Simple present & Adjective Clause

LANGUAGE
FEATURES

IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

By the end of this lesson:

Students are able to recognize the

use of simple present tense

correctly.

Students are able to identify the

use of relative pronouns in adjective

clauses correctly.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Simple present expresses
general truths (facts) or habitual
events in everyday life.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Simple Present
Tense (Nominal

sentence)

Simple Present

Formula (Verbal

sentence)

Example of nominal sentence:

I am a teacher
Bromo is a beautiful place
Those books are bestseller now

Example of verbal sentence:

I write a letter
He goes to school

Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that give
information about nouns. They allow you to combine
two sentences into one by using relative pronouns
(who, whom, whose, where, when, which, that, and
why) as connectors.

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

Relative
Pronoun

Example of the Adjective Clause

Explanation

Who
(used to modify the subject - person)

1) I thanked the woman

2) She helped me
I thanked the woman who helped me.

Adjective clause:

“who” describes the person
as the subject “she”

Whom (used to modify the object - person)

1) The man was Mr. Jones.
2) I saw him.

The man whom I saw was Mr. Jones

Adjective clause :

“Whom” describes the

person as the object “him”

Whose (possession)

1) Do you know the girl?

2) Her shoes were red last night.

Do you know the girl whose shoes were red

last night?

Adjective clause :

“Whose” describes the

possession of something,

“her shoes”

Relative Pronoun

Where (modify a place)

1) Malang is a city.

2) I was born in Malang.

Malang is a city where I was

born

Adjective clause:

“where I was born” describes

noun ”Malang”

Which

(as an object - non person)

1) Mom bought the toy.
2) You love it very much.

Mom bought the toy which you

love very much

Adjective clause :

“which you love very much”

describes “the toy”

Which

(as a subject - non person)

1) The book is mine

2) The book is on the table

The book, which is on the table, is mine

Adjective clause :

“which is on the table” describes "the book"

Example of the
Adjective Clause

Explanation

Let's Work
Together

1) In one group choose one of the descriptive texts that you
worked on in Padlet last week. Each group should not be on the
same topic.
2) Then, make a poster like the example. The theme is “Your
favorite place to visit.” The poster can be digital or non-digital.
3) Based on the poster, create a dialog for each group.
4) Next week, each group will present their dialog based on the
poster.

EXAMPLE:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12v01v_XurtyWCkurfrEm
T130nIf5eVV8-4aWAs0czTQ/edit?usp=sharing