Feg chapter 12

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12-1 Adjective clauses: introduction12-2 Using who and whom in adjective ...12-3 Using who, who(m), and that in adjective ...12-4 Using which and that in adjective clauses12-5 Singular and plural verbs in adjective … 12-6 Using prepositions in adjective clauses12-7 Using whose in adjective clauses

CONTENTS

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12-1 ADJECTIVE CLAUSES: INTRODUCTION

I have a terrific friend

who is very kind.

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11-10 CPITALIZATION


(a) I have a terrific friend.adjective + noun

(b) I have a thoughtful friend.adjective + noun

adjective modifies noun

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11-10 CPITALIZATION


(b) I have a thoughtful friend.adjective + noun

adjective noun

(usually)

(a) I have a terrific friend.adjective + noun

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11-10 CPITALIZATION


(c) I have a friend who is always cheerful.noun + adjective clause

adjective clause modifies noun

11-10 CPITALIZATION

(d) I have a friend who is a doctor.noun + adjective clause

11-10 CPITALIZATION

(e) I have a friend who lives next door.noun + adjective clause

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11-10 CPITALIZATION


(c) I have a friend who is always cheerful.noun + adjective clause

noun adjective clause

11-10 CPITALIZATION

(d) I have a friend who is a doctor.noun + adjective clause

11-10 CPITALIZATION

(e) I have a friend who lives next door.noun + adjective clause

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12-2 USING WHO AND WHOM IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The boy who has the phone

is adorable.

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(a) The child is adorable.

(b) The child is adorable.

He has the phone.

is a subject pronounhe is a subject pronounwho

who has the phone

he adjective clausewho

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(b) The child is adorable.who has the phone

INCORRECT: The child is adorable who has the phone.

noun adjective clause

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(c) The child was funny.

(d) The child was funny.

I saw him.

is an object pronounhim is an object pronounwhom

whom I saw

him adjective clausewhom

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(c) The child was funny.

(d) The child was funny.who has the phone

INCORRECT: The child was funny who has the phone.

noun + adjective clause

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12-1,12-2 LET’S PRACTICE

whotwo sentences one sentence

Jonah is in my English class.He is an excellent student.

who is an excellent student is in my English class.Jonah

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whotwo sentences one sentence

Mary is an artist.She is very talented.

who is very talented is an artist.Mary

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whom we see are


Øtwo sentences one sentence

We see the vendors.They are working in the floating market.

working in the floating market.

The vendors

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The girl that has the phone

is friendly.

12-3 USING WHO, WHO(M), AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

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(a) The girl is friendly.

(b) The girl is friendly.who has the phone

INCORRECT: The girl has the phone is friendly.

(c) The girl that has the phone is friendly.

samemeaning


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(c) The child is adorable.

He has the phone.

is a subject pronounHe can be the subject that

that has the phone

He adjective clausethat


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(d) The child was funny. I knew her.

(e) The child was funny.who(m) I knew

(f) The child that I knew was funny.


(g) The child Ø I knew was funny.

object pronoun can be omitted from adjective clause

S O

who(m)that

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12-3 LET’S PRACTICE

CORRECT INCORRECT ?OR

The people who(m) I met last night were really funny.

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CORRECT INCORRECT ?OR

The woman is reading is my sister.

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CORRECT INCORRECTOR ?The woman that is reading is my sister.

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12-4 USING WHICH AND THAT IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The computer that I just bought is really

fast.

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(a) My computer is really fast. It is new.

(c) My computer that is new is really fast.

(b) My computer which is new is really fast.

s v

s v

s v

which things that people / thingswho, whom people

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adjective clausewhich It

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adjective clausethat It

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(a) That computer is really fast. It is new.

(c) That computer that is new is really fast.

(b) That computer which is new is really fast.

INCORRECT: That computer is new is really fast.

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which, that object in adjective clause


(d) The old car needs work. I drive it.

(f) The old car that I drive needs work.

(e) The old car which I drive needs work.

s v o

o s v

o s v

(g) The old car Ø I drive needs work.s v

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(d) The old car needs work. I drive it.

(f) The old car that I drive needs work.

(e) The old car which I drive needs work.

(g) The old car Ø I drive needs work.

same meaning

same meaning

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which we played


whichtwo sentences one sentence

We played a game. The game was fun.

was fun.

The game

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we played



was fun.

The game

We played a game. The game was fun.

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the supermarket


thattwo sentences one sentence

Where is the supermarket?It sells great produce.

that sells great produce?

Where is

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12-5 SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERBS IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

I have a friend who is a wonderful gardener.

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(a) I have a friend who is a wonderful gardener.

singular noun singular verb

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(b) I have friends who are wonderful gardeners.

plural noun plural verb

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isare

People who travel to other countries ___ required to have a passport.are

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isare

A set of twins that ___ not identical ___ called fraternal.

isis

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speakspeaks

There are many people in Europe who ______ more than one language.

speak

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12-6 USING PREPOSITIONS IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The new student I talked to was thrilled

to be here.

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(a) The teacher is friendly. I talked to her.PREP Obj.

(b) The teacher whom I talked to is friendly.

PREPObj.

(c) The teacher that I talked to is friendly.

(d) The teacher Ø I talked to is friendly.

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(e) The teacher to whom I talked is friendly.PREP Obj.

FORMAL ENGLISH

preposition + whom + adjective clause which

MUST have pronoun


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(f) The paper is long. I am working on it.PREP Obj.

(g) The paper which I am working on is long.

PREPObj.

(h) The paper that I am working on is long.

(i) The paper Ø I am working on is long.

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(j) The paper on which I am working is long.PREP Obj.

FORMAL ENGLISH

preposition + whom + adjective clause which

MUST have pronoun


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which we

whichtwo sentences one sentence

We went to a game. It was boring.

went to was boring.

The game


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Ø we


went to was boring.

The game


We went to a game. It was boring.

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We visited a Rodin museum yesterday. It was beautiful.

that

that we visited

yesterday was beautiful.

The Rodin museum

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12-7 USING WHOSE IN ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

The boy whose wrist is broken has a cast.

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(a) The boy has a cast. His wrist is broken.

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whose wrist

(b) The boy whose wrist is broken has a cast.

whose possession

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(b) The boy whose wrist is broken has a cast.

adjective clause

whose wrist

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(c) I have a friend. Her mother is a doctor.

whose mother

(d) I have a friend whose mother is a doctor.

whose possession

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(c) I have a friend. Her mother is a doctor.

whose mother

(d) I have a friend whose mother is a doctor.

adjective clause

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(e) The family was moving. I bought their car.

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(e) The family was moving. I bought their car.

whose car

(f) The family whose car I bought was moving.

whose possession

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(c) The family is moving. I bought their car.

whose car

(d) The family whose car I bought was moving.

adjective clause

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This is my friend Ichiro.His sister is a famous scientist.

whowhose

whose sister

is a famous scientist.

This is my friend Ichiro

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I go to a great doctor.She is very busy.

who is very busy. I go to a great doctor

whowhose

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I go to a busy doctor.Her patients often have to wait in line.

whose patients often

have to wait in line.

I go to a busy doctor

whowhose

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