Adjective or Relative Clauses (Task 5,6,7,8)

Adjectice Clause

An adjective clause—also called an adjectival or relative clause—will meet three requirements:

• First, it will contain a subject and verb.
• Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that, or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why].
• Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions What kind? How many? or Which one?

The adjective clause will follow one of these two patterns:

• relative pronoun or adverb + subject + verb
• relative pronoun as subject + verb

Example :

1. Whose big, brown eyes pleaded for another cookie
2. Why Fred cannot stand sitting across from his sister Melanie
3. That bounced across the kitchen floor
4. Who hiccupped for seven hours afterward
5. The boy who is eating over there is my brother

Adjectives clauses have a subject and a verb (or predicate). They will start with a relative pronoun, like: that, who, whom, whose, or which, or a relative adverb, like why, where, or when. Adjective clauses function as an adjective and modify nouns and pronouns. They are also called relative clauses. 

Just as the other dependent clauses, the adjective clause does not express a complete thought. It does not need commas separating it from the rest of the sentence if it has essential information in it; that is if you need the information it provides. If it gives additional information, then you use commas. A good way to test for this is to leave out the clause, read the sentence, and see if the meaning of the two sentences is different.

Here are some examples of adjective clauses. The adjective clause is underlined.

• Chocolate, which many of us adore, is fattening.
• People who are smart follow the rules.
• I can remember the time when there were no computers.
• Charlie has a friend whose daughter lives in China.
• Wine that is produced in Tuscany is not cheap.
  Articles Containing Adjective Clause
  Their short attention spans, their unwillingness to explore subjects in depth, their poor reading and evaluation skills. Computers also tend to isolate students, to turn them into computer geeks who think cyberspace is actually real. Some students have found they have a serious and addictive case of "Webaholism," where they spend hours and hours on the computer at the expense of their family and friends. Unfortunately, computers tend to separate, not socialize students. Finally, we need to think about who has the most to gain or lose from computers in the schools. Are administrators getting more students "taught" for less money? Are big companies training a force of computer worker bees to run their businesses? Will corporate CEO's use technology to isolate and control their employees?
  Like all cults, this one has the intention of enlisting mindless allegiance and acquiescence. People who have no clear idea of what they mean by information or why they should want so much of it are nonetheless prepared to believe that we live in an Information Age, whichmakes every computer around us what the relics of the True Cross were in the Age of Faith: emblems of salvation.
  --Dudley Erskine Devlin--
  
  
  Questions and Answers of the excercises :
  1.  I talked to the woman she was sitting next to me
       I talked to the woman who was sitting next to me 
   2. I have a class it begins at 08.00 Am
       I have a class which begins at 08.00 Am
  3. The man called the police his car was stolen
      The man whose car was stolen called the police
  4. The building is very old he lives there
      The building where he lives is very old
  5. The woman was ms Silvy I saw her
      The woman whom I saw was ms Silvy