Adjective Clause # Adjective Clause Definition
In today’s
lesson we are going to learn about an Adjective clause.
Adjective Clause Definition
This is a
dependent clause. Some of you have seen this in some Grammar book s that this
adjective Clause also as relative clause.
Relative and
adjective clause is the same thing.
H first thing to remember about an adjective
clause before we look at actual structure of it, the full clause is essentially
an adjective.
Although
it’s a clause, means it has a subject and a verb and may be some modifiers –
the whole piece, the whole clause works like an adjective.
So because it works like an adjective you
should know what is an adjective?
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link below to get more idea about ADJECTIVE}
An adjective means that it’s giving you some
additional information about a noun, describes the noun in somewhere in the
sentence.
You can have many noun s in a sentence; you
could have many adjective clauses in the sentence. There is no limit to how
many you can have, although try not to have too many in one sentence as they
may create confusion o reader’s mind. And also sentence becomes very bulky, not
a very good sentence.
#What is an adjective Clause?/ Definition
An adjective Clause or relative clause is a type of
dependent clause that works to describe a noun
ina sentence.
Or
An adjective Clause is a group of words that has the
subject- verb combination, that acts as an adjective in a sentence
Adjective clause
commonly starts with the following conjunction
Who,
whom, that, which, when, where, whose, and why
Have a look
on the following example:
1. I
remember the house where I was born.
In the above sentence the noun “house” is
described as “where I was born”. that is an adjective clause.
Check some
more sentences to get clear idea:
( Bold
letter words are adjective clause)
1. They
never fell who die in a great cause.
2. My
friend, who has glasses, wasn’t at
school today.
3. Jack’s
dog that killed the snake had
injured.
4. The
umbrella which has a broken handle
is mine.
.
There are two types of adjective clauses
I.
Restrictive or defining clauses
II.
Non-restrictive or non defining clauses.
Let’s see it
in to deeper.
I. Restrictive or defining clauses
Restrictive
also called as defining clause give essential information about the noun. These
clauses don’t require commas.
This
defining adjective clause is basically pointing to the noun and telling you
something necessary about the noun. Without the adjective clause, the noun is
incomplete
For example:
1. The man who is sitting there is my uncle.
2. The actor
who won the Film fare award is from
India.
II. Non-restrictive or non defining
clauses.
Non-restrictive
also called as non-defining clauses give extra or essential information about
the noun. These clauses require comma.
This adjective
clause is modifying, means it is not necessary but we put it in to give a
little bit of extra information about the noun.
It’s like an
adjective that just gives you a little bit more description about the noun.
For example:
1. Allen, who is the best friend of mine, works
in Central Bank.
2. The
tiger, that fleck had painted,
looked like a cat.
Look at the
following sentences and note that they qualify the subject, object or some
other noun or pronoun in the complex sentence.
A)
SUBJECT
a)
The
scooter that I use daily is belongs to my best friend.
b)
The
rode where the accident took place
is next to my house.
c)
The
woman who committed suicide was my
friend’s sister.
d)
The
boy who sits near me is my cousin.
B) OBJECT
a)
Mary
had a little lamb whose fleece was white
as snow.
b)
He
told a tale which was mysterious.
c)
We met a man who runs a
food-factory.
d)
They
went to the Movie which was released
yesterday.
C)
SOME OTHER NOUN OR PRONOUN
a)
He watched the procession from a window of a house that overlooked the route
b)
She
gave me one that she did not use.
c)
Those who commit mistake will be punished.
d) We saw a beggar sitting by the door
of a temple which had been built last
year.
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