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1. Adjectival Phrases
2. Adjectival Clauses
An adjectival clause tells us more about the noun, pronoun or noun phrase in the
sentence.
(a) ‘Which’ and ‘that’ are two relative pronouns used to introduce adjectival
clauses:
(b) "Who’, ‘whom’, ‘whose’, ‘when’, ‘where’ and ‘why’ are also used to
introduce adjectival
clauses:
The boy who caught the thief is my classmate.
I know the reason why you were late for school this morning.
(c) The relative pronoun may be left out of the clause. This is called a contact
clause:
(A) Rewrite these sentences using the adjectival phrases in the brackets.
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6. The big house belongs to a millionaire. (at the end of this road)
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7. The teapot can’t be used any longer. (with the broken handle)
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(B) Join each pair of sentences using ‘which’, ‘that’, ‘who’, ‘whom’, ‘whose’,
‘when’, ‘where’
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10. My sister is working for Dr Abdullah. You met her at the party.
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(C) Join each pair of sentences without using any relative pronouns. Leave out any
unnecessary
words.
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5. Mr John decided to buy the car. His whole family liked it.
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7. His brother is the one. They are searching for him.
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9. The nurses are very polite. They are from the General Hospital.
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10. The wild boar is very fierce. The hunters trapped it in the jungle.
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(D) For each question, choose the best answer from the options A to D.
(A) that you met at my house (C) which you met at my house
(B) whom you met at my house (D) where you met at my house
(A) where you first came here (C) when you first came here
(B) that you first came here (D) which you first came here
5. That was the boy
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(A) which I was telling you about (C) why I was telling you about
(B) when I was telling you about (D) I was telling you about
(A) that she did not come yesterday (C) when she did not come yesterday
(B) which she did not come yesterday (D) why she did not come yesterday
(A) that I have ever met (C) whose I have ever met