English grammar "Adjective clause"

English grammar "Adjective clause"

1. Student Development Institute Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Languages Adjective Clause Submitted to : Soun Ngoun Y Students Kum visal Hong kimhorn Tolos vasiah Khim sreyvin Sovann mengly Batch II, Group I , Year IV, Semester I Academic year 2017-2018  

2. Content Adjective clause Relative pronoun Adjective clause with prepositions Restrictive and Nonrestrictive clause Reduction of Adjective clause

3. I. Adjective clause Definition : An adjective clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adjective. It modifies a noun or pronoun. Ex. The book that is on the table is mine. Adjective clause begins with a relative pronoun and relative adverb. Relative pronoun Who, whom, whose, that refer to people Which, whose, that refer to animals and things

4. II. Relative Pronoun Who refers to people Subject Ex. The tribes who lived in the Great Plains used smoke signal Object Ex. The man who is playing the drums is well-known Whom refers to people Object Ex. The student whom we criticized was made a suicide.

5. Who and whom Who is used when the noun phrase being replaced is the subject position of the sentence. Whom is used when it is from the complement position. ….who + verb…… ……whom + noun.. Ex. The men are angry. I don’t like the men . The man whom I don’t like are angry. Everyone studied for the exam. He or she passed it easily. Everyone who studied for the exam passed easily.

6. Whose and Which Whose refers to people and thing Possessive Ex. Families whose incomes are below a certain level pay non income tax. Which refers to thing s Subject Ex. My English books, which are bought at market , are very interesting. Object The building which we built was very famous

7. That That refers to people and thing Object The apache is a tribe that I will research . Subject The smoke that you see is from the hills. Ex. We bought the stereo. The stereo had been Duplicate noun phrase advertised at a reduced price We bought the stereo that had been advertised at a reduced price.

8. Relative Adverb When and Where When refers to time Ex1. That is the day when we get the signal . Ex2. The restaurant where the customers were shot had closed permanently. Where refers to place Ex1. That is the valley where the tribe lived Ex2 . The day when John married was wonderful

9. III. ADJECTIVE CLAUSES with PREPOSITIONS Let's practice FORMAL adjective clauses. Ex : 1 I know the man . Mary is talking to him . -->  I know the man to whom Mary is talking. I saw the picture . You were pointing at it. -->I saw the picture at which you were pointing . Ex: 2 The teacher gave me good advice. I spoke to her yesterday . --> The teacher to whom I spoke yesterday gave me good advice . Or The teacher whom I spoke to yesterday gave me good advice

10. P hrasal V erbs Ex: The house that they are looking at. Following the step Write to Live with Ask for Work in Look at Pay for

11. IV. Restrictive and Nonrestrictive clause A nonrestrictive is set off from the other clause by commas and a restrictive clause is not . Who, which and whom can be used in res- and nonres -. That can only be used in a res- Ex. Families whose incomes are below a certain level pay non income tax Ex. My family, whose income is more than $500 , pays about 10% income tax.

12. V. Reduction of Adjective clause Present continuous V( ing ) Simple passive Past tense To be No Present simple V( ing ) Past passive past tense Pass simple V( ing ) Present perfect having+ V3

13. Reduction of Adjective clause

14. Reduction of Adjective clause

15. Warning Not all adjective clause can be reduced Only when connectors is followed directly by a verb, and an adjective clause can only be reduced if connector is also a subject. Ex. The man that I just met is the tour guide. The letter which you sent me arrived yesterday. Only, which , that and who can reduce in adjective clause. Whose can’t be reduced

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