ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

An Adjective clause is a dependent clause, has subject and predicate, that modifies a noun. It
describes, identifies, or gives futher information about noun.
An adjective clause uses pronouns to connect the dependent to the independent clause.
The adjective clause pronouns are also called relative pronoun such as :
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Who and whom are relative pronoun which refer to people
Who refers to people as a Subject
Whom refers to people as an Object
Example :
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I thanked the woman. She helped me.
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I thanked the woman who helped me.
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She is the boy. I told you about him.
=>
She is the boy whom I told you about
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Whose is used to indicate possession.
Example :
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The girl is my niece. Her hair is long.
=> The girl whose hair is long is my niece.
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Which is used to indicate things or animals.
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The picture was beautiful. She was looking at it.
=> The picture which she was looking at waqs beautiful.
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That for both people and things.
Activity 6 : Combine the two sentences using suitable relative pronoun!
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We are studying sentences. The contain adjective clauses.
2.
The taxi driver was friendly. He took me to the airport.
3.
The man is standing over there. I am telling you about him
4.
I know the man. His car was stolen at Mall.
5.
The students missed the assignment. They were absent from class.
Activity 7 : Break down every sentence into two sentences byomitting the relative pronoun.
1.
I still remember the man who taught me a violin.
2.
I enjoyed the book which you told me to read.
3.
She liked the woman whom she met at the party last night.
4.
The man whose wallet was stolen called the police.
5.
I will visit the girl whom I hit in front of my office yesterday.

IV. READING
Read the text carefully
In every culture, giving a compliments is a common thing to do. However, they differs in
some ways from culture to culture.
In Indonesia if see one of our friend who is wearing a beautiful new dress, most of us
tend to keep silent and say nothing about the dress rether than expressing our admiration.
English people, however, tend to express it by giving compliments.
e.g
: You loo pretty in your new dress.
: I like the color of your new dress.
It also differ in how we respond to
compliments. For Indonesians, in many cases, it is common to see people who refuse a
compliments by saying, Tidak! Baju ini sudah lama ko. As a consequence whwn we speak
in English we tend to respond the same way and say, No! Its an old dress. I bought it last
year.
Nevertheless, such a response is not appropriate in English culture. Native speaker tend to
accept a compliment, particularly if it is a sincere one, by saying thank you plus add one or
two statements supporting it.
e.g
: Thank you. I like it very much. I particularly like its color and style.
In responding to a compliment, most Indonedsian speaker, tend to be quiet, do not give any
comments, and tend to refuse the compliments with a few disagreeging statements.
Does it mean that English people never refuse a compliment? If the compliment is not
sincere, they will refuse it as well. They might say, for example :
Dont try to flatter me.
I dont like flatterers.
Youre just kidding me
Flattery will get you nowhere .
Youre just foolish around, arent you?.
So we need to be able to judge whether out friend is sincere or not when giving a
compliment.
We can do that through our experience in getting along with them for sometime.
FIND OUT :
1.
What does the text talk about?
2.
When do you usually give a compliment to others?
3.
What is your response whwn people give you a compliments?
Are you pleased, proud, shy, or something else?
4.
In the future, will you accept peoples compliments and say thank you in
return?
Why / Why not?