whom people
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(a) My computer is really fast. It is new.

(b) My computer which is new is really fast.

(c) My computer that is new is really fast.

It
which adjective clause

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(a) My computer is really fast. It is new.

(b) My computer which is new is really fast.

(c) My computer that is new is really fast.

It
that adjective clause

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(a) That computer is really fast. It is new.

(b) That computer which is new is really fast.
(c) That computer that is new is really fast.

INCORRECT: That computer is new is really fast.

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 12-4 USING WHICH AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

s v o
(d) The old car needs work. I drive it.
o s v
(e) The old car which I drive needs work.
o s v
(f) The old car that I drive needs work.
s v
(g) The old car Ø I drive needs work.

which, that object in adjective clause

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(d) The old car needs work. I drive it.

(e) The old car which I drive needs work.

same meaning
(f) The old car that I drive needs work.
same meaning
(g) The old car Ø I drive needs work.

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two sentences one sentence which

We played a game. The game was fun.

The game which we played

was fun.

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two sentences one sentence Ø

We played a game. The game was fun.

The game we played

was fun.

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two sentences one sentence that

Where is the supermarket?

It sells great produce.

Where is the supermarket

that sells great produce?

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12-5 SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERBS IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

I have a friend who is a

wonderful gardener.

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 12-5 SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERBS IN ADJECTIVE
CLAUSES

(a) I have a friend who is a wonderful gardener.

singular noun singular verb

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CLAUSES

(b) I have friends who are wonderful gardeners.

plural noun plural verb

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People who travel to other countries is

are required to have a passport.
___ are

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A set of twins that ___

is not identical is
___
is called fraternal. are

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There are many people in speak

speak more than
Europe who ______ speaks
one language.

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 12-6 USING PREPOSITIONS IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The new student I talked to

was thrilled to be here.

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PREP Obj.
(a) The teacher is friendly. I talked to her.

Obj. PREP
(b) The teacher whom I talked to is friendly.
(c) The teacher that I talked to is friendly.

(d) The teacher Ø I talked to is friendly.

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FORMAL ENGLISH
MUST have pronoun

PREP Obj.
(e) The teacher to whom I talked is friendly.

preposition + whom + adjective clause

which

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PREP Obj.
(f) The paper is long. I am working on it.

Obj. PREP
(g) The paper which I am working on is long.
(h) The paper that I am working on is long.

(i) The paper Ø I am working on is long.

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FORMAL ENGLISH
MUST have pronoun

PREP Obj.
(j) The paper on which I am working is long.

preposition + whom + adjective clause

which

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two sentences one sentence which

We went to a game. It was boring.

The game which we

went to was boring.

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two sentences one sentence Ø

We went to a game. It was boring.

The game Ø we
went to was boring.

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We visited a Rodin museum that

yesterday. It was beautiful.

The Rodin museum that we visited

yesterday was beautiful.

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12-7 USING WHOSE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The boy whose wrist is

broken has a cast.

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(a) The boy has a cast.

His wrist is broken.

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(a) The boy has a cast.

His wrist is broken.

whose wrist

(b) The boy whose wrist is broken has a cast.

whose possession

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(a) The boy has a cast.

His wrist is broken.

whose wrist

(b) The boy whose wrist is broken has a cast.

adjective clause

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(c) I have a friend.

Her mother is a doctor.

whose mother

(d) I have a friend whose mother is a doctor.

whose possession

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(c) I have a friend.

Her mother is a doctor.

whose mother

(d) I have a friend whose mother is a doctor.

adjective clause
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(e) The family was moving.

I bought their car.

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(e) The family was moving.

I bought their car.

whose car

(f) The family whose car I bought was moving.

whose possession

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(c) The family is moving.

I bought their car.

whose car

(d) The family whose car I bought was moving.

adjective clause
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who
whose

This is my friend Ichiro.

His sister is a famous
scientist.

This is my friend Ichiro whose sister

is a famous scientist.

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who
whose

I go to a great doctor.
She is very busy.

I go to a great doctor who is very busy.

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who
whose
I go to a busy doctor.
Her patients often have to wait
in line.

I go to a busy doctor whose patients often

have to wait in line.

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