Adjective

Clauses
 Review
1. What is an adjective?
2. What is a clause?
3. What is a subordinate clause?
 Answers:

1. An adjective is word that modifies a noun or

pronoun.
2. A clause is a group of words consisting of a
subject and its predicate.
A subordinate clause is a group of words that
begins with a subordinating conjunction and
consists of a subject and its predicate. It is a
clause that cannot stand alone as a separate
sentence since its meaning depends on the
meaning of the main clause.
 • 1. An adjective is word that modifies a
What is an noun or pronoun.
adjective? • 2. Adjectives usually come before the
words they modify or after a linking
verb(am, is, are, was, were, has been, are
being, might have been, become,
and seem).

• Examples:

• The small cat is happy.

• The pink cat might have been frightened.

• The friendly cat smells flowery.

What is an
independent • It is a group of words with
clause? its own subject and verb

• An independent clause can

stand by itself as a
complete sentence.
• Example:
• He is afraid of cats.
What is a
• A subordinate clause is a group of
subordinate words that begins with a
clause? subordinating conjunction and
consists of a subject and its
predicate.
• It is a clause that cannot stand
alone as a complete sentence since
its meaning depends on the
meaning of a main clause.
Example:
•that
Michelle screamed
dangled fromwhen sheone
the saw the
spider that dangled from the one clean
clean bathroom
bathroom towel. towel.

• Notice the subordinate clause cannot

stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an
1. It is a subordinate clause that
adjective contains a subject and verb.
clause? 2. It begins with a relative
pronoun [who, whom, whose,
that, or which] or a relative
Adjective Clause, adverb [when, where, or why].
Adjectival Clause, or 3. It functions as an adjective
Relative Clause modifying a noun or pronoun,
answering the questions:
What kind? How
many? or Which one?
4. It comes after the word or
words it modifies.
5. An adjective clause is also
called a relative clause
or adjectival clause.
 Example #1:

Comes after the word it modified

He is afraid of cats which are pink.

Noun

Adjective Clause/Adjectival
Clause/Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
 Example #2:
Relative Pronoun

This is the pink cat that I bought.

Noun

Adjective Clause/Adjectival
Clause/Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
 Example #3:
Relative Adverb

The pet store, where Scott bought his pink cat,

Noun
is still very popular.
Adjective Clause/Adjectival
Clause/Relative Clause
It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
 Example #4:
Relative Pronoun

I met the woman who just took over as manager.

Noun

Adjective Clause/Adjectival
Clause/Relative Clause

It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)
 Example #5:
Relative Pronoun

Sara, whose parents own the pet shop,

Noun are from Brazil.
Adjective Clause/Adjectival
Clause/Relative Clause

It is also a:
Subordinate Clause (cannot stand alone)