Using Adjective Clauses

1. A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. It is

used as a part of a sentence.
2. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand
alone as a sentence.
Mario is the last contestant who will give a speech.
3. A dependent clause does not express a complete thought and
cannot stand alone as a sentence.
These are the definitions that we should learn.
4. A dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun is called an
adjective clause.
Here is the book that I bought for you.
5. Adjective clauses are introduced by words called relatives. Who,
whom, which, and that are relative pronouns. Whose is called a
relative adjective when it introduces an adjective clause.
6. A relative serves two purposes: (1) It introduces the clause. (2) It
serves a grammatical function within the clause.
She is the one who will help us. (Who is the subject of the will
help.)
He is the boy to whom the scholarship was granted. (Whom is the
object of the preposition to.)
A Christian is a person whose conduct should be above reproach.
(Whose modifies the noun conduct.)
There is a painting that I really want. (That is the direct object of
want.)

Exercise: (1) Underline each subject one time and each verb two times.
(2) Circle each relative. (3) Put parentheses around each adjective
clause. (4) Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun that the clause
modifies.
1. William Shakespeare, who wrote 37 plays and over 150 sonnets, is
the most famous of all.
2. Our dog, which escaped last month, returned home last night.
3. Students who won scholarships will have their photograph taken
this afternoon.
VOCABULARY
modest- humble, reserved, unexaggerated
monopoly- exclusive control of a service or community
predicament- unpleasant, trying, or dangerous situation