2-1. Adjective Clauses 1: Who, Whom and Whose

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1 2-1. Adjective Clauses 1: Who, Whom and Whose a. A woman called you. She didn t leave a message. b. The woman called you didn t leave a message. 1. What kind of clause is the adjective clause in sentence b? sub. obj. 2. What relative pronoun do you need in sentence b? a. Bob is my best friend. I have known him all my life. b. Bob, I ve known all my life, is my best friend. 3. What kind of clause is the adjective clause in sentence b? sub. obj. 4. What is the best relative pronoun for sentence b? 5. Can you use who in sentence b? yes no 6. Which pronoun is used in subject clauses? who whom 7. Which pronoun is more formal in object clauses? who whom 8. Do ining and ining clauses follow the same rules? yes no A: book is this? B: It s my book. 9. What word do you need to add to this question? a. The goalie is a soccer player. His job is to keep the ball out of the goal. b. The goalie is the soccer player is to keep the ball out of the goal. 10. What do you need to add to sentence b to make it correct? 11. What kind of adjective clause is this clause? sub obj 12. What word does whose replace in sentence a? John s parents are good friends of my parents. John is a good friend of mine. 13. What adjective clause do you need to combine these two sentences? John,, is a good friend of mine. 14. What kind of adjective clause is this clause? sub obj th I will call students names. These students must come to 8 period on Thursday. 15. What adjective clause do you need to combine these two sentences? th Students must come to 8 period on Thursday What kind of adjective clause is this clause? sub obj -69-

2 I bought Kevin s car. He used the money to buy a new car. 17. What adjective clause do you need to combine these two sentences? Kevin,, used the money to buy a new car. 18. What kind of adjective clause is this clause? sub obj 19. Can you use whose with any kind of adjective clause? yes no 20. Are clauses with whose common? yes no a. A convertible is a car. Its roof is collapsible or removable. b. A convertible is a car roof is collapsible or removable. 21. What relative pronoun do you need in sentence b? 22. Can you use whose with things? yes no 23. Is it common to use whose with things? yes no Write the correct relative pronoun in the blank. Add commas when necessary. 1. What was the name of the guy wallet you found? 2. The truck I used to move belongs to Bob. 3. Mid-Pacific Institute was founded in 1908 just started an elementary school program in Nelson Mandela I admire very much was the first black President of South Africa. 5. People first language is not English are called non-native speakers. 6. My son was born in Japan has both Japanese and U.S. citizenship. 7. All students names begin with A should go to room A People come from Scotland are both Scottish and British. 9. Lance Armstrong many people consider the best cyclist in the world has won six Tour de France races. 10. Children like books have lots of pictures. 11. The Smiths children have grown up and moved out of the house have decided to move into a smaller apartment. 12. This house was built over 100 years ago will be remodeled soon. -70-

3 Combine the following sentences using adjective clauses. 1. Airlines must pay for the hotel rooms of passengers. The passenger s flights are cancelled. Airlines 2. I used to live in the Discovery Bay. The Discovery Bay is across from the Ilikai Hotel. I 3. I gave the wallet to the police. We found the wallet on the beach. 4. John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the U.S.. His father was the second President. John Quincy Adams 5. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison. Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa. Nelson Mandela or Nelson Mandela -71-

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5 Name: Date: Score: /10 Editing: / Adjective Clauses 1: Who, Whom and Whose Write the correct relative pronoun in the blank. Add commas when necessary. 1. Captain James Cook became the first westerner to arrive in Hawaii was killed in a battle on the Big Island. 2. A person hobby is stamp collecting is called a philatelist. 3. The country I want to visit most is Ireland. 4. The Strait of Magellan is between South America and Antarctica is the roughest stretch of water in the world. 5. Abraham Lincoln many people consider the greatest U.S. president led the Union during the Civil War. 6. Polynesians are people live in a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. 7. The room I stayed in was very nice and not very expensive. 8. I met my best friend lives near Boston at Hawaii Loa College was in Kaneohe. 9. Jennifer college recommendation I wrote is applying to Harvard and Yale. 10. All the people we met on vacation were very kind and friendly. Combine the following sentences using adjective clauses. 1. I was watching a TV show. The show was filmed in Hawaii. The TV show or I 2. Carlos can speak both Spanish and English fluently. His parents immigrated to the U.S. from Panama. Carlos 3. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States. Ponce de Leon founded St. Augustine in St. Augustine or Ponce de Leon -31-

6 4. Anyone can paddle. These people can swim. These people like the ocean. Anyone 5. Brian is on the Mainland. I m staying in his apartment. He is visiting his family on the Mainland. Brian 6. Students will lose points if their homework is turned in late. Students How many clauses are in each of these sentences? What kind of clauses are they? Highlight the connecting words (conjunctions, pronouns, etc.) and circle the verbs. 1. After the Boston Tea Party, in 1773, when the anger of the American colonists against their British rulers began to spill over, dozens of committees and congresses of angry colonists sprung up around New England. 2. The experiment was conducted with twenty-one four- and five-year-olds, who were brought to the Harvard School of Education over the course of a week by their parents. 3. When I was talking to Alpert, I happened to mention that I was going to be in Los Angeles in a few weeks. 4. If you go through that history and keep count, the number of worlds that Lois has belonged to comes to eight... When I asked Weisberg to make her own list, she came up with ten, because she added the architects and hospitality industry people [that] she works with. 1 1 Taken from The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. -32-