Adjective Clause

First Group
XII IPA 4
Al-Ainaul M
Alifa Zahrani
Anggia Yuniarti
Fegry D. Firdaus
Hana Magdalena
Lela Budiarti

Explanation
Adjective clause atau relative clause adalah
dependent clause yang berfungsi sebagai
adjective dan menjelaskan tentang noun atau
pronoun pada main clause dari suatu complex
sentence
Posisi adjective clause selalu mengikuti noun
atau pronoun (subject dan object) yang
diterangkannya. Dengan kata lain klausa ini
merupakan informasi yang ditambahkan
terhadap subject atau object.

Adjective clause dimulai dengan:

1. Relative pronoun : who, whom, that, which, whose
2. Relative adverb :
a. Time
: when, before, after, while, until, since,
during
b. Place
: where, where ever
c. Manner
: beautifully, kindly, etc.
d. Condition
: if, if not/unless
e. Result
: so...that, such...that
f. Purpose
: so that..., in order that...
g. Reason
: because
h. Conjuntion
: nevertheless, although, etc
.

Berfungsi menjembatani hubungan dengan noun

atau pronoun yang diterangkan.

Relative Pronoun
(Pattern and Examples)
1. Who
Pengganti subjek. Diletakan tepat setelah kata yang
digantikannya. Who diikuti kata kerja/ to be
S1 + who + P(d) + P(i)
ex :
- The people were mostly young soldier
They were killed during the war
The people who were killed during the war were mostly
young soldier
-.

The man called Lia

She has broken a glass
The man called Lia who has broken a glass

2. Whom
Pengganti objek atau komplemen
P(i) + whom + P(d)[objek]
Whom diikuti subjek
ex :
- The men are angry
I dont like the men
The men whom i dont like are angry
-

The man called Lia

My brother loves her so much
The man called Lia whom my brother
loves so much

3. Whose
Kata ganti kepunyaan
S1 + whose + P(d)[kepunyaan] + P(i)
ex:
- The girl was standing under the tree
Her mother wanted to get a bus
The girl whose mother wanted to get a bus
was standing under the tree
-

The boy will meet my sister

Her boyfriend must be hospitalized now
The boy will meet my sister whose boyfriend
must be hospitalized now

4. Which
Pengganti Subjek/Objek benda atau binatang
P(i) + which + P(d)[objeksbujek/]
ex :
- I saw a dog
The dog was beaten by the boy
I saw a dog which was beaten by the boy
-

The children cant move my cupboard

The man bought it last month
The children cant move my cupboard which
the man bought last month

 Apabila dalam kalimat kedua sebelum frase

yang akan digantikan dengan relative
pronoun terdapat preposisi (on ,in, by, from,
to, of, without, for), maka preposisi itu harus
dipindahkan pada posisi sebelum which
ex:
- This is the chair
I sat on it last night
This is the chair on which I sat last night

5. That
Pengganti orang/benda. Sama dengan
who, whom, dan which.
ex:
The girl who met me is very pretty
The girl that met me is very pretty
The girl whom Dijey loves is very
pretty
The girl that Dijey loves is very pretty
Lupus which I feed everyday is my cat
Lupus that I feed everyday is my cat

Punctuation
(tanda
Klausa tersebut dapat
diapitbaca)
koma atau

tidak,
tergantung pada pentingnya informasi tambahan yang
dibawanya
Defining Clause, dimana informasi tersebut dinilai
penting dan mengubah makna jika kalimat dihilangkan,
maka koma (,) tidak digunakan. Ex :
The newspaper which I bought this morning has sold
out
Non-defining Clause, dimana informasi tidak penting
karena dapat dihilangkan tanpa merubah makna
kalimat, maka koma digunakan. Ex:
Yulia, who works out three times a week, has a
positive body image
Bandung, in which I live, is very famous for peuyeum
Mr. Jackson, who is professor, is travelling in mideast
this year

Exercise
1. The student succeeded in getting a scholarship.
2.
3.
4.

5.

The teachers like him

The student whom the teachers like succeeded
in getting a scholarship
The bike is mine. It is in the garage
The bike which is in the garage is mine
The man is my friend. He works in the bank
The man who works in the Bank is my friend
That is the girl. Her money was robbed near the
bank last night
That is the girl whose money was robbed near
the bank last night
The girl is a Balinese. I was introduced to her
The girl to whom I was introduced is a Balinese

 Mr Tito whom we like him very much is our

teacher
7. The boy lives near my house. His father died last
week
The boys whose father died last week lives
near my house
8. Monday is the day. I was born on that day
Monday is the day which I was born on that
day
9. Students will be awarded scholarship. They pass
with excellent grades
Students who pass with excellent grades will
be awarded scholarship. They pass with excellent
grades
10.Mr Crab has persian cat. Its fur very beautiful
Mr Crab has persian cat whose fur very
beautiful

11. The students are collecting money, food and

clothes for the people ... houses were destroyed in
the fire last week
(whose)
12. The people ... were killed during the war were
mostly young soldiers
(who)
13. This mornig I met the girl ... you talked about last
night
(whom)
14. Citra cant find the money ... she usually keeps in
the drawer
(which)
15. The man ... lives next door is a doctor
(who)

16. The student to ... the teacher asks about computer is

my brother
(whom)
17. Yanto was young writer ... novel won the first prize in
the national competition
(whose)
18. Two of my friends ... was involved in the school fight
last weekend have been arrested by the police
(who)
19. The businessman ... we met at the party yesterday is
the general manager of a big company
(whom)
20. The accidents ... was involving a bus and two cars took
the lives of four people and injured numerous others
(which)

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