Adjective ClausesUSE Adjective clauses to identify or give additional

information about nouns (people, places, things)

It can be a combination of two sentences.

Example: I have a friend + He loves playing football.

I have a friend who loves playing football. Adjective clause

Adjective Clauses Adjective Clauses are introduced by the

following words (relative pronouns): who, whose, which, someone, somebody, etc.

Examples: I have a friend who collects Coca-Cola bottles. (The clause who collects Coca-Cola bottles identifies the

friend)

I know the man whose bicycle was stolen.

Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative PronounsUSE (relative pronouns):

WHO- to refer to people

WHICH- refer to places or things

WHOSE + noun- show possession or relationship

Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative PronounsUSE (relative pronouns): Relative pronouns have the same form

whether they refer to singular or plural nouns.

That’s the man who lives across the road. That’s the woman who lives across the

road. Those are the people who live across the

road.

Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns Using a comma may have different

meaning in the sentence. Compare:

My sister, who lives in Sabah, came to visit me this year

My sister who lives in Sabah came to visit me this year.

(I have several sisters. This one lives in Sabah)

Exercises Write who, that, which or whose to complete the

sentences.

1. The woman ______ gave us all this money is not very rich.2. This is a machine ______ costs half a million ringgit.3. Is this the person ______ stole your wallet?4. That’s the man ______ car was stolen.5. She’s the person _____ is working for the film studio.6. He’s the journalist ______ article was on the front page of

The Star.7. He passes all his exams, ______ surprised us.8. The policeman asked me for directions, _____ confused me

a little.