Adjective and Adverb Clauses

Adjective and Adverb Clauses

Grammar with Ms. Tolcher

What is an adjective clause?

• a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun

• usually follows the word it modifies and answers the questions which one or what kind

• it can include a verb and its subject

• usually introduced by a relative pronoun

Multiple Select

Choose all of the relative pronouns. (hint: they are not all relative pronouns)

• that

• which

• how

• whom

• whose

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What word does the following adjective clause modify?

The CD that Thomas scratched will no longer play.

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What word does the underlined adjective clause modify?

This shade of paint, which is not very pretty, was on sale at the hardware store.

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What word does the underlined adjective clause modify?

The puppy with white paws was chewing on your shoe.

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Type the adjective clause from the sentence.

Jefferson planned a daily schedule that kept him busy all day.

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Type the adjective clause from the following sentence.

Jefferson, whose property included stables and farm fields, went horseback riding every day at noon.

What is an adverb clause?

• a subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.

• usually begin with a subordinate conjunction

• answers the question how, when, where, why, how much, or under what condition

Poll

How many subordinate conjunctions am I going to make you memorize?

• 0

• 24

• 10

• 18

Multiple Choice

What word is the underlined adverb clause modifying?

I ate a bowl of popcorn while I did my homework.

• I

• ate

• bowl

Multiple Choice

What word is the underlined adverb clause modifying?

The drop cloth will catch paint if it drips from your brush.

• catch

• will catch

• drop cloth

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What word is the underlined adverb clause modifying?

Because I did such a great job on our fence, the neighbor asked me to paint his fence

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Type the adverb phrase in the following sentence.

A giraffe is taller than an elephant is.