Name:
Subject Name: ELI123 (Structure of English)
Course-Year & Section:
BSED(ENGLISH) 1 year/ E1-B
(MWF - 08:30 - 09:30am)
Topic:
Relative Clause
Adjective Clause
Relative Clause is one kind of
dependent clause. It has a subject
and verb, it is sometimes called an
"adjective clause" because it
functions like an adjective, it gives
more information about a noun. A
relative clause always begin with
"that, who, which, whoever, whom,
whomever, whichever and whose,"
which substitutes for noun, a noun
phrase, or a pronoun when sentence
are combined.
Examples:
1. Reyma went to school. (Main
clause)
Her favorite subject was Maths.
(Relative clause)
Reyma whose favorite subject is
math, went to school
(Complete sentence using a relative
clause)
2. Krizel loves animals. (Main clause)
She has 7 cats. (Relative clause)
Krizel, who has 7 cats, loves animals
(Complete sentence using a relative
clause)
Relative clauses are also called
Adjective clauses.
• When an independent clause is
constructed as a dependent relative
clause, the relative clause functions
as modifier. This functions as an
adjective clause.
Examples:
1. The woman was carrying a purse.
(The purse that the woman was
carrying...)
2. You wanted the book.
(The book that you wanted)
• Relative clauses are main clause
modifiers, some relative clauses have
the ability to change the clause they
modify. Moreover, they can modify
the entire clause or series of clauses.
A relative clause that modifies the
entire clause is called sentential
clause.
Example:
1. Jane did not attend the school,
which surprised her teachers.
2. Jane did not attend the school, and
she did not even, bother to call,
which surprised her teachers.
Adjective Clauses are used to
modify nouns in a sentence or they
give more information about the
noun or pronoun in the sentence and
begin with relative pronoun who,
whose, that, which, where, when.
Examples:
1. Movies that have highly
challenging plots are my favorite.
2. The store where I buy sells the best
item.
“I think part of the reason we hold on to
something so tight is because we fear
something so great won’t happen twice.”
—Anonymous

• Some adjective clauses are

necessary to make the meaning of
the sentence clear. These adjective
clause are called essential clause or
restrictive clause. Restrictive
adjective clause it is not separated
from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
Examples:
1. The computer that he bought
online is really fast.
2. The authors whom I like began
writing during the Renaissance.

• There are also adjective clauses that

are not necessary to make the
meaning of the sentence clear, even
though they may add information to
the sentence. These clauses are non-
essential clauses or nonrestrictive
clauses. It uses commas to show that
information is additional.
Examples:
1. James Cameron, who is a director,
made a good movies.
2. This dress, which my mother
bought, is green.

Prepared by: Saluay, Yaramardena S.