Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, Chapter 13

Name _____________________ Date ______________

FIND THE ERRORS: adjective clauses

Directions: Find the errors in the following statements. Make corrections.

1) One of the people which I admire most is my uncle.

2) Baseball is the only sport in which I am interested in it.

Directions: Answer the following questions.

3) When do we have to eliminate the “be” verb in a sentence with an

adjective clause? __________________________________.
4) In which case is it necessary to add an “ing” verb?
_______________________________________________.
5) Which pronoun cannot be reduced to an adjective phrase?
____________________________________________.
6) What is a restrictive clause?
____________________________________________.
7) What is a noun restrictive clause?
____________________________________________.
8) Which of the following sentences does not have an error?
a. My oldest sister is Ana is 21 years old.
b. Hiroko was born in Sapporo, that is a city in Japan.
c. Karen was the only person I wanted to see.

Jennifer Telica and Sammira Nammur

Miami Dade College