ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

Adjective modify nouns and pronouns, giving a description or more information. An Adjective clauses is simply a group of words with a subject and a verb that provide a description. The clause starts with a pronoun such as who, whom, that, or which or an adverb such as when, where and why.

Here are several examples of sentences with the adjective clauses:

• Cake, which most people love, is not very healthy.
• The people whose names are on the list will go to Beach.
• Grandpa remembers the old days when there was no television.
• Fruit that is grown organically is expensive.
• Students who are intelligent get good grades.
• Eco-friendly cars that run on electricity save gas.
• I know someone whose father served in World War II.
• Making noise when he eats is the main reason why Sue does not like to eat with her brother.
• The kids who were called first will have the best chance of getting a seat.
• Running a marathon, a race of twenty-six miles, takes a lot of training.
• I enjoy telling people about Janet Evanovich whose latest book was fantastic.
• The people waiting all night outside the Apple store are trying to purchase a new iPhone.
• He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead
• Those who do not complain are never pitied.
• People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
• Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

An adjective clause must have a subject and a verb. It begins with a relative pronoun (who,whose,that,or which) or a relative adverb (when,where,or why).