adjective clause

a. Adjective Clause

Adjective clauses are also called relative clause. An adjective clause consists of a subject and a predicate that modifies a preceding noun or pronoun (its antecedent). Keep in mind that the introductory word who or that refers to a person, which or that to a thing, when to a time, where to a place, why to a reason.

Noun Antecedent            Introductory words        Illustrative sentences    

1. A person                     who, whom, whose        Subject:

                                                                             He paid the money to the man who had done the work

                                                                             Object:

                                                                              He paid the man whom he had hired.

                                                                              Object of prepositions:

                                                                             He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money .

                                                                              Possessive:

                                                                             This is the girl whose picture you saw.

2. A thing                       which, of which                 Subject:

                                                                              Here is a book which describes animals.

                                                                              Object:

                                                                              The cair which he broke he is being repaired.
                                                                               Object of prepositions:

                                                                              She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $ 2.000.

                                                                                Possessive:

                                                                               That tree, the branches of which are almost bare, is a very                                                                                 old one.

3. A time                        when                                  This is the time when the Olympic Games are held.

4. A place                       where                                 Here is the house where I

Live.

5. A reason                      why                                    Give me one good reason why you did that.

To give clear descriptions about the functions of the introductory words above, let’s see the following :

 a) Person as the subject of the adjective clause

He paid the money to the man who had done the work.

• He paid the money to the man.

• The man had done the work.

  Subject

  The word “The man ” in this example is functioning as the subject of the adjective clause. It can be seen from the position of “The man ” in the second sentences, that is “The man had done work.”

b) Person as the object of verb in the adjective clause

He paid the man whom he had hired.

• He paid the man.

• He had hired the man

Object

  The word “The man ” in this example is functioning as the object of the adjective clause. It can be seen from the position of “the man ” in the second sentence, that is, “he had hired the man”.

c) Person as the object of Preposition in the adjective clause

He paid the man from whom he had borrowed the money.

• He paid the man.

• He had borrowed the money from the man

Prep.

d) Person as the object of Possesive in the adjective clause

• This is the girl.

• You saw her picture.

  possesive

e) Things as the Subject of the adjective clause

Here is a book which describe animals.

• Here is a book.

• The book describe animals.

subject

f) Things as the object of the adjective clause

The chair which he broke is being repaired.

• The chair is being repaired.

• He broke the chair.

  Object

g) Things as the object of Preposition in the adjective clause

She was wearing the coat for which she had paid $ 2.000

• She was wearing the coat.

• She had paid for the coat $2.000

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