Now that we have become better at creating our sentences, we are going to start taking some of our smaller sentences and joining them to sentences.  One of the ways we can do this is through Adjective Clauses.

Introductory Terms:

CLAUSE: A group of words containing a subject and a verb.
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: A complete sentence.  It contains the main subject and verb of a sentence.  It is also called the “Main Clause.”
DEPENDENT CLAUSE: Is not a complete sentence.  It must be connected to an independent clause.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE: A dependent clause that modifies a noun.  It describes, identifies, or gives further information about a noun.  This is also sometimes called a “Relative Clause.”
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS: An adjective clause uses pronouns to connect the dependent clause to the independent clause.  The Adjective Clause Pronouns are: who, whom, which, that, and whose.

Another word you will see in your assignment is “modifies.”  I want you to think of the word “modifies” as “changes.”

Please complete the following assignment on a lined piece of paper.  Please remember to put your first and last name, the block, and the date.  You may use your device to help you translate some of these words, but you must use your computer or tablet, not your phone.

Assignment: Azar – Adjective Clauses.

Remember: don’t rush!  Take your time, and ask lots of questions!  =)

(Azar, 2002: pp. 268-269)