A quick review of the major components and usage of relative clauses (adjective clauses) with a bit of practice throughout. Created by Coleman's Classroom

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Adjective Clauses
A Quick Review
with Practice

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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Use Relative Pronouns
That Which Who (Whose)
Can be used as
– Subject of adjective clause
– Object of adjective clause
– Object of preposition
– Possessive

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Subject Practice
Directions: Put these sentences together using
relative pronoun to modify the subject of the main
clause.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” is a great
movie. It stars Johnny Depp.
“Pirates of the Caribbean”, which
stars Johnny Depp, is a great movie.

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Subject Practice
“Pirates of the Caribbean”, which
stars Johnny Depp, is a great movie.

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Subject Practice
Directions: Put these sentences together using
relative pronoun to modify subject of main clause.
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165.
She likes grammar.
Mrs. Coleman, who likes grammar,
teaches ESL 165.

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Subject Practice
Mrs. Coleman, who likes grammar,
teaches ESL 165.

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Object Practice
Directions: Put these sentences together using
relative pronoun to modify the object of main clause.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” is a great
movie. It made a great deal of
money.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” is a
great movie, which made a great
deal of money.

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Object Practice
“Pirates of the Caribbean” is a
great movie, which made a great
deal of money.

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Object Practice
Directions: Put these sentences
together using relative pronoun to
modify the object of main clause.
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165.
It meets twice a week.
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165, which
meets twice a week.

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Object Practice
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165, which
meets twice a week.

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Object Of Preposition Practice
Directions: Put these sentences together using
relative pronoun to modify the object of the
preposition.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” is being shown
in the theaters. They are very crowded.
“Pirates of the Caribbean” being
shown in the theaters which are
very crowded.

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Object Of Preposition Practice
“Pirates of the Caribbean” being
shown in the theaters which are
very crowded.

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Object Of Preposition Practice
Directions: Put these sentences together using
relative pronoun to modify the object of the
preposition.
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165 at
OCC. This is a good school.
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165 at
OCC, which is a good school.

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Object Of Preposition Practice
Mrs. Coleman teaches ESL 165 at
OCC, which is a good school.

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Review of “Whose
Steps:
1. Decide what belongs to what:
I apologized to the man. I hit his
car. = man/car
2. Put the words together with a
blank in the middle: man
_____________ car

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Review of “Whose
3. Add “whose”: man whose car
4. Now write the sentence: I
apologized to the man whose car I
hit.

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Whose Practice
Directions: Put the sentences together with “whose”
1. I need to talk to the teacher. I
walked off with her coat by
mistake.
I need to talk to the teacher
whose coat I walked off with by
mistake.

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Whose Practice
I need to talk to the teacher
whose coat I walked off with by
mistake.

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Whose Practice
Directions: Put the sentences together with
“whose”
2. The man noticed the baby. His
mother wasn’t paying attention to
him.
The man noticed the baby
whose mother wasn’t paying
attention to him.

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Whose Practice
The man noticed the baby
whose mother wasn’t paying
attention to him.

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Whose Practice
Directions: Put the sentences together with “whose”
3. He parked across from the police
car. Its lights were flashing.
He parked across from the police
car whose lights were flashing.

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Whose Practice
He parked across from the police
car whose lights were flashing.

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Whose Practice
Directions: Put the sentences together with “whose”
4. That car is classic. Its design is
from 1915.
That car whose design is from
1915 is a classic.

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Whose Practice
That car whose design is from
1915 is a classic.

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Whose Practice
Directions: Put the sentences together with “whose”
5. The woman put on a video of
animals. Her dog likes watching
T.V.
The woman whose dog likes
watching TV put on a video of
animals.

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Whose Practice
The woman whose dog likes
watching TV put on a video of
animals.

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Which
Use with a describing “be” verb or
“have.” “It” describes the place.
BE
Chicago is a city. It is famous for
gangs and crimes.
Chicago is a city which is famous for
gangs and crime.

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Which
Use with a describing “be” verb or
“have.” “It” describes the place.
HAVE
Chicago is a city. It has very tall
buildings.
Chicago is a city which has very tall
buildings.

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Where (also adverb)
Where (adverb so needs a subject): Can
replace “there.”
Chicago is a city. Many Greek-Americans
live there.
Chicago is a city where many Greek-
Americans live.
(subject) (verb)
(where __________ is located.)

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Where or Which?
Chicago is the city where is
the Sears Tower.
Chicago is the city where
the Sears Tower is
located.

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Where or Which?
Chicago is the city where is
the Sears Tower.
Chicago is the city where
the Sears Tower is
located.

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Where or Which?
Chicago is a city where has
very cold winters.
Chicago is a city which has
very cold winters.

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Where or Which?
Chicago is a city where has
very cold winters.
Chicago is a city which has
very cold winters.

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Where or Which Practice
Combine a and b with where or which to make a
grammatically correct sentence.
1. a) Washington, DC is the city
b) The President lives there
Washington, DC is the city where the
president lives.

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Where or Which Practice
Combine a and b with where or which to make a
grammatically correct sentence.
2. a) New Orleans is the city
b) It has French and Cajun
influence.
New Orleans is the city, which has
French and Cajun influence.

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Where or Which Practice
New Orleans is the city, which has
French and Cajun influence.

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Where or Which Practice
Combine a and b with where or which to make a
grammatically correct sentence.
3. a) Los Angeles is the city
b) Hollywood is located there
Los Angeles is the city where
Hollywood is located.

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Where or Which Practice
Los Angeles is the city where
Hollywood is located.

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Where or Which Practice
Combine a and b with where or which to make a
grammatically correct sentence.
4. a) Las Vegas is the city
b) You can win or lose money there
Las Vegas is the city where you can
win or lose money.

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Where or Which Practice
Las Vegas is the city where you can
win or lose money.

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Where or Which Practice
Combine a and b with where or which to make a
grammatically correct sentence.
5. a) San Francisco is the city
b) It has many very steep hills
San Francisco is the city which has
many very steep hills.

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Where or Which Practice
San Francisco is the city which has
many very steep hills.

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