Adjective Clauses - Tues April 18

Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses

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First Step: Finding Clauses

• Clauses have to have a SUBJECT and a VERB

• If they are adjective/adverb clauses, you should be able to take it out of the sentence and still have a sentence left over.

• Common words that start dependent clauses:

  after, in case, unless, although, in that, until, as, now that, when, as if, once, whenever, as though, since, where, because, so, whereas, before, so that, whether, even though, than, which, except that, that, while, however, though, who/whom, if, whose.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Find the dependent clause:

You should work until the sun sets.

• You should work

• until the sun sets

• work until the sun sets

• the sun sets

Multiple Choice

If you buy the wrong size, your shoes will hurt your feet.

• If you buy

• your shoes will hurt your feet

• If you buy the wrong size

• will hurt your feet.

Multiple Choice

The shoes that I sold him were the wrong size.

• The shoes that I sold him

• were the wrong size

• shoes that I sold

• that I sold him

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

A: How was your trip?

B: Good. On the plane, I sat next to an interesting woman ___ at the zoo.

• whom works

• which works

• who works

• works

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

That university is very difficult to enter. Of 100 students ___, only four are accepted.

• who apply

• who they apply

• whom apply

• that applies

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

Easter Island is a place ___.

• about that very few people know about

• about which very few people know about

• that very few people know about

• that very few people know about it

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

Attention shoppers! Will the person ________ please move the car immediately?

• whose car is blocking the exit

• who their car is blocking the exit

• who's car is blocking the exit

• whose their car is blocking the exit

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

A: Do you know that woman?

B: No. But that's the woman ___ in my doctor's office. She must be his wife!

• I saw her picture

• whose picture I saw

• that I saw her picture

• her picture I saw it

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

A: A doctor ___ children has to be very patient.

B: Doctors ___ adults are supposed to be patient too.

• that take care of / that takes care of

• who take care of / who take care of

• that takes care of / that takes care of

• who takes care of / who take care of

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective clause? The dress which she is wearing is new.

• which she is wearing

• she is wearing

• which she is wearing is new

• The dress

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective clause? The doctor who examined the sick child was very gentle.

• who examined the sick child

• ws very gentle

• the doctor who examined

• who examined the sick child was very gentle

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective clause? I know someone�whose father served in World War II.

• whose father served in World War II

• whose father served

• someone whose father

• I know someone

Multiple Choice

Which is the grammatically correct sentence?

• I want to travel to Salinas where people have a lot of fun.

• I want to travel to Salinas which people have a lot of fun.

• I want to travel to Salinas whose people have a lot of fun.

Multiple Choice

Which is the grammatically correct sentence?

• My dad helped a boy which bicycle broke

• My dad helped a boy whose broke

• My dad helped a boy whose bicycle broke

• My dad helped a boy when bicycle broke

Multiple Choice

Which is the grammatically correct sentence?

• I visited a restaurant where it can prepare your food

• I visited a restaurant where you can prepare your food

• I visited a restaurant which you can prepare your food

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

A: You finally got here! Did you get lost?

B: No. The road ___, so we stopped to enjoy the scenery.

• that we took was beautiful

• was beautiful that we took

• whom we took was beautiful

• which we took it was beautiful