An adjective clause is
a dependent clause that modifies a noun. It is possible to combine the
following two sentences to form one sentence containing an adjective
clause:
·
The children are going to visit the
museum.
They are on the bus.
·
The children who are on the bus are
going to visit the museum.
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In the sentence above, there are two other ways to
write the sentence correctly using the second sentence as the adjective
clause.
·
The children that are on the bus are
going to visit the museum.
·
The children
on the bus are going to visit the
museum.
Some other sentences can be combined into a
sentence using adjective clauses in a variety of ways, and they are all
correct. Note the variety of ways in which the following two sentences
can be combined.The church is old.
·
My grandparents were married there.
·
The church where my grandparents
were married is old.
·
The church in which my
grandparents were married is old.
·
The church which my
grandparents were married in is
old.
·
The church that my
grandparents were married in is
old.
·
The church my grandparents were
married in is old
In the sentences above, the adjective clauses are
underlined. All answers are correct. Note the use of the word
"in" and how and where it is
used.
An adjective clause with a subject
pronoun - such as which, that or who - can also be shortened into a phrase.
You
can shorten an adjective clause in two ways:
Omit the subject pronoun and verb.
Omit the subject pronoun and change the
verb to the form ending in "ing."
Here
are some examples of how to create an adjective phrase:
·
Adjective Clause: The books, which are lost, are not really necessary.
·
Adjective Phrase: The books lost are
not really necessary.
·
Adjective Clause: The girl who is running is my best friend.
·
Adjective Phrase: The girl running is
my best friend.
·
Adjective Clause: His share of the money, which consists of $100,000, was given to him on
Monday.
·
Adjective Phrase: His share of the
money, consisting of $100,000, was given to him on Monday.
·
Adjective Phrase: Something smelling
bad may be rotten.
Remember, the goal of an adjective
clause is to add more information to a noun or a pronoun. You can add the
information by including a few more words or by changing the adjective clause
to a phrase.
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